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Joining the Community
Faceless classmates
hovering in cyberspace reaching out to learn together--how do you get
to know one another? Just as with the face-to-face classroom, you can
have conversations with your classmates to get to know more about them.
Introduce yourself
in the Classroom within Course
Space to your fellow course members. Here are some hints for doing just
that:
- Whatever you want to know about them, tell about
yourself.What do you want to know about the people you will be teaming
with for this course? Do you want to know if they are good spellers?
(You'll know soon enough!) Do you want to know what they're good at or
how they teach?
- Introduce yourself
by giving your basic information (location, teaching assignment, interest
in the course, goals) and adding the things people say about you (e.g.,
really well-organized, always late but worth it, loves technology).
You can include information about where you grew up, where you went
to college, and what your personal interests and hobbies are. Be sure
to describe your connection to education (i.e., Grade 2 teacher, 25
students; or taught fifth grade for several years…now teaching
third grade).
Express your personal style
If you wish, you can bring your personal style into your academic
communications with "emoticons." Learn to express emotions--those
smiley faces and frowns that bring intonation to text. Or use the <>
to code asides such as <grin> or even <chagrin> to express
emotion. Make your responses in a conversational tone rather than formal
reporting. In cyberspace, you can take written communication in new directions.
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Where to Start ] [ Joining
the Community ]
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Creating Interdependence ]
[ Sitting in the Front ] [
Showing What You Don't Know ]
[ Helping Others ] [ Being
an Active Learner ]
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