First Day ~ Sunday, June 12 2011

First Day of Official Research

Well, first day of actual research began today, June 12, 2011. Sunday.

I have one really great student #20. who is very patient, positive attitude, hard worker. He attended an Aleut culture camp this year, and helped out with skinning two kayaks today. We are just getting geared up with the class, and it may be a while before I start gaining in-depth insights to creating on-line classes.

But, so far, I am learning that students may (based on input from one student) have more technology skills and resources than I realized. Students may (again, small number) appear to like Facebook for communicating.

For the most part, we worked on introducing basic sea kayak terminology today. We worked on the gunwales, peeled off labels, sanded off the paint. Student #20 is a natural born actor, very relaxed in front of the camera. Student #20 catches on quickly, has good people skills, relaxed teaching style. A friend of #20 was in class today. One of her friends is envious of student #20 being a "star" for this upcoming instructional web site.