Tricia+Meyer

===My husband, Raymond, and I have an eleven year old basset hound called Daphne. Daphne is named for two things I love: red-hair and the British. You may remember red-headed Daphne from the //Scooby-Do// cartoons and Daphne the British assistant to Martin Crane in //Frasier//.===

===These adorable children belong to my brother, but I often get to pretend the red-heads are mine. Natalie is on the left, Eli is hiding his red-hair under a hat and Nicole is on the right in front of me. While Nic doesn't have red hair, we share the need for glasses!===

For my Christians in a networked world project, I’d like to make use of some resources in my own high school. We have subscribed to Moodlerooms for the ability to develop, produce and use Moodle to run five courses. At present, we are using only one for a teacher orientation site. I’d like to set one up to encourage spiritual discussion among high school students.
 * MAJOR PROJECT:**

My plan would be to set up an online course of sorts where a group of volunteer high school students from my Christian school (churched or unchurched) would visit once per week to discuss a spiritual issue or question that I will cull from the books A Young Man’s Battle or A Young Woman’s Battle or other sources as recommend by my guest instructors. The project will be conducted during the month of November. I will then ask selective pastors and teachers to be the host of the conversation once per week. My plan will be to set up the program, facilitate this discussion through questions and my own interactions and make sure both students and “guest” instructor are active online.

Last year, one of our instructors used the online discussion capability of turnitin.com with the sophomores. This was very successful. Students really enjoyed this kind of interaction and have been remarking on it even this year. Because of this, I believe that the students will be curious to use a similar technology. I believe they are also interested in discussion about issues that often are only facilitated in a spiritual emphasis week or in youth group. Since many of our students do not go to youth group, this experiment could turn into a vital component of encouraging the development of a strong spirit and a sense of community, both of which are expected student learning results at Fremont Christian School.


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