Lauree Russell

At the conclusion of  EL111, I realized that I had gotten into a habitual systematic communication which serves a large population of students, but not possibly be reaching those with various learning needs.

I've decided to be more attentive to my written directions and include audio files in my classroom.  Also am reformatting my announcements to have both photo and larger direct bullet information in order to be inclusive of ALL students.

What have you included in your classroom to be inclusive of all students with various abilities?

I appreciated EL105's approach to looking at the various types of communication with technology,  various types of computer users, and various types of communication within an online course.  It seems as if they stirred all three of these categories in a bowl and pulled out of the oven two desserts:  a college or department communication guidelines and a personal I2S communciation guidelines as well.    I love desserts, don't you?   LOL

Which communications tips stuck with you?  Why?  And will you be able to utlize these skills in your current online class?

I really appreciated the reminder of the different types of students. (Baby boomers, Gen X & Millineals)

This will help me communicate more wisely and thoroughly knowing my students.

It seems that often those students that are procrastinators, are often 'ORANGE or BLUE' personality types.

I've found sprinkling discussions and released announcements with bright colored silly gifs & photos spontaneiously engages the student just prior to the deadline, so it is sort of a 'soft fun reminder'. (ORANGE)

Also, I try to be authentic in my feedback and state that 'I am concerned' that you may have a stressful end of class if you don't turn in the following work this week "  Test 2, Assignment 3, and Discussion 2.   (then I share something personal or silly going… >>>

As I was pondering how I would apply Color-Full communication with my online students, I realized that the Discussions & Feedback would be the primary areas of communication to update in my classroom.

Then I realized that a simple solution that could easily be implemented would be:

Provide a simple reminder that the assigned discussion or class work could be completed & turned in anytime during the week and could be completed with via their laptop or smart phone (ORANGE).

Next, encourage the student to share or elaborate on the discussion topic with their own personal story &… >>>

Julie,

Just curious what types of Ice breaker Discussion board questions you will have-  Will you create different questions to appeal to the different personality colors?  Or is your student population primarily one color.

I was thinking about my student population and I believe that the highest percentage of my students are Orange 50-80%,

and the next highest category is Blue 20-30%, and the remaining divided between the Gold and Green.

In my discussions, I might remind students they can turn in their responses whenever they prefer and do this from either their laptop or smart phones (orange).  And then… >>>

Often in the online environment, there is a wide variety of computer navigating experience levels because there are 'adult learners' that are not from the current 'tech savvy' sociiety.

What type of support do you provide to bridge the gap for these 'new computer' students to ease their navigation difficulties?

Although I appreciate integrating visuals into my classroom, I am finding more and more animations and gifs to be a distraction to a student's encoding & retention of information.  Has anyone researched or have information regarding the correlation of 'moving graphics' and the effect on student retention?

Dori,

It is my understanding that Google Images hosts a variety of cartoons and gifs that are public domain and can be used in our classrooms.  What did you find out regarding permissions on Utube videos?