Karen,

You have half the battle won!  Great so share some of your organizational skills with us.  Categorize what and how?  How long do you keep information stored in your folders?  Do you have one classroom?  I teach special area with K - 5th students.  How would you organize the grade levels?

Thank you

Educators,  I really stuck in understanding the differences in asynchronous and synchronous.  To engage my understanding, please make it as elementary as you possibly can?

Thank a bunch!

Doug,

Thank you for being direct with your comment in handling with distruptive students.  Document all situations date and time who is involved, what was sayed across the platform and keep chat transcripts when necessary, and delivery communication to counselors, and administrators.

Karon,

thank you for communicating being effective and answer questions student may have and remember to do it with a 24 hours timeframe.

In addition, you stated being familiar with the informatiion (content) and the CMS.  Exactually what is CMS?  Can you explain that more in detail?  

Mary, 

Can you commend on the names of the learning styles and their functions?  Just asking to provoke more learning among us.

I've learned that asynchronous meeting is used when you want everyone views and opinions on content presented.  Then the opposite for synchronous for those students who don't voice their opinions or views. During asynchronous projects, students of five or six groups are engage in the conversation with questions to encourage more intellectural conversations.  Always have synchronous times with students who want clarity on items that don't quite understand.  Always write short sentences, and questions prepared before sessions.  Talk with students about netiquett among their peers.  Remember to always have sessions 30 minutes before going to the next content, but always… >>>

How true this statement you bring Jannie because if I'm not sure of the content of the course how effective am I.  I will be pondering and distracted by everything that is not going right.  I must comprehend the nature of the course then fluently execute the material in a professional, fun matter that my students can be engaged.

Reply to Gloria Evans's post:  I love the idea of having the students have an expectation of their teacher.    

What I am taking away from this lesson in making myself presence online is this assuring the students know that I have their interest at heart in the success in learning as well as getting to know each students and the way they learn.  I will also write a biography but also present it in a dramatic way to show the diversity in learning styles.