Carla Faulkner

ok.. we have discussed in this class about the problems with education in the state.  I have one question….. what are other states doing?
Why should we reinvent the wheel, why not model off of a state with good testing scores, high graduation rates etc.

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http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-design-for-classroom-that-rocks-my.html
I came across this in my gator and it caught my attention.  An idea like this for a classroom just takes this stuff to a new level.  This stuff looks like science fiction or the Jetsons.  Eventually, we will be the Jetsons.  The only bad thing it has got to work.  I just don’t see this [...]

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1.      How does your knowledge/skill with the tools from the two toolboxes influence your choice of design?
Knowledge of the tools and the skill to use them may make it easier to use your full imagination.  Your choice of a design is based on what the teacher knows.  Since I have been taking classes, my [...]

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Filling the gap between standards and lesson plans can be challenging.  The core curriculum is like a recipe for education.  It leaves no questions on what to teach even down to the depth of knowledge, which is subjective.
 
I think this question is the ‘million dollar’ question.  If anyone knew the right answer, our students [...]

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This game is hiliarous. In this game, you are a deer hunting hunters, particulary redneck hunters.  In the beginning, you start with a simple gun and get you get to pick witch season.  With each one you get, a new person will be available to hunt.  EAch one being harder and harder to kill. 
Like actually [...]

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I found one of my favorites.. “Clue”.  All of my favorite characters~ Miss Scarlet, Mr. Plum,  Col. Mustard, Mrs. White, ms. Peacock, and Mr. Green~~ all can play to solve the murder at Mr. Boddy Mansion.  All 6 characters can play at one time 5 computer players and you.. of course.  You can also pick [...]

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When this topic first came up, I thought… why?  We are online, blah…blah… blah..  Then, my eyes are buring out from all of the reading off of the screen and now, i am thinking… ok… audio is a good thing. 
i had research methods online and the professor had little video segments where he would talk [...]

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Been playing a new game from Sid Meyer’s~~~ Pirates.  I just started so I am getting the hang of it but so far I have figured out many things.  I feel like a read Pirate of the Caribean except Johnny Depp is nowhere around.
In the beginning, like most simulations~ you start off simple [...]

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I have studied over this for a few days and here are some things i think would go in my toolbox wish list
Computer for every child in every classroom~ ideally one in every home
blogs~ now that i know more about them
discussion boards~ always a way to express your opinion ~ user names could be anonymous [...]

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Ok… I began playing the John Deer American Farmer and let me tell you… it is a good thing I am not a real farmer.  This game begins that you have a certain amount of money to buy land, farm equipment, seed and a small amount of fertilizer, etc.  YOur crop grows with the seasons.  [...]

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