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This class gave my first insight to reading articles critically. We were given actual articles submitted to the peer reviewed Journal of Technology and Teacher Education and gave our reflections as student reviewers. We then compared our reviews with actual reviews and were given feedback from the Editor. The experience gave great insight added to our research skills. The skills were valuable when learning to read articles critically for EDSE 841.
Teacher collaboration took a high tech turn in this course. We participated in blogs, a virtual meetings,
chats, e-mail communications, as well as video conferencing. Tapped-In, (this link takes you out of the portfolio to the Internet) which is an online virtual space for educators to gather
and discuss topics of interest. And it
has areas for teachers to discuss specific topics, areas for workshops and plan
discussions, as well as space to meet others from all over the world. Communication could happen both in real time
and asynchronously.