AmatuccimEL7002 - Application

Now it is your turn to provide feedback about what you learned during this activity and how to apply it to the real-world. There may have been some drawbacks or difficulties experienced during this group activity. When using literature circles in my traditional classroom, students would often skim over chapters to identify their specific responsibilities as dictated by their role sheet. This would lead to a lack of overall comprehension about the book. I wanted to devise a way to ensure that students performed the required reading without skipping over details. By expecting specific assignments to be completed using a multimodal platform gave me confidence that students would read the entire book or risk being ostracized during the live video chat or message board discussions. One goal of this lesson was to identify student perceptions about this type of learning, which I can elaborate on after reviewing the evaluation questions.

As a follow-up assignment, give a detailed report of an obstacle that either you faced individually, or your group had to overcome. How did this affect your perception or view of online literature circles? Be sure to include the technology used (or not used) and how it had an affect on the overall presentation. Were multiple suggestions offered to solve this problem by group members using the interactive discussion board?Be sure to include the Internet skill that accompanied this problem and include the final solution and how it was determined by the group. I have attached an article pertaining to online literature circles that presents some challenges users experienced, and how to overcome them.