I've officially found my learning disability. Part of my challenge is that I don't see the relevance of this material to teaching K-2 students with disabilities. While it's nice to have the background, I don't know if 3 credits worth is truly worth it. (Please don't take it personally Mr. Sklar). I would like more guidance on the artistic aspects to webpage design than the actual code. We've definitely found ways to beat the system - Dreamweaver, NVU, Front Page, etc. I just don't understand why one would write code rather than type it into a wordprocessing style document? Then again, people don't understand why I write my own curriculum when you can buy stuff. I guess it's a matter of opinion.
My other frustration is the number of group presentations that repeat the same thing over and over. I understand that presenting information is a part of the program; however, maybe we'd more interested in others' presentations if each group was assigned one presentation throughout the course (doubling up would be ok). It gets to a point where its extremely redundant. Again, not the fault of the instructor, but rather the design of the program.
To be fair to this negative rant, I have to apologize for my current frustration. The demands at the end of the school year are intense. To be handling the rigors of this program does not make it any easier. I'm sorry that my frustrations with "school" and "life" are an underlying tone to this blog, but sometimes, you just need to get it off your chest.
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I understand your frustration. In the back of my mind I keep remembering that you will have a Master's Degree in Education from this program and so it is important that you learn and do! I'd like you to leave my class as a person who can code a web page and discuss its relationship to learning and the society in general.
I hope you feel better at the end.
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