TACTics
Journal
A Publication for and by TOC
for Education Practitioners
January 3, 2003
In this week’s issue:
Networking
(1) TOCFE/Accelerated Learning
Systems: E-Learning Cloud Lesson,
Cheryl A. Edwards
Connections
(2) Well Done TOC Trainers!, Eleanor May-Brenneker
(3) Warm Hugs, Alejandrina Gonzalez
Editors’ Notes
(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards
NETWORKING
(1) TOCFE/Accelerated Learning Systems:
E-Learning Cloud
Lesson, Cheryl A. Edwards, Michigan, USA
The following is a Cloud lesson
based on the format of the lessons in the new E-Learning site. It is
part of a continuing series of
lessons, which will be featured in our TACTics Journal in cooperation
with TOCFE and Accelerated
Learning Systems, LTD.
The Frog Prince, by Brothers
Grimm
One summer day a princess was
playing with her golden ball. It rolled and
fell into a deep dark pond. She
began to cry because the ball was her
favorite toy. A frog heard her
and asked her why she was crying. She told
him how she had lost her ball. “ I will bring back your ball,” the frog said,
“but only if you promise to
love me and let me be with you.” So the princess
promised because after all he
was just a frog.
That evening, the Princess was
shocked when the frog came to dinner. She
told her father of the promise
she had made to the frog. ”You must always
keep your promises,” said the
king. “Yes, but…” said the Princess. She did
not like the idea of letting
the frog in at all because the frog was cold and
wet and slimy. He was
disgusting.
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM
Who has the problem?
(Participants will click on a picture.).
A. The Frog
B. The King
C. The Princess
Participants will click here
for an answer:
The Princess had the problem.
She did not know what to do.
WANTS
What was the Princess’ problem?
What two things did the Princess want to
do that she could not do at the
same time?
D- On one side the Princess WANTED
to…
Click here for an answer:
Keep her promise to the Frog.
D’- BUT
on the other side the Princess WANTED…
Click for an answer.
Not keep her promise to the
Frog.
Can both of these ‘wants’
happen at the same time?
NEEDS
B– Why does the Princess want to
keep her promise to the Frog?
Because?
Click for an answer:
Do what her father says. Do
what is right.
C– Why does the Princess not want
to keep her promise to the Frog?
Click for an answer:
Not have a disgusting
unpleasant Frog around.
COMMON GOAL
A– What would the Princess gain if
she could solve this problem?
Click for an answer:
Feel good and be happy with
herself.
FINDING A WIN/WIN SOLUTION
Can you think of a way that:
The princess can do the right
thing and not have an unpleasant frog around?
Your solution:
Some solutions to think about.
Which solutions would be win/win?
1. The Princess allows the frog
to play with her only when she is outdoors.
2. The Princess cleans up the
frog and makes a special home for him in her
room.
3. The Princes gives the frog
her gold ball to go away.
Have you ever had a problem
like this? A time when it seemed that if you
did the ‘right thing’ it would
be very difficult for you? How did you solve the
problem? How would you solve
the problem now, using the Cloud?
For more information on the
E-Learning Site check the following TACTics
issues:
December 6, 2002
Kathy's Focus TOCFE E-Learning
Site Article
December 13, 2002
Prologue: The Story of Yani’s Goal
CONNECTIONS
2. Well Done TOC Trainers!
From Eleanor May-Brenneker,
Netherlands
Dear Tactics Friends,
We wish you a HAPPY, HEALTHY,
HUMOROUS, HARMONIOUS 2003!
At a pre-Christmas party here
in London UK, I had quite a TOC surprise. I
bumped into a professor of
Classics from Los Angeles, California. You know
perhaps how educators gravitate
towards each other unknowingly. Chalk
seeks chalk… His observation
was, so he told me, that in the school opposite
his, the behaviour of the students
had miraculously and drastically changed
since the pupils attended a
regular half-hour sessions of conflict resolution
and Peer mediation. In our
conversation it turned out to be a TOCFE
programme that was up and
running in that school!
The professor did not know a
thing about TOCFE; the only thing was that he
was extremely impressed with
the changes in the school that hitherto had
been a no-go area for him and
many others. "Now I feel quite happy walking
around in that school and going
up and down the staircases," he said.
Well done, TOC Trainers!
Eleanor & TOCFE Netherlands
Family
3. Warm Hugs
From Alejandrina Gonzalez
I just want to give a very warm
hug at this time and wish for a wonderful
New Year. God bless you and
yours families. God give to you health and
happiness for you and yours
families.
Love,
Alejandrina and Family
EDITORS’ NOTES
(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards
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processes, lessons,
announcements, and etc. by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards,
2253 S. Hill Island Rd.,
Cedarville, Michigan 49719, USA. Or send hyperlink
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bucknek@earthlink.net.
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