Electric Journal Entries

Please respond to ed-linc4-staff@fnal.gov
If you wish, send a carbon copy (cc:) to yourself!

July 8, 1996
What were the three most interesting and/or puzzling things that came up today?

July 9, 1996
What realizations did you come to that will allow you to move forward in your project design?
Explain a concept that became clearer to you today.

July 10, 1996
Freud's definition of INSANITY is continuing to do the same thing, expecting different results.

• Is the Internet just the wallpaper on a box (the school)?
• How might the Internet be an opportunity to create a new box?

  How about a needs assessment?

• Where are you at this point?
• Where do you need to go tomorrow?
• Suggested agenda activities?

July 11, 1996

• Which activities/documents related to engaged learning were most beneficial in creating your project?
  
  
• Which activities/documents related to engaged learning were least beneficial in creating your project?
  
  
• What do you feel good about at this point in time?
  
  
• What do you need to know more about?

July 12, 1996

Congratulations! You are now halfway through Summer LInC.

• Given what you know now, how might you reorganize the LInC class activities to better compliment your learning style, while still keeping the same basic components?
• Please take this time to tell us anything else (well...not everything else!).

July 15, 1996

How bright is that light at the end of the tunnel?

• What is left on your TO-DO list?
  
  
• During the staff development segment this morning, what was helpful to you and what realizations/ideas became clearer to you?

July 16, 1996

• Please offer one more person a fresh pair of eyes by conducting an on-screen review of another participant's student page as only the author has seen it so far.
  
  
• Look for ways that the student page shows evidence of engaging the students as well as affording them the opportunity to make the best use of available technology.
  
  
• If you can't determine where those components are by looking at the student page, look elsewhere in the project folder.

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

Please e-mail your partner and briefly explain what you saw in terms of those key components, and include any other compliments and possible suggestion to improve clarity.


July 17, 1996

"People support what they help to create."

• What opportunities can you help create for others as a result of your new expertise?
  
  
• In terms of informal or formal staff development, give us a snapshot of the kinds of things you may be doing in the next three years to spread the word about engaged learning with the best use of Internet technology.

July 18 and 19, 1996

Congratulations, almost graduates! You have published some outstanding products!

• Considering the projects you've seen thus far, pick two or three that were the most engaging for students and made the best use of technology.
  
  
• Please elaborate-- and be very specific as you comment in the HOW and WHY categories.