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Worksheets
//Add worksheets here.// Kris Olsen

Bernie's Reflection
//This is more of a first update on our schedules this week, Kris, and not so much a reflection. I'm planning to upload the starter NARA worksheets and KWL charts during the day sometime on Wednesday. Will also post the starter worksheets and KWL charts unless you beat me to that task. I'm assuming that we will each load our thoughts here and then we can drag and drop the best of them to the worksheets. Fyi, tomorrow is my main workday on this wiki; I'll be at a conference Th-Sun. Should have time to log on for a brief period each evening for updates and checking messsages; my wrap-up on this task (which isn't due until Monday) may not happen until Sunday. 11 pm Tues.//

Kris' Reflection
Bernine, I had the same plan to upload everything today (Wed. will be a slow day for me at school) and start working on it today and tomorrow. If you put your reflections up, I can move everything over to the worksheets later this week while you are away since you moved our thoughts over last week. 6:45 am Wed.

I just re read the directions before uploading the worksheets and it looks like we don't combine our thoughts on this assignment. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like we each fill out our own KWL and SEA chart and then review each others adding our reflections down below. I'll get my worksheets done by this afternoon so you can relfect on it before you leave. 6:55 am Wed. Kris

Bernie's Reflection
//You're probably correct, Kris. I find the directions a bit ambiguous; your interpretation makes sense, since the worksheets would be hard to combine our thoughts in such small spaces. I decided to not bias my thoughts by looking at yours or the other groups, so I'll add my worksheets to the wiki today as they get done. Will likely look yours over and add some reflections Th and Fri so that you can do a summary if needed. It's proven easier to type my comments directly on the worksheets. 2 pm Wed//

Bernie's Reflection
//I looked over the other three groups posts this evening and mostly found familiar comments. Some of the other groups went into way more detail than we did on the specifics of clothing and hats and such. Some noted that photography was pretty new to that era, which may explain the use of panoramas. For your own posts, Kris, I hadn't thought about noting the photographer himself in my table. And I liked your describing the quadrant-specific details in the table (where there is more room) rather than above (where I included my comments).// //One possible fatal flaw with my forms. I'm traveling with my laptop PC. When I looked at my posts tonight, all three are there; all are empty! Aarrrggghhhh! When I reviewed them on my Mac before leaving home, the posts were populated with my files. The originals are back on my desktop; I didn't bother to copy the files to bring along. I'll be curious to hear if they are also empty for you (probably so); will need to re-populate them when I return to my Mac Sunday evening. Will likely upgrade my comments at that time. Sorry about that. 9 pm Th.// //Update 11 pm Th. Went back and looked at my pdf files again. I'm guessing that the way they were saved on the Mac (using "Preview") doesn't translate well to a PC. When the file is opened, the original format is there; it looks blank. I can see my text, one line at a time, by clicking on the appropriate place. Is anyone else seeing the same thing, or do I need to seek professional help of one type or another? Eeepppppp. I will not have access to a Mac for a few days, so patience is today's word. It may be time to switch to the .doc versions.//

Kris' Reflection
Bernie, from what I could tell (had the problem that you mentioned above seeing everything all at once) you and I were pretty much on the same page with our interpretations. I did find some of you comments and questions quite interesting though. I liked your statement, and after reading it started to wonder why, about the first photograph and the people seemed like they were not sure what to do after the accident took place. I also liked the question you asked wondering what, if any relationships the bystanders had with those on the train. I also originally thought the second photography was from the second day, but after looking at for awhile, I think the second photograph was actually taken first. There seems to be more wreckage, two engines instead of one and more debris than the first. One of the items on your KWL chart that I liked was in your "L" column. In my research I found out some stuff, but the fact that one conductor misread his watch and thought he had 14 more minutes was pretty interesting. That made me go back to the one questions you raised and what are the odds of an accident like this happening today and I wonder if that would have happened with a digital watch? 7:30 pm Sunday.

Jana's Reflection

 * You both did an excellent job with your analysis and contributing for your group work. Bernie - I am assuming that their cell phones and i-pads are hidden under all of those long dresses, coats, and fedoras! LOL. **