today's schedule 1:00-2:00 OVERVIEW      Tom's talk      Lloyd's announcements      discussion & questions      journal Q of the day 2:00-3:00 Presentations      Groups 5 to 8      Napster & weblogging 3:00-3:30 get some air!     ...and sunshine (hopefully)!      party & snacks at the patio 3:30-4:30 free period      play/gametime "recycling LittleTrev" pix from AIC a couple days ago: angel&littletrev.jpg davekati&lloyd.jpg aliao1.jpg aliao2.jpg angelhiding.jpg anna.jpg dave&kati1.jpg dave&kati2.jpg dave&kati3.jpg dave&kati4.jpg davidjustin&jorge.jpg downloadingstuff.jpg gp1.jpg gp2.jpg gpsgroup.jpg josekevin&maciej.jpg justinsfro.jpg lloyd&kass.jpg maciejplaying.jpg moniquetutoring.jpg kass&tomas.jpg

today's links Tom's essay on the course weblog A Vibrant Community By now you must have realized that there is more to this class than learning HTML. If that were the only purpose, this would not be "The Internet Classroom," it would be "Intro to HTML" or "Web Authoring." But no, it's "The Internet Classroom" and all that that entails. For six weeks, you have basically learned in an experimental, beta-version of the traditional classroom. Of the numerous things we've tried, you've "hyper-learned" (think hyperlinks), you've been working as an individual and in a group, you've had the personal supervision of a TA and the friendship of teachers, and we've played around with the idea of "learning through playing games," be they on Yahoo!, downloaded arcade-style games, or old-fashioned ballgames outside. The last "experiment" in this class is to move beyond the typical class and form a community. Journal question: Part 1: Today's journal is a little different in that we want you to mail it to atdp2030@egroups.com, not just Tom, myself, and your TA. Now, answer these relatively simple questions with nice, long, thoughtful replies: What is the ideal community to you? What communities do you belong to? What should an Internet community be? See, this is the first "internet community" we've ever tried to make, so it's basically a hot-wired, prototype, patchwork model of a society. What do you think would make an internet community better? Part 2: What was the most important thing you learned in this class this summer? Was it a technical thing, a social thing, or did it have to do with education and learning in general? Or all of the above? (Please be both specific AND general, in responding to this question.) Would it interest you to attend the Advanced Internet Classroom at ATDP next summer? homework for the rest of the schoolyear... keep in touch with your instructors, TAs and classmates via any Net medium: e-mail, instant messaging, the weblogs, or the e-group website.