Creating an Online Course

Ok guys, I get it. I chose to purse Ed Tech so I could become a better teacher. Teaching online? I'm pretty sure I already know that is not going to be gig. So creating this online course has really made me change the way I plan out my lessons. I'm the teacher that has an outline and plan of the lessons and objectives I'm going to teach, but having every lesson in concrete weeks in advance--not my style. I consistently come up with better ways to deliver instruction to my students either based off of something new I've found or to build upon something that happened in class. For this online course, having to have lessons and assignments for Weeks 4 and 5 already posted, this gives me heart palpitations.

I will say that I have enjoy having a more specific outline for students each week, and I definitely see the benefits for having students, including my own child one day, taking an online course before venturing off to college. An online course teaches time management skills than I could. I know this is what pursing my Master's online has done for me. And I'm excited about the possibilities that online courses can bring to small, rural schools like mine.

This is definitely a future I am excited about in Education!

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