Teach Yourself

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Teach Yourself

• What You Want to Know!

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Be In Charge of Your Own Learning!

• How would the world look if you were your own
  teacher?
• As a teacher, what would you do differently to
  you the learner?
• As a learner, what would you expect of you the
  teacher?
• What would you choose to know more about?

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So What is Stopping You???

• Time Enough, Room Enough, Help Enough

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A.L.M.The Autonomous Learner Model

• The goal of the model is to facilitate the
  growth of students as independent, self-directed
  learners, with the development of skills,
  concepts, and positive attitudes within the
  cognitive, emotional, social, and physical
  domains (Betts Kercher, 1999, p.43.)

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A.L.M. Dimention Two

• Skills to interact effectively with others
• Study skills, Critical and Creative thinking,
  Problem Finding and Solving
• Gather Knowledge with Technology then Synthesize
  Information and Experience
• Seek knowledge of Colleges and Careers
• Learn Methods of Organization
• Become Producers of Knowledge

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IDLA

• The Technology for Gathering
• and Connecting you with
• Help Enough

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IDLA

• The Mission
• to increase education opportunities and
  choice

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IDLA

• The Courses Electives undreamed of are available
  to you. Take them on-line because
• Nothing else like it is offered at our school
• It is a great way to interact in the lab and
  on-line with other GT students
• The lab and on-line teachers are excited about
  teaching you what you want to know
• It is a way to get started now on your big goals

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IDLA

• 7th-9th grade possible courses
• Digital Photography
• Military History Civil War
• Intro to Languages German, Spanish, Chinese
• Project Civic Learning
• Service Learning
• Musical Foundations
• Music in society
• Psychology A
• Spanish A

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IDLA

• Can I handle it?

IDLA Student Manual
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IDLA

• Registration
• Once you find the class you want your Site
  Coordinator will help you register for the class
• Before you take the class you will need to go
  through Orientation. It is a 5 hour class that
  will cover a Code of Conduct, Netiquette,
  Success Skills, and What If? scenarios.

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IDLA

• In the IDLA Lab your Site Coordinator will
  help you
• Choose and register for your classes
• Navigate Orientation
• Take Quizzes and Tests
• Communicate with your on-line teacher
• Remember important dates
• Check on Grades
• Solve Technical Problems

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IDLA

• TFSD Policy
• If you take classes as part of the GT program,
  during the school day, you will not need to pay
  for them.
• If you take classes that are already offered by
  the school you will need to pay for them
• The Course tuition is 50

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GoalsTime Enough

• No doubt there will be times when you are waiting
  for the next lessonthese are your chances for
  real genius.
• To know what you want and how to get it takes
  learning from people who know how to use goals.
  We can help with that.
• Filling empty spaces with goal achieving will
  take you far.

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An Invitation

• Some people are content with allowing others to
  organize and run their learning. We suspect you
  are not one of them.
• You are invited to plan and experience schooling
• on your own terms.
• R.S.V.P.

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Bibliography

• Betts, George. The Autonomous Learning Model for
  High School Programming Gifted Education
  Communicator, Fall/Winter 2003. 7/21/2006.
  http//www.alpspublishing.com/pdf_download/ALM_for
  _High_School_2003.pdf
• Idaho Digital Learning Academy
• http//idla.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/framese
  t.jsp?tab_id_1_1