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A carpenter has/uses/needs many tools to build a house. The choice is a personal one, made with consideration of the skill and knowledge of the builder, and the task at hand. A hammer alone is not sufficient. A hammer is not interchangeable with a screwdriver. It’s not an either/or proposition. What’s the purpose?
So… why [...]

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I’m a bit behind in my participation at the moment. Tony (my husband) left last week to join the American Red Cross disaster unit in Montgomery Alabama. I just found out today that he is being assigned to set up medical services in Hatisburg, Mississippi. According to his email message, “We are starting from scratch [...]

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I guess I’m pleading guilty to cutting class with explanation.
I’m not up to date with my analysis… and probably one or two more required topics. But, I’m learning as I have never learned in my life. I’m motivated, I’m excited, and it’s fun.
I’ve got several blogs on my ‘gator… and all of them [...]

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I just received this email message from one of my university students…
” I was worried that when I signed up for an on-line course that I would miss
out on some of the learning because of the lack of classroom but in reality
I have learned so much. Being able to email you with my [...]

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The front page of my Long Island Sunday Newspaper is titled:
Blogger BULLIES
New-age form of teenage hostility erupts: A look at the victims and the perps.
Apparently, there is no disability discrimination. You will read about a blind girl, and a student in a program for the Deaf.
this link takes you to Ugly Scene for [...]

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What’s attacking us? technology and all of its relatives.
I recently started teaching ASL at my high school. I showed a video today, and TTY’s were among the topics. I was trying to explain a TTY, its evolutionary history, and how it works, and one of the students remarked, “It’s like IM.”
I went on [...]

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It’s ONLY been 3 weeks? c’mon! It feels as if I’ve been a member of this “community” for much longer than that. I’ve been the recipient of some thoughtful feedback, some new ideas, suggestions, some skillful coaching, a lot of new skills, … and I bought 2 more boxes of tissues.
My husband asked [...]

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Since I had never heard of either of these before, I did the google-dance.
I came up with this… which I thought was pretty neat, until Nate started poking holes in the content, as well as poking at the author. But, check it out anyway, because there is some valuable stuff in there:
http://lis.newport.ac.uk/cld/13_June_2005/Workshop_2-Psychological_Perspectives_in_elearning.ppt
According to Martindale [...]

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but here are some comments on the article Insights into Promoting Critical Thinking in Online Classes.
They are comments; not a literal critique. When I agree to critique (or peer review) something, I usually believe that I am in a position of knowledge about the topic… and not so in this venue. Thus, I will [...]

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I’m gonna go with what I know best… because, although I know it, I want to be better at sending braille and receiving dots across cyberspace.
My course wil be taught online… probably on Blackboard or WebCt because those are the platforms endorsed by my universities.
What technology will I use… email, phone, snail mail, [...]

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