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6. DL classes require students to actively participate in discussions, chats and message boards. Are you an active participant in the traditional classroom answering questions and contributing to discussions? Would your participation level increase or decrease in a DL class? Discuss. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Online programs suffer occasional operational glitches, and a student’s work can be lost or deleted. When a DL course requires you to submit an extended written response, what should you do to protect yourself from loss of data? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. Your teacher has decided to teach in a Flipped Classroom model. What does that mean? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What’s your vote on The Flipped Classroom Model? Sounds great! Not for me. I’d have to try it first 10. What’s your keyboarding wpm (words per minute)? _______ 10th graders should be able to type about 35 to 45 wpm. If you haven’t reached that goal, practice! PRODUCT PREVIEW Bonus: Your friend Bella has just signed up for a DL course. She says she really likes DL because she thinks she can ignore the class most of the time, and get all the assignments done at the end of the month. What’s your advice? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
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