Archive for September, 2005
other blogs on campus and my first trial of Blojsom
I discovered that there have been some people on campus trying out blogs. Barbara Sholley used them last spring and Kathy Hewitt-Smith is using them in a Quest class in which they will blog here first and then travel to Bombay and continue the blog there! I’m not sure how Dr. Sholley […]
Read More..>>Blog talk in Richmond
At the James River Writer’s Festival next week, there will be a panel about blogs. Here is (part of) an article from Style Weekly this week:
Writing on the Wall
James River Writers Conference addresses the blog and other matters of writing.
by Valley Haggard
September 14, 2005
There is no avoiding them, from the coffee […]
speaking of blogs…
The technical glitches seem to have been worked out. I am beginning to look at the students’ research blogs and comment. This is the exciting part for me about the blog; I can really get involved with their research work while they are still doing it and still have time to change. […]
Read More..>>some weird glitches
I am trying different fixes to see if we can solve problems. It is the way of the (electronic) world. One of my students has created a new blog for his research blog and when he went to post the first time he opened the blog to see an old established blog that […]
Read More..>>doing more reading about blogs and education
There are lots more resources than I realized already out there about using blogs in education. Here are a few:
LORE: An E-Journal for Teachers of Writing has a special issue on Academic Blogging
KairosNews has so much to offer that I hardly know where to link. Start on this page and navigate for days!
Our […]
Where are my students?
I thought I would have seen some commenting in Plastic Plate by now, but so far, none since class last week. I have suggested that they should/could in an email, and I have put more info for their current project, (suggestions, clarifications) on the blog. How do I know if they are using […]
Read More..>>a fellow comp blogger
Feeling really is first! After the last cathartic blog post, I am ready–back to technology and teaching. This link is to a blog being kept by a class taught by Alisa Cooper. She has been generous in sharing her insights with me about blogging and wikis and which tech tool fits what […]
Read More..>>sadness vs. routine
It has been a 2 funeral week for me, a double shot to the gut, all against the backdrop of the horrific reports of devastation in the gulf coast states. I keep accidentally putting myself in the place of the mom who lost her 15 year old son and feeling that crushing pain and […]
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