The day of graduation I reflected on my experience as an Educational Technology graduate student at San Diego State University. I asked myself, “What skills and tools did I have to master in order to successfully complete this program?” I quickly concluded that an essential skill was collaboration, and a tool that helped me do this was Google+.
On the first day of school, I didn't talk about rules, procedures, a syllabus, or a supply list. Instead I focused on setting my course up for online collaboration. Unknowingly to me the behaviors and skills I demand of students online, organically transferred into my classroom. The result was a seamless segue into appropriate behavior in and outside of the classroom for students.
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