2. All I need to know about life I learned in CTAP 295. Un Séjour à Paris Ctap295.ctaponline.org/~cadavis Carla M. Davis

3. 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 orDiscover which play to see in London on a Friday night or where to go dancing in Paris on Saturday.

4. 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?

5. Students just want to have fun! Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? C’est dingue! Chouette. Je voudrais aller danser. Passez-moi encore du pain et du fromage.

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

7. 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.

8. 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 heart’s content. Each slide of the presentation definitely reflects the personality of it’s creator.

9. Good times are even better when they are shared. 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.

10. 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.

11. I live for vacations! Un Voyage à Paris Student Power Point Presentation