Re: tkt8763-01: Change in assignment

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Dear Dr. A.,

     I would like to know of any additional assignments in advance so that I
may begin working on them.  Thanks!:)

Cheryl D. Scales

Larry S. Anderson -- NCTP wrote:

> Attention all Summer '99 students!!!
>
> I have posted a change in your assignments to the class web page
> (www.msstate.edu/dept/teched/sip), so you should navigate there and see
> what the modification is.
>
> Remember, this assignment should be completed, in its entirety, by the
> first day of class.  Yes, I know the posted deadline is July 27 and that
> is the second day of class; however, eagles don't wait.  I *expect* you to
> have completed this assignment before class begins and you will be able to
> discuss any/all of the plans you have critiqued.
>
> We are on the fast track here....don't be left behind!!!  This experience
> will not be distinctly unlike sipping (pun intended) water from a fire
> hose!!  After all, we are divorcing ourselves from commonness, as members
> of the SIP gang.
>
> I have sent letters to all students enrolled in the class and I expect all
> of you to be checking the web site frequently for updates.  The majority
> of your work should be completed during the first two weeks of class and
> we meet face-to-face the third, final week.  I have enough planned for
> that week already to last one month...so we don't have time to
> "molly-coddle" around.  This is not an insignificant experience.
>
> Now, a note to alumni....please help students in this summer's class.  If
> you have advice for them, please give it.  If you have ideas for
> resources, give it to them.  If you have an particular notion that you
> think would help these students who are taking SIP this summer, in an
> intensive time frame, I would love to hear/read your words of sage wisdom.
>
> It's time for the champions to step forward!!!  I know the "Tupelo gang"
> is working like bees and have reported that they are finished reading
> several of the books on the list already.
>
> I hope all the rest of you have completed "Think and Grow Rich" by now.
> You should begin (if you haven't already) posting your critiques on your
> personal web pages this week so we can start looking over your thoughts.
> The excuse "Oh me, I don't have a web page!!!!" is exactly that -- an
> excuse; it's not a reason.  There are *plenty* of places where you can
> have web pages free on the web, so nobody has any excuse any longer for
> not having a web page.  If you say, "Oh, I don't know how," well...guess
> what?  There are *plenty* of hand-holding tutorials on the web for doing
> just this, so dive in and let's learn the basics so you can feel good
> about posting your stuff.
>
> If you don't have a page, check out www.tripod.com  or
> www.filamentality.com or the geocities site or angelfire or .... the list
> goes on and on and on.  Some of you have experience building web pages on
> these "free" sites, so you might offer words of wisdom.
>
> Too, there are plenty of free or almost-free web page construction tools
> that you can download and use.  One of my most favorite is Site Central (a
> new product from the HyperStudio people) at www.sitecentral.com.  The
> Windows version has been released; the Mac version is due out in July, I
> think. Roger Wagner sent me an email promising to send me a pre-release
> version of the Mac version.  I loaned my copy of the Windows version to a
> young person who had never made a web page previously; in the first 30
> minutes that person had the tool, he had created four pages!  One of your
> SIP alumni has my copy at this time and she made several pages with
> remarkably little effort (any advice, Marilyn?).
>
> So, let's hit it, folks.
>
> And...pity the poor souls who don't know what SIP is like and aren't
> checking their mail or (heaven forbid) haven't followed the instructions
> to sign on to this mailing list yet.  Can you imagine the look on their
> face if they show up for class on July 26 and haven't done any of this???
> I'll try to have my Kleenex, Dramamine, Pepto-Bismol, Prozac, No-Doz, and
> othe assorted medications available for those poor souls.  If any of you
> have other medications or if you are particularly good at CPR, you might
> come ready for action, too.
>
> Now, most of you who know me realize I have my tongue in my cheek, but
> this is no ordinary "course" in which we are engaged.  This is a
> life-changing experience in which we need to ponder ways we can improve
> the world as a result of our having come together.
>
> Remember, the very first edition of the Guidebook was created during one
> of these "one-weekers"....of course, most members of the class stayed up
> all night two nights writing, editing, and compiling that document.  What
> a mark they made on the world, though.
>
> So, let's see how you are doing.
>
> If you are enrolled in SIP for Summer '99, please send me an email reply
> so I know you got this and are reading your mail...and intend to get a
> good grade!  Silence will be the tell-tale signal for the ones who....
> well, you get the point!
>
> By the way, this is not intended as intimidation; it's just a unique way
> in which we eagles express our determination to drive complacency,
> commonness, and the "ordinary lifestyle" into a dark, desolate corner,
> never to rear its ugly head in our lives again!!  We're "Mac 5 with our
> hair on fire!!"
>
> --"Dr. A"
>
> Larry S. Anderson, Ed.D.                              LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
> Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Technology & Education       Voice: (662) 325-2281
> Founder, National Center for Technology Planning      Fax: (662) 325-7599
>                     Mississippi State University
> Chair, Council for Education Technology              State of Mississippi
>          My personal home page URL-- http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1
>                     NCTP web page -- http://www.nctp.com
>
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