Sometimes we find ourselves in odd places with idle time on our hands. This isn’t one of those times but they surely do happen. I was wondering how easily it would be to write a blog entry during one of those times. Well, as it turns out the process is entirely satisfactory.
I am writing this […]
Posts tagged as 'blogging'
The Reverend asked me a question
Posted in 3485, 3484, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3483, 2968, my, blogging, the, students, and, General on Jul 26th, 2008 Comments Off
about blogging in my classes. What is my method? How do I communicate to students the reasons for blogging, and how do I get them to commit to the exploratory spirit of the endeavor in a school context that emphasizes frequent incremental assessments of items on a task-list?
As I talked to Jim, I realized that […]
More connections in New Media Studies
Posted in 3272, 2755, 3235, 3273, 3274, 3276, 3275, 3137, 3113, the, blogging, great, 2962, 2735, 2966, General on Feb 14th, 2008 Comments Off
There’s a lot of great blogging going on in the Intro to New Media Studies class (always room for more, of course), much of it sparked by Ted Nelson’s Computer Lib/Dream Machines. We’re moving from Nelson to Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg next Tuesday, but before we go, I thought I’d share a recent response […]
Is blogging important in education?
Posted in blogging on Oct 2nd, 2007 Comments Off
This is a question that I hear often from teachers from all around. I often wonder this very question myself and then something happens that makes me even more certain that blogging is important.
Today, a student sent me an email response that she received from an author of one of our textbooks. This student […]
Cultural Revolution in Cambodia–via Blogs
Posted in greater, lesser, burtis, personally, periods, activity, director, martha, day, months, conversation, lives, Blogs, blogging, General, transformative, professionally, centered, started, bloggers, DTLT on Sep 24th, 2007 Comments Off
It’s easy to forget how foundational and transformative blogging has been for me. I’ve grown a little embattled (some folks at my school still say”blogging is silly”), a little weary, and truth to tell a little wary as well. As times get complicated, and events and emotions get tangled, it gets harder to push through […]