Collaborative Project-Final Post

As I previously said in my Collaborative Post #3, Jennifer had told us she was going to get some feedback from the students on what they thought of our project. She emailed us today with their comments. I am glad they enjoyed the presentation, and would gladly do this again if I got the chance too!____________________________________________________________

Here is what Jennifer had to say in the email:

Comments from the kids:

·        They gave a lot of information about tracks that can be left behind.  They explained every question that we had.  They commented on questions we asked in the box.  I liked the Skype thing.

·        I enjoyed using the chat room, I think that they presented good information.  I think that they could improve on their fluency.

·        They spoke very well.  They were educated and knew of what they were saying.  They were friendly to everyone.

·        They were prepared and knew what they were doing.  I think they need to talk more about stuff; they went fast.

·        Good job on the presentation with all the facts.  Maybe slow down a little bit, they talked too fast.

·        I thought they did good presenting but sometimes they just said, “um yah” and had a weird pause.  I really liked it; a little too fast.

·        I enjoyed the fact that they explained things well, but they didn’t over explain things.  They could improve on not talking off of the slides as much.

·        Organized; speak more clearly.

·        I enjoyed the YouTube videos.  My favorite was the did you know video. Elluminate was cool.  They could work on maybe explain some stuff in more detail like the stuff that is most important.  I also think we could have seen them on video the whole time instead of just listening to them.

·        I liked the videos and PowerPoint.

·        I liked how they answered our questions and kept it interesting.  They could have worked on talking a little better.  It was hard for me to understand them sometimes.

·        I liked all the videos and now know what a digital footprint is.  I would’ve liked more things to do.

·        They had lots of cool videos which I liked.  When they read the thing off the screen they should have not read it word for word and had pictures.

 Overall, they REALLY enjoyed the presentation.  I think our time crunch was tough…it would’ve been nice to go a little slower but there was nothing we could’ve done about that.  The talking comments made me giggle – although you don’t have much of an accent, I think it was just enough to throw them off a couple times. 

 I thought you both did an excellent job.  Thank you for compiling all of this information for my class.  I look forward to using parts of this during my other 8^th grade sections.  Have a great summer!  If you ever want any other technology opportunities through my class, let me know.  I would be glad to work with you again!

Jennifer Swanson