Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Changes ahead: Navigating the project!


Last week was very helpful! We were meeting in our classroom during our online-class meeting time. Another group happened to be working in there. Without our asking, they brought up our project on the big screen and began navigating it. As we watched how an outside person navigated our site, we realized they were not going where we wanted them to go. So, I worked at re-arranging the front page this weekend. I took out the 4 standards links, and put that on a separate page. This way, the learner is pushed more to the "collaboration" and "resources" zones.

I also worked a lot with the collaboration zone recently. It now has a "spruced up" look, and more opportunities to collaborate with peers and experts.

I'm really proud of our project, and it's almost altogether!! It's down to the tweaking now. Of course, it seems like there's always more to add. This could be a forever on-going project!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

New times, good times!!


We made the big switch to Google pages and are LOVING IT!!! Everyone is able to easily add content and make the site work and look the way we want it too. I must admit I now ENJOY this project much more than I did before. I would dread my homework of working on Joomla because I felt inadequate, as if it were just too much and I had fears of not being able to figure it out. Last class I felt myself heading to the coffee shop because I couldn't wait to add my new idea to the project. I'm very grateful for this change. I am happy with how our project is coming along now!





Tuesday, April 1, 2008