[Teachldsseminary] (TEACH/QUESTION) home study/e-mail

Fri Jul 25 22:08:44 MDT 2008

The word I got last fall was there there was a pilot program going on for
internet classes.

I would definitely be interested in any details or status report on it.

Marji

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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Daryl Gibson <darylgibson at rviewer.com>wrote:

> The teacher in Marble Falls, TX, developed a daily, on-line, (live, I
> think) interactive course for a handful of students who lived far
> from a chapel.  If memory serves me, it was a CES experiment/pilot
> program. (Although it may have been just a local initiative under the
> direction of local priesthood leaders. )  The teacher demonstrated it
> at a regional in-service, and it was fascinating. It took some tech
> savvy and equipment. I'm not sure the status of it now. I'll check
> with my CES supervisor to see if it's still active and whether I can
> appropriately share the info with this list.
> Daryl Gibson
> Austin, TX
>
>  At 07:52 PM 7/25/2008, you wrote:
> >I have a question about this.  We have a dear friend who is a pretty big
> >celebrity and she is not able to attend seminary.  She did D&C for her
> first
> >year, but missed all of last year and won't be able to attend for NT this
> >year, or probably B of M next year either because of her work.
> >
> >Her mom would like to me to tutor her by e-mail and I would LOVE to do it
> >because I just adore this kid.  I feel like I could adapt what I'm doing
> >each morning and just send assignments to her that she could send back to
> >me.  I'm not sure why her ward hasn't offered something like this to her.
>  I
> >would guess that if I contacted her bishop and asked why they aren't doing
> >this, they would find a way to do so, but it's something I really want to
> be
> >able to do for her.  The advantage of having someone in her ward do it
> would
> >be if there are other home study kids she could meet with, but #1, I'm
> >pretty sure that there aren't others in their area of California that do
> >home study and #2 her schedule is just not compatible with other kids'
> >schedules.
> >
> >So I would love some advice about how to proceed with this and would also
> >love to know about other resources that home study teachers are using.  I
> >came across a website completely by accident last year and it was so cool.
> >It was done by a home study teacher in Marble Falls, TX and I can't find
> it
> >again.  It had reading assignments and discussion questions and games.
> >Great stuff.
> >
> >Annie
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Linda Harper" <lindaharper at bellsouth.net>
> >To: "'Free Email list for LDS Seminary Teachers'"
> ><teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>
> >Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:38 PM
> >Subject: [Teachldsseminary] home study/e-mail
> >
> >
> > > I'm surprised they don't make up an internet class wand you meet once a
> > > week
> > > in person.  With a lot of course online these days, it seems like
> seminary
> > > would be a good fit for part of it!
> > >
> > > Linda
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com
> > > [mailto:teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com] On Behalf Of
> Barb
> > > Gardner
> > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:07 PM
> > > To: Free Email list for LDS Seminary Teachers
> > > Subject: Re: [Teachldsseminary] Plain Text Problems
> > >
> > > In some ways this could be fun. If everyone had the email list of
> everyone
> > > else in the class you could do a number of games and lessons during the
> > > week. IE: break into two seperate teams. You send out the first phrase
> of
> > > a
> > > SM to each captain. They  add a phrase and send it on to the next in
> line.
> > > Which ever team sends it back to you at the earliest time wins.
> [Obviously
> > > emails are date stamped so this is easy!]
> > > Powerpoint lessons could be developed and sent out with an attached PDF
> > > fill-in form that is returned back to you automatically.
> > > The Annotated Scriptures may be helpful in that they already have the
> > > graphics available in one place for all the NT pictures, SM's, Mormon
> Ads,
> > > etc. to allow you to quickly assemble files. You would even have the
> side
> > > by
> > >
> > > side comparisons ready to cut and paste as needed.
> > > Anyway -- just some ideas.
> > > B
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Victoria Taylor" <vmomster at gmail.com>
> > > To: <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:54 PM
> > > Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Plain Text Problems
> > >
> > >
> > > I've taught EMS for 6 years, but there's  not much guidance that I can
> > > find
> > > for home study.  Anyone out there doing it successfully - and if so,
> what
> > > tips can you offer?
> > >
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