All I need to know about life I learned in CTAP 295.

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All I need to know about life I learned in CTAP
295.

• Un Séjour à Paris
• Ctap295.ctaponline.org/cadavis
• Carla M. Davis

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A true friend can be both RED HOT and BLUE
COOL.Expanding experiences, adding elements of
creativity and current information to the
classroom.

• Hear the actual voices of history.
• See the world as it was, as it is, and as it will
  become.
• Share your own personal thoughts and feelings
  with the entire world.
• Circle the globe without ever getting on an
  airplane.
• Discover which play to see in London on a Friday
  night or
• where to go dancing in Paris on Saturday.

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Trust means actually knowing how to upload.

• Why do I want to use something that sucks my
  blood?
• Where is that remote directory? Can I get there
  from here?
• What do you mean I have to move the stuff from a
  living room to another living room?
• Where is that robot when you really need him?

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Students just want to have fun!

• Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
• Cest dingue!
• Chouette.
• Je voudrais aller danser.
• Passez-moi encore du pain et du fromage.

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An ignorant friend is more comforting than
someone who always knows all the answers,and
more fun too!

• Chart analysis
• Zimmerman and Allison should have challenged the
  course and stayed home on Monday nights.
• Davis should never have attempted the course.
• Lord might be comforting and/or fun to work with.
• Main dropped out duh!

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In every aspect of life there is room for
improvement, experimentation, and fine-tuning.

• The oral presentation rubric needs to be re-done
  to reflect the importance of convincing other
  members of the class of the merits of individual
  choices.
• Further thought needs to be given to the decision
  to provide students with web sites as opposed to
  having them search for sites on their own.
• The time frame to create a really quality written
  presentation is somewhat unrealistic.
• Better instructions should be given so that
  students understand the importance of planning a
  day geographically as well as sequentially.

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Success in life comes one small step at a time.

• The joy of discovery is always wonderful to
  experience through the eyes of my students.
  Their priorities are not mine obviously, and I
  really enjoyed them calling me over to their
  computers to point out places to see and things
  to do in Paris that we had never studied or
  discussed in class.
• Freetranslations.com A student introduced me to
  this site which enabled me to cut and paste my
  way to accents. À à Á á È è É é Ê ê Ë ë Ç ç
• The students all truly had fun creating their
  power Point Presentation. They colored and moved
  text, added pictures and animation to their
  hearts content. Each slide of the presentation
  definitely reflects the personality of its
  creator.

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Good times are even better when they are shared.
Links To Great People And Places

• I have long been a proponent of standards based
  curriculum so I encountered no problem whatsoever
  identifying and evaluating the language standards
  required for my web lesson.
• With regard to the integration of technology in
  the classroom the web is obviously an incredible
  resource for myself as well as my students. The
  information about the French speaking world is
  current, fun to browse through, and available
  quickly and easily.
• The ability to create Power Point Presentations
  adds yet another format in which students can
  present information to me and to the entire
  class. I think it is important for students to be
  given as many options as possible, within the
  boundaries of the lesson, to allow for individual
  learning styles and abilities.

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You can never have too much time in the CTAP lab.

• I honestly feel that the most important thing
  that I got from completing CTAP 295 is a very
  simple concept - that all things are possible to
  those who listen carefully to Brian. Believe it
  or not I am a fairly proficient Mac user,
  especially when it comes to using PageMaker and
  other publishing programs. Thankfully, this
  class has enabled me to sit before the monitor of
  a PC searching for a program and asking myself
  why is there a right click AND a left click
  without that terrible feeling of hopelessness and
  inadequacy.

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I live for vacations!

• Un Voyage à Paris
• Student Power Point Presentation