Posted in Blogging, Commenting, Networking, Power of Web 2.0 on May 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
I also left this comment, albeit it was the 83rd one, at The Strength of Weak Ties:
Wow! This discussion is at the same time intense and depressing. Once again, I feel like the kid who doesn’t know the right things to say to be considered cool. I am fairly new to the “echo-chamber,” and as [...]
Posted in Blogging on Mar 1st, 2008 3 Comments »
What a week I’ve had! All of my classes are fully immersed with our blogging, and everything is rolling full steam ahead. I was sifting through my Google Reader account the other night, reading students blogs, and I was blown away by how quickly most of my students are learning the basics. I simply make [...]
Posted in Blogging on Feb 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
It has taken me a long time, since August really, to get my kids online, blogging, and connected. Now that we are finally ready to go, I am learning how difficult it can be to get middle school students to actively and thoughtfully write on a regular basis. I have started by making my students [...]
Posted in Blogging, Changing Teachers on Feb 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Earlier today, I popped into a meeting to talk with a few teachers about whether or not they would be interested in my new Blogging Club. They had expressed interest in the past, so I figured they would be a good starting point. We had a quick chat about the importance of teachers using the [...]
Posted in Blogging, Changing Teachers on Feb 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
People are afraid of change, and experience has taught me that teachers in particular are no different. While we claim to be resolute in teaching our students how to discover the skills in becoming life long learners, realistically many of us seem to hit the occasional wall when it comes to our own learning. If [...]
Posted in Blogging, Networking, Sharing Info on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
This has been and in all truth is still a crazy week. I helped organize a guest speaker at our school to help raise funds and awareness for our Global Issues Club; I have been finishing up two major projects- one on Rome and another connecting growing plants and literacy, I am still trying to [...]
Posted in Blogging on Jan 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
It is Thursday night here in Doha, the equivalent of a Friday night, and I am ready to decompress. I am having a few friends over to watch some mindless movies and simply relax. Before they arrive however, I thought I’d write a quick post about a very simple yet potent feature of blogging- Building [...]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching on Jan 7th, 2008 16 Comments »
It’s always a strange feeling to start a new blog. There is the sentiment that one need lay out a course of action, write their exposition, or explain oneself fully before getting started, and while I feel that pressure to do this, I am finally ready to simply jump right in start this blog. My [...]
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