Module 7 - Weekly Reflection

Most of the week has been spent completing the final project for the course. I have been reviewing four assessment tools; SurveyMonkey, Webex, Our Story and Calendar Builder. Each of these tools plays an important role in the overall online course design. I have been trying to use VideoPaper, a tool suggested by the instructor, as the software for my final project. Due to the fact that our final projects do not integrate video, I do not feel tha VideoPaper is my best choice of tools. However, I feel that the ease of navigation through the course as well as through the final project are paramount in this decision. After reviewing many tools and reading many student reviews, I feel that the creation of a small Web site would be my best solution.

I also took some time to review the three grading programs; Excel, Micrograde and Easy Grade Pro. I was especially interested in the web-based capabilities. Our school district has been trying to migrate to a new grading program. The research phase has moved into a trial phase but I do not think that any of our curren programs has been unanimously selected as the program that meets the needs of a K-12 school distict.

I have had the opportunity to review other final projects as they have been posted. They are well thought out, well constucted as well as imaginative in their delivery.