Hi Brittany!

I found your blog post to be extremely thorough and I enjoyed reading it! I felt that we had similar connections related to the power of lesson plans and the design of courses to ensure that meaningful connections and interactions are happening. I agree that group work is a good way to ensure that those connections and interactions are taking place and how there may be challenges for students who do not know anyone in classes. I wonder how as educators we can ensure that students are able to connect with other students and reinforce building connections, especially in a younger class setting.

I liked the comment you made on the idea of including various multimedia surfaces (Padlet, Slack, FreshGrade and Google) as a way to expand classroom work and build connections. Programs such as FreshGrade are a great way to promote learning and involve building connections between students, parents and teachers.

I felt that you gave a good indication of what you learned from the course readings and that you hope to further discover techniques and tools that will develop skills that are needed for online education. Perhaps you could elaborate on what you hope to learn specifically? I appreciated the connection you made to privacy and the importance of being aware of that when using technology in a classroom setting. Overall, I felt that this blog post was very clear, and you answered the questions provided in the prompt!