Reflections on the Final Friday
Thinking back through this week, I am struck by the enormous challenges we faced within the workshop to come to some common ground. Within the context of this summer session at Chungang University, the participants of the workshop were those students who could find time over and above their curricular commitments to their program. In that context, those who chose to participate did so with such dedication and effort that I can only admire their energy and perseverence.
I have reflected on this process and found that working through a translator forces me to come to a deeper undestanding of what constitutes the essence of the content. I am further challenged by exploring what can be the personal tasks assigned that take students to some level of application and understanding.
So today was spent on a sight-seeing of a different kind: an inward vistation of the landmarks of each session this week, an inventory of goals and processes.
Concepts and Goals: Each Step takes us into more complex stages of the original concept. Each assignment requires that you make something, and that what you make has personal meaning.
I am exploring how we might better integrate such activity into the educational experience of the students. The very nature of this workshop as being an added activity on an extremely demanding schedule makes it difficult to achieve the stated objectives. Even so, the students are to be commended and admired for their patience and pesreverence. Equally important has been the contribution of the computer staff at Chungang University. All materials and server arrangements have been assembled and implemented in an extremely professional manner. The energy and diligence of our chief contact and engineer In Heung Choi has been indispensable, along with the assistance of Han Ji Yeon who provided a quiet and effective support.
Professor Hong-Ky Cho's thoughtful and considered translations of entries in this blog, suggests a process that might be built upon as we work to sustain the contact and cooperation we have begun in this summer of 2006.
Martin Kim's devotion and interpretation has provided an additional luster, and Mr. Jin Hwan Woo's quiet and supportive presence has shaped this visit and experience into a very memorable introduction to Anseong and Chungang University. The help of students Haerina Park, Youngju Kang, Tae Hee Kim and others, helped us surmount technical hurdles throughout the week.
The academic and spiritual support of President Bum Hoon Park and Dean Tae Yeon Choi have provided a framework for future association and cooperation. What we are attempting is an inspired effort to bring our cultures together in ways that we learn from each other while also continuing to develop those intangible assets that make our efforts distinctive and meaningful.
I have reflected on this process and found that working through a translator forces me to come to a deeper undestanding of what constitutes the essence of the content. I am further challenged by exploring what can be the personal tasks assigned that take students to some level of application and understanding.
So today was spent on a sight-seeing of a different kind: an inward vistation of the landmarks of each session this week, an inventory of goals and processes.
The Spiral Curriculum for Chungang University Workshop
A Personal Assessment
A Personal Assessment
Concepts and Goals: Each Step takes us into more complex stages of the original concept. Each assignment requires that you make something, and that what you make has personal meaning.
- Learn to publish your web page on the Internet using basic html code.
- Learn about images (file types), how to process them and how to display them on the WWW.
- Learn about sound files (file types), how to process them and how to post them on the WWW.
- Learn about digital audio, and how to edit and process sound.
- Learn about web authoring through a web authoring application such as Dreamweaver.
- Learn about processing images and sounds as movies and displaying on the Web.
- Learn about the pedagogical theory and design you have just experienced.
I am exploring how we might better integrate such activity into the educational experience of the students. The very nature of this workshop as being an added activity on an extremely demanding schedule makes it difficult to achieve the stated objectives. Even so, the students are to be commended and admired for their patience and pesreverence. Equally important has been the contribution of the computer staff at Chungang University. All materials and server arrangements have been assembled and implemented in an extremely professional manner. The energy and diligence of our chief contact and engineer In Heung Choi has been indispensable, along with the assistance of Han Ji Yeon who provided a quiet and effective support.
Professor Hong-Ky Cho's thoughtful and considered translations of entries in this blog, suggests a process that might be built upon as we work to sustain the contact and cooperation we have begun in this summer of 2006.
Martin Kim's devotion and interpretation has provided an additional luster, and Mr. Jin Hwan Woo's quiet and supportive presence has shaped this visit and experience into a very memorable introduction to Anseong and Chungang University. The help of students Haerina Park, Youngju Kang, Tae Hee Kim and others, helped us surmount technical hurdles throughout the week.
The academic and spiritual support of President Bum Hoon Park and Dean Tae Yeon Choi have provided a framework for future association and cooperation. What we are attempting is an inspired effort to bring our cultures together in ways that we learn from each other while also continuing to develop those intangible assets that make our efforts distinctive and meaningful.
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