CHUCK ERWIN SCIENCE DEPT. [e-mail]

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CHUCK ERWINSCIENCE DEPT.
CHUCKE_at_WWW.FSUSD.K12.CA.US
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
ARMIJO HIGH SCHOOL 824 WASHINGTON ST FAIRFIELD,
CA 94533 [phone]
ALL GRAPHICS ARE BY PRINTMASTER GOLD
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED
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EXPECTATIONS

• WHAT I HAD HOPED T0
• GAIN FROM THIS COURSE
• WAS A SOUND BASIS FOR
• THE USE OF COMPUTER
• TECHNOLOGY IN THE
• CLASSROOM. I WAS IN
• HOPES OF FINDING A
• TIME-SAVER, AS WELL AS,

A BETTER WAY TO PRESENT MY LESSONS. FOR TEACHERS,
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
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DISCLAIMERS

• BEFORE CRITIQUING CTAP 295, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
• MY KEYBOARD SKILLSWELL.
• LETS JUST SAY THAT I
• LEARNED BY THE HPSE
• METHODHUNT, PUNCH,
• SWEAR, AND ERASE. I HAVE
• NOW LEARNED TO DELETE
• RATHER THAN ERASE.

• MY KNOWLEDGE OF FILES MANAGEMENT IS
• RIVALED ONLY BY MY KEYBOARD SKILLS.

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DISCLAIMERS

• WHILE I WAS AWARE OF THE
• WEB, I HAD MUCH MORE
• EXPERIENCE WITH THE ONES
• IN MY GARAGE AND ON MY
• BASEBALL GLOVE. HAVING
• SWITCHED TO A NEW
• TEXTBOOK IN MY COURSES

I TEACH, MOST MATERIALS HAD TO BE REWRITTEN.
THIS PLACED A GREAT DEMAND ON MY TIME AND
LIMITED PATIENCE.
NOW FOR THE CRITIQUE
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CRITIQUE

• WHILE STILL CLOSE TO
• SHORE, I FREQUENTLY SURF
• THE NET TO
• gt RESEARCH STATE CURRIC-
• ULUM STANDARDS
• gt DISTRICT TECH TRAINING
• RESOURCES FOR MY A P
• COURSE.

• gt RECOURSES FOR CTAP PROJECTS
• gt PERSONAL USE SUCH AS RESEARCHING PRICES
• gt ETC.

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CRITIQUE

• THERE ARE MANY
• ASPECTS OF TECH-
• NOLOGY WITH WHICH
• IVE BECOME MORE
• CONFIDENT, SUCH AS

• gt USING GRAPHICS TO ENHANCE CONCEPTS
• WITH HUMOR
• gt POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS TO ENHANCE
• LESSONS
• gt SPREADSHEETS TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVE-
• NESS OF INSTRUCTION
• gt CONSTRUCTING HYPERLINKS

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CRITIQUE

• THERE ARE MANY AREAS
• WITH WHICH I AM NOW
• RELATIVELY COMFORT-
• ABLE THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHICH DEMAND MORE
  ATTENTION

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CRITIQUE

• AREAS MAKING ME FEEL IN
• CEREBRAL OVERLOAD
• INCLUDE
• gt NARROWING WEB SEARCHES
• gt TRANSFERRING MATERIAL
• BETWEEN PROJECTS AT

WORK AND MY HOME COMPUTER gt FILE MANAGEMENT gt
METHOD CTAP SELECTED TO CONSTRUCT WEB
PAGES gt COURSE DOWN TIME NOVEMBER - APRIL
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CRITIQUE

• OTHER PROBLEMS
• ENCOUNTERED
• gt IM THE TYPE OF STUDENT
• THAT NEEDS STRUCTURED
• INSTRUCTION. THE METHOD
• OF INSTRUCTION THAT

BY-THE- WAY
WORKS BEST FOR ME IS DEMONSTRATION-PERFORMANCE.
WHEN ON UNFAMILIAR ROADS, I GET LOST ON POORLY
MARKED DETOURS. MOREOVER, THE NOVEMBER-TO-APRIL
DELAY IN THE COURSE DISRUPTED THE CONTINUITY OF
INSTRUCTION.
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CRITIQUE
GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS
IVE BECOME DEPENDENT ON USING THE COMPUTER
FOR MANY OF MY

LESSONS.WHICH IS FINE, UNLESS THE COMPUTER IS
DOWNOR THE SERVERETC.
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CRITIQUE

• WHILE EXPLORING NEW PROGRAMS AND COMPUTER USES
  ARE STILL FRUSTRATING AND DEMANDING.
• CTAP AND THE UNDO
• ICON GIVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO STICK WITH IT
  UNTIL ONE OF US IS VICTORIOUS. THE POINT IS,
  ILL NOW TRY NEW THINGS ON MY OWN!

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CRITIQUE

• TIME TO PRACTICE AND LEARN
• AT MY OWN PACE HAS BEEN MY
• CHIEF PROBLEM ALL ALONG IN
• THIS COURSE AND OTHER
• COMPUTER-RELATED COURSES.
• THIS SUMMER I PLAN TO TAKE
• A SHORT REVIEW COURSE IN
• DREAMWEAVER AND IMPROVE

MY WEB PAGES. SUCH AN ENDEAVOR IS NOT PRACTICAL
FOR ME JUST BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, AS CTAP 295
DID, OR DURING SCHOOL WHEN MY TIME IS CONSUMED BY
COMPLETELY ALTERING THE COURSES I TEACH.
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Critique
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