Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Rebecca Blood, a lifetime ago in Internet time, : We are being pummeled by a deluge of data and unless we create time and spaces in which to reflect, we will be left with only our reactions. And when I read Dean yesterday talking of owning one’s space to share one’s words, and then Tony’s […]
Read More "Pummeled by a Deluge"I had the opportunity to hear Paul Allison, one of my favorite teachers, talk at length about his work with Youth Voices yesterday. Usually, Paul’s asking about others’ work, or showcasing the work he’s doing – but not talking about the thinking behind the work. And I like it when he does so. I hope […]
Read More #ISTE11: On Longitudinal Web Presences for Writing, Learning, BeingUPDATE: In the comments below, Mike advocates for free versions of desktop software. I am completely in favor of those options for students and schools. I also like free and open source software for digital infrastructure. (Both the software packages I mention in the podcast are free and open source tools.) The “free” I’m talking […]
Read More The Podcast: Why I’m Not a Fan of Free (At School) (Infrastructure, I Mean)At the risk of getting a little too meta, I’m going to be talking through my history of thinking about linking, or conective writing, today during CyberCamp as a part of our series of “Works in Progress” conversations. I’m inviting you, if you’re interested, mostly to help me model how a backchannel and uStream conversation […]
Read More WiP#0 – Talking 'bout Thinking 'bout LinkingI didn’t want to let too much time go by before responding to Doug’s post, and the others that have followed it, but I haven’t have time for a thorough response. There’s plenty of thoughtfulness in the posts and comments, but I did just want to state, again, that I’m pretty sure an awful lot […]
Read More There Isn’t Just OneIt was about a year ago that I wrote a piece for English Journal on teaching “blogging” vs. “writing with blogs” that was pretty much a re-hash of some blog posts that I thought were saying something. The trouble is, I wasn’t sure what they were saying. I’ve been fumbling at this one for a […]
Read More Thinking ’bout LinkingPlease forgive Typepad. They’ve apparently mixed up their feeds, and have been pushing celebrity gossip through mine and many other Typepad users. Yet another reason why I contemplate leaving. I’m sure they didn’t mean harm, and that they’ll apologize for, or at least acknowledge, their mistake soon. Right, Typepad? Update: This was […]
Read More Dear Readers, Please ForgiveAfter a long delay (one month, to be precise), I present to you, via podcast, the audio from Greg, Bill and my presentation at NCTE’s 2006 Annual Convention. The hour and fifteen minute workshop is about how we are using blogs with our students in different ways and for different purposes. My contribution […]
Read More The Podcast: NCTE 2006 Presentationof how blogging and composition are interconnected/related makes my brain hurt. (In a good way. )
Read More Blog/Comp MapWill wrote a post recently that is helping me to connect with a problem that might be beginning to stir in my blog, as well as others. He writes/asks: I read lots of stories about kids who are getting it, even in Doug’s post, where they are reading and writing and commenting and […]
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