Monday, October 29, 2007

Endocrine Disease Talk With Survey Students

We will be researching Type I and Type II Diabetes Mellitus.

I. Complete A,B,C for each type and turn in on paper.
A) General information on each
B) Treatment
C) Prevention
II. Make two posts that are intended to spark a reply from someone else.
--one post should contain new information that you learned today
--the other post should contain information from your prior knowledge
(try to make it be a story about you or a friend/family member's experience with diabetes)
III. Post a quality reply to at least one other person's post(s).

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Nervous System Disease Talk With Survey Students

HELLO SURVEY STUDENTS--COMPLETE A-E.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS THEIR USERNAME/PASSWORD SITUATION STRAIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND TIME BLOGGING WITH YOU.

I. Alzheimer's is different from dementia.
Sometimes people mistake dementia for "Alzheimer's."
A)What is the difference between these two?
B)How can either of these be prevented?
Answer A and B on your own paper and
post a question you have about these diseases as well as a piece of your prior knowledge. This can come from your experience with family members or friends and/or past readings that you have done.

II. Epilepsy: Another disease of the nervous system
C) Make a post concerning epilepsy that comes from your readings/writings that we did earlier this week.
D) Make a post concerning epilepsy that comes from your knowledge prior to this week.

III. Reply to each other.
E) Make good replies that cause others to reply to you/answer your questions.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Muscular Diseases

We are beginning our muscular unit. There are two disorders that seem to have received a lot of attention over the last few years. Let's learn more about them including general information, but most importantly: prevention & treatment.
1) Chronic fatigue syndrome
2) Fibromyalgia

Create a notebook page for these two disorders like you did for skeletal diseases. When you are through, choose the most significant thing that you learned or already new. Create a post about it. Make it thorough or thought provoking enough for someone to be able to make a good reply to it. You are required to
5 pts (A) make at least one original post that would cause others to spark/reply back to it
5 pts (B) reply to at least one other person's post by asking them a question, making a connection to what they posted, etc.
10 pts (C) create a notebook page with general info on one side; treatments & prevention on the other side

*Additional points may be given for additional replies that are thought provoking, include great connections, etc.