Essay on Blackboard

Day One 40 minutes Prepare the Learner: (10 minutes) Picture it brainstorming. Draw a picture of a volcano on the blackboard and write, where in the world will you find one of these? Have the students work independently or in pairs writing down as many locations they may know. Poll the classroom and write down the locations on the blackboard. Leave this on the board for later discussion with the class. Ask if any students have ideas why the earths outer layer is constantly changing. Lesson:…

Blackboard is a key tool in a student’s college life. Blackboard allows students to check grades, turn in assignments and also serves as a direct communication tool between colleges and universities to students. Email newsletters are a way for colleges and universities to provide students…

does the teacher consistently use eye gaze to cue his transition, but there is a pattern associated with his eye gaze. He alternates between gazing at the blackboard and then at the students in the class. He constantly switches between the blackboard and the class until 08:55.600 - 8:56.430 where he changes the pattern by gazing at the blackboard twice in a row. Then he returns to the pattern by gazing at the class when he makes the next transition at 010:06. 262 - 10:07.182. Hand movement is…

The Broken Process For this exercise, students have been asked to provide an example of a broken process that is currently causing frustration, or as stated here, pain. One current example of a broken process that is causing all of us in the ISM 4011 class to feel a little pain, including the instructor, is the broken process with regard to the availability of practice tests from the McGraw-Hill website. In this case, the frustration comes from the fact that the link to the practice test does…

Technology in Higher Education Benefits Our society continues to grow on the idea that technology makes life easier and technology is now becoming our driving force. As technology advances it seems that our education systems should implement new technologies to help make learning and teaching up to date and easier. New technology advances in higher education will benefit both the teacher and student, as well as get the student ready for the job force . First of all, teacher 's are getting to…

Prominent Characteristics Working in human services required prominent characteristics. Human services would not be successful and fulling without these prominent attribute. According to Dr. Corsini’s interview with Michelle Duncan (2009) the noteworthy traits are flexibility, empathy, and loyalty. Flexibility certainly a needed trait in work for a social worker or a human service professional as they’re responsibility will require them to do additional responsibility. As a human service…

As a Biology major, my fall semester of my sophomore year, I was introduced with introductory biology lab which was the first Biology lab I have taken in college. I only had Chemistry lab, my freshmen year, therefore did not know what to expect for this class except that it will be a different experience from chemistry. I did not have a strong Biology knowledge from High School, so I was willing to work as hard as possible to be successful in that class, which wasn’t easy to execute when taking…

at Ottawa Hills is starting off good, but there are a few concerns: 1) CLS 100 Instructor, 2) A Few Students, and 3) Lack of Access to Wifi. CLS 100 Instructor: The CLS 100 instructor Audrey Mayfield is having challenges with properly operating Blackboard, this is a delimma because there are expectations and deadlines to be met by the instructor, but the student access to the assignments and submission sections have not been available until closer to or after the assignments are due. This does…

mysterious hand reaches down and pulls him up, where he appears on a beach. He begins to run down the beach towards the sunrise where he stands taking in life and becoming a better version of himself. The ending scene is of him standing next to the same blackboard as before but know he has written “I am strong, proud, blessed, and unique.” The lyrics read “I won’t go to my grave until a difference is made.” The boy was not willing to give up easily even when it seemed he was all alone and nobody…

setting, and mastering being one hundred percent online. One of my biggest fears is the unknown, and for me, online classes are an unexplored territory. I feel I will be able to overcome, and conquer this fear with the helpful tools provided to me in Blackboard. Primarily, one of the most important things I have learned in the beginning of this course, is how to find my lessons for the week. Even though they can be found in multiple places, I find it extremely helpful that there is a lessons…