Week 7 - Synchronous TBLT

This week was full of synchronous TBLT activities. We began the week with the computer lab, as usual and signed onto a new part of blackboard. First, we had to download a program, then we were all able to get onto the blackboard synchronous CMC! It was a little interesting as us graduate students are usualyl acting silly. But what I learned from this is that the task truly has to be meaningful. I used google docs last week with my students, asking them to type active and passive sentences on the document. Of course, they were being silly and the task was a failure. I am not sure how I could make that a more meaningful task so that the students would be less likely to fool around. One thing that's challenging for me as a teacher is making tasks meaningful. What does that mean, anyway? How is meaningfulness determined? Anyway, this week is finished off with the first materials development assignment.