Structure
What is the overall Tone of Laird’s essay?
1. formal
2. direct
3. serious
4. informational
What is one of Laird’s issues with distance learning?
1. Students take advantage of deadlines
2. Student age making it difficult to teach everyone the same
3. Students don't respect the classroom requires doing their own thing
4. Taking days off during online school
1.) How do the demographics of in person and online classes differ?
1. Age
2. Location
3. Learning
4. Responsibilities
Is Laird’s thesis stated or implied?
implied
How does Laird feel about her experience with online learning?
Laird is fed up with the performance and behavior of online students
2. How does the assumption of anonymity affect teacher student communication?
1. Student is more honest/personal
2. Less accountability
3. Less engagement
4. Difficult communication (teachers can't identify what the student needs)
How does Laird transition to another paragraph and is it effective?
Headlines in bold
What is Lairds main point about the role of the teacher?
Teachers should not have to put up with online students technology problems
How do the schedules differ from online vs in person school?
1. Looser vs Stricter
2. Self-paced learning online vs fixed schedule in school
3. Online deadline vs in person
4. Online work load vs in person
Who is Laird’s essay addressing?
EXPLAIN
no correct answer
Explain what Laird means by her honeymoon being over.
1. Laird is done with online school. When Laird was new to online school it was enjoyable, but now it just sucks.
How do commitments to school and personal life differ between online and in person students?
1. Different in Time management
2. Difference in Social interactions
3. Difference in Extracurricular activities
In what way does Laird shift between personal stories and formal arguments persuade both students and educators.
EXPLAIN
What is Laird’s thesis?
Teachers should not be providing "technical support" to online students for their technology
or
While online teaching is more convenient for many students, the nature of the internet results in behaviors and performance that are difficult for teachers to navigate
How does the nonlinear nature of web surfing differ from traditional learning?
1. Students focus
2. Student Understandment (cheating)
3. Student engagement.