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This past week we had our second quiz on our module 1 stuff. I think I did decent on the quiz but it was a lot harder than expected. We also had to get together in our groups and begin working on our course design specification. It's basically setting up what we're going to do for all of our workshops. This past Wednesday was also the kickoff for the heritage. I was out of town so I wasn't able to make it. My group member was able to go and informed me that the most people signed up for our workshop, which is Google Tools. I think we have a basic understanding of which tools we're going to present in our workshop but there were so many to choose from. It was a very difficult decision. I believe we'll be able to make a good workshop because I think we have the most interesting topic. That's about it for this week. There wasn't a whole lot to write about.

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The past few weeks we've talked about things such as front-end analysis and emotional intelligence. We also decided which training design project we'd be doing and I chose the Heritage training once again. I'll be doing my workshop on Google Tools. For front-end analysis we had to pair up and each write about a different front-end analysis tool in the discussion board. I had Technology. We also had to do a 106 question survey on emotional intelligence and then respond about it on the discussion board. Basically it said my emotional intelligence was below average and I wasn't happy with the results. As I said on the discussion board I'm very comfortable controlling my own moods and motivating myself to overcome obstacles. We also had to talk about the affective domain and tell whether it was important for learning. I feel it's very important for learning. Since the affective domain deals with things such as motivation, attitudes, perceptions, and values it can greatly enhance or inhibit learning. I think it could be a smart idea for teachers to focus on the affective domain when planning courses. That's about it for this week.