Carla Faulkner

Ok… i appologize for not posting as much as I have in the past but swimming season has started full force.  Two meets this week and practice in between.  I will try to post more this weekend.  I hope everyone is having a good week.

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Ok.. i am hooked.  I have been playing alot that I have been neglecting to post about it.  I have visited many places with other people.  I still am not confident enough to venture too much on my own. 
HINT:  To gain levels… get with someone else and group up.  The more levels you gain, the [...]

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Ok.. here is it.  My Tutorial.  From here, I would add enough stuff to make it a webquest (which is 3 or more students involved.)
http://sites.google.com/site/faulknerhealth01/
Any suggestions would be great. 
 

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http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/11/put-state-standards-on-word-diet-then.html
This came across my reader and I think it says everything that we have been discussing in the class.  The article basically states that the state standards are too wordy and everything is considered important.  SO True.!!!!  THere is TOO much for teachers to try to teach, to every child in an individual way. 
North Carolina [...]

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A research topic for DE that could be beneficial would be a retro type study. 
Big Question : Just how much did a person learn (retain) from an online class?
In certain fields, people need to take tests to get certified, accrediated, licensed, exit exams and comps.  Is there a higher pass rate for online classes vs traditinon classes? 
This [...]

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A point about research that Kersley discusses that the field is new and not a lot of research out there.  Anything new and there will not be a lot of research, there hasn’t been anything to research.  Of course, there is probably a lot of research being conducted right now but i hasn’t been published.  Like [...]

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Ok.. I am getting really frusturated in trying to create a game.  I have a lot of good ideas and ideas from students in what they want but I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT!!!!  So what do I do now?  Any ideas… Will anyone share their game idea.. I am looking for how to [...]

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Ok.. the final project in the class is well close in range to begin to worry.  I have read a few blogs and I really don’t know what to do.  I would like to use the stuff that we learned in this class with my middle school.  I have already gave them an insight to [...]

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Chatting about anything is very valuable.  You are in a conversation with the professor and other students about the topics at hand.  Each person’s opinion, view and comments about the topic may give other students a new perspectives.  EAch time a student asks a question it may answer someone else’s question.  There are different aspects [...]

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I do think the web effects the evaluation of a class, when it is an online class.  Maybe in a classroom the professor would be more constricted to old style teaching, grading, and note taking.  The class environment would depend on all of the personalities in that class.  Online classes are just that, online.  Everyone looks better online:):)
As [...]

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