Week 1 – Wed. Aug. 25

Week 1 Wednesday Homework Assignment

DUE Monday, Aug. 30th

For Part 2 and Part 3 please reply to this post in a comment. Make sure to include your NAME !

PART 1  

COMPLETE the Technology Survey. Here is the link.

Student Survey

• Please tell me about the technology and working space that you have available to complete your coursework. Feel free to share any additional information in the last question box. All responses are private.

• *Required
• Name*
  First Last
• Email*
• 1. Do you have a smartphone?*
  • Yes, with a data plan
  • Yes, no data plan
  • No
• 2. Do you have consistent, reliable access to a laptop or desktop computer at your home or another off-campus location?*
  • Yes
  • No
• 3. Do you have consistent, reliable access to a tablet or iPad at your home or another off-campus location?*
  • Yes
  • No
• 4. Do you have broadband (not smartphone) internet access at your home?*
  • Yes
  • No
• 5. Do you have an appropriate space to do your coursework at your home or another off-campus location?*
  • Yes
  • No
• 6. Is there anything else you’d like me to know about your situation regarding coursework? (Optional)
• Credits: This survey is based on a survey created by Maura Smale and Mariana Regalado.
• Phone
  This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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PART 2

READ: these 2 short “Tips” pieces

• “Tips for Online Learning Success”  https://www.nhcc.edu/student-resources/online-learning-d2l/tips-for-online-learning-success
• “Online Discussions: Tips for Students” https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tip-students
  

ANSWER: the questions

• Write a 1-2 sentence summary of each of these pieces. 
• What are 3 tips that you learned that you might try this semester? Why?
• Did you find these pieces helpful?  If not, why? Explain! 
• Was there anything you would like to learn more about? Explain!

Part 3:

WRITE: Introduce yourself!

• Start with one word that describes how you’re feeling about this course as we get started. No need to explain, but you can if you want to. 
• Talk about your worries, concerns, reactions to the readings and/or to being an online student… whatever you want to. No censoring… except keep it kind of clean, please ;-). And
• Add a picture that means something to you, and explain why you chose it — why does it mean something to you?