tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.comments2011-05-06T08:38:54.875-07:00emilynoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-70835550634239029242011-05-06T08:38:54.875-07:002011-05-06T08:38:54.875-07:00Global Conflicts is a fun, and deeply thoughtful game. This scenario has about 8 possible scoring points. I got five of them this way:<br /><br />1st scorepoint: at the wall I asked Mr. Baz for some stories.<br />There&#39;s a funny moment here: after you have your conversation, Baz&#39;s relative Shakeel decides to go running down the road. If you follow him, you see he runs right through the checkpoint. <br /><br />2nd scorepoint: I then tried helping Fatima and then delivered medicine for Shakeel. Name reminds me of the basketball player :) <br /><br />3rd scorepoint: I listened to Fahtima talk about her son<br /><br />4th point: I got Omri to help.<br /><br />5th point: Leah talked about a story about Leah&#39;s friend and how we mustn&#39;t close ourselves off.<br /><br />The game gives you more credit if you write 3 highly newsworthy sections in your article. 2 very highly newsworthy quotes are the 2 stories from Baz.<br /><br />PEACERakovskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01104421349211889742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-1225399907022451492009-07-16T20:17:29.052-07:002009-07-16T20:17:29.052-07:00This is interesting. VADLO comes to mind, it is a <a href="http://vadlo.com" rel="nofollow">life sciences powerpoints search engine</a>. There are good cartoons also.Regishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12980664589876887209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-78268120240948405472009-06-29T07:23:02.381-07:002009-06-29T07:23:02.381-07:00I really like your perspective, I hadn&#39;t thought of it this way! I wasn&#39;t surprised at all about how the students reacted. I wonder if making the interaction with the PA a social experiment for the students to observe how people interact with robots and to pose these questions to themselves would increase their interest and awareness of how to use digital tools like the PA.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06203555390869715326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-72523400050267802172009-06-28T17:12:42.907-07:002009-06-28T17:12:42.907-07:00I did an assignment on &quot;A modest proposal&quot; as well! I automatically thought about that essay when we started talked about satire, irony. It is no surprise since it is probably still one of the most famous essay&#39;s of its kind.Jon Voigthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142579352988312951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-24988736501802084342009-06-28T17:06:40.623-07:002009-06-28T17:06:40.623-07:00I think it’s a great idea to ask kids to analyze their own speaking and writing habits in relation to grammar by examining what other people say about proper uses of grammar. It’s difficult to engage kids when teaching grammar, and using a hook like this to encourage kids to feel invested in learning grammar is important.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17240709944000020409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-34681844021056588722009-06-27T12:15:29.787-07:002009-06-27T12:15:29.787-07:00Great ideas! I think with the grammar one, it would also be interesting to look at figures in popular culture (celebrities, hip-hop artists, etc.) and look at their language use. Another idea, is you could somehow find sound clips of people (maybe famous people) talking and have the class make predictions on what they think that person is like just by hearing them talk. I think it would provide an interesting and eye opening discussion along with what you are already thinking.Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02089309579207625515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-57910136081257626862009-06-08T10:19:06.793-07:002009-06-08T10:19:06.793-07:00I am very impressed that you have done a wiki activity with your 7th Graders. I would like to tie that idea into my 8th Grade research project next year instead of having them create the traditional &quot;research paper.&quot;Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16551628299093581415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-70465425069548531582009-06-08T07:50:49.174-07:002009-06-08T07:50:49.174-07:00Emily, great post about the challenges facing first-year teachers from teachers accustomed to the same-old/same-old (I received this post because it was picked up by a Google Web Alert for &quot;digital writing.&quot;)<br /><br />I&#39;m requesting permission to use your post in a presentation I&#39;m giving next week at an English Education conference about the need for preservice/insertive teachers to grapple with tensions they face, grappling that can be frustrating, but that leads to slow change of status quo schooling.<br /><br />Please let me know if that&#39;s OK: rbeach@umn.eduRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732814611391552232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-49142441123766384702008-11-06T08:13:00.000-08:002008-11-06T08:13:00.000-08:00I've found that a lot of my minority students like this as well. They ALL love it, but the minority students seem to find it very helpful. We just watched sections of "Charly" in class, which they tore apart in a very academic manner, because it didn't correspond to the book as much as they thought it should. That, and they were totally engaged in a movie made in 1963!<BR/><BR/>What is picassa like? Is it superior to flickr, or is it just a different company running it?Brent Eckhoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210913961172271908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-46148991750627995692008-11-06T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-06T08:09:00.000-08:00I've thought of doing this, but the workload scares me. With 2 classes, special education evaluations, grading, and teaching at 2 schools, my personal time is precious. Have you started this yet? How has it been?Brent Eckhoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210913961172271908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-31075693853011238372008-11-06T08:06:00.000-08:002008-11-06T08:06:00.000-08:00I've often found that my students fail at finding quality sources on the internet, not because of a lack of know-how, but more out of laziness. How have you tried to combat this, because I have trouble getting them to do it if I'm not standing over them critiquing their every move?Brent Eckhoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210913961172271908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-51114970687383437362008-09-30T15:32:00.000-07:002008-09-30T15:32:00.000-07:00Emily, great idea! How many poems/readings are you going to record? Will it be all your voice or other voices depending on the content of the reading? It would be cool if the voices matched the tone of the piece.Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846936503587884532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-46408620566297829362008-09-30T15:29:00.000-07:002008-09-30T15:29:00.000-07:00Hi Emily, I am so glad that you did your voicethread on Working Boys Center! I remember both the downtown center and the more suburban one. It was wonderful to see all the faces and hear your explanation of how it all works.<BR/><BR/>I thought about using imovie, but I decided to give Voicethread a shot. I actually thought it was pretty simple, but imovie might work better. I was more frustrated with Flickr in terms of the slide show because it wouldn't let me organize the pictures. I haven't used Picassa thoroughly so I don't know too much about all its functions.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, both shows turned out fine..so I really think its about efficiency!Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846936503587884532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-91074974060729316942008-09-23T16:39:00.000-07:002008-09-23T16:39:00.000-07:00Hi Emily! I really like your tentative ideas. It's a shame that you are forced to consider the technicalities rather than the creative end of using blogs. Both the ideas have a lot of possibilities. For the poetry podcasts, would students record their own poetry? Or would you search for published poetry on the web?Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846936503587884532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-46224474062397056342008-09-09T16:21:00.000-07:002008-09-09T16:21:00.000-07:00-I am so excited that you went to The Working Boys Center! I can't wait to talk to you more about it!<BR/><BR/>-I agree that blogging is great for people who like to write.<BR/><BR/>-Isn't it funny that students lacked tech skills? I feel like it is often stressed how savvy kids are...still, many kids do not have the resources. It would be interesting to consider ways that kids/schools without the resources could still benefit from a technology-friendly curriculum. Good luck with your grant! I appreciate your skepticism. <BR/><BR/>-I am excited to learn how to use podcasts. <BR/><BR/>-I agree with you about pen and paper writing. A couple weeks ago, I discovered a set of journals that I wrote in every day from age 6 to 8. These were an amazing find complete with my childlike handwriting, misspelling, and point of view. Is this possible if students were writing on blogs?Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846936503587884532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-46186888867633215042008-09-09T16:09:00.000-07:002008-09-09T16:09:00.000-07:00I totally agree with what you say about accessibility. I still have students that don't know how to send an email attachment! It seems unfair, especially for my students in poverty, to be so exclusively digital because it does turn some people off. What's funny about all of this is that my school is pushing technology in a big big way, but like you, we have very limited resources! If I want students to type a paper so they can edit on the fly, I have to beg, borrow, and steal to get the necessary machines available for just one day. I'm thinking of stealing a mobile cart next week...<BR/>I've always been interested in putting a podcast together. What was it like? You'll have to tell me sometime because I'm kind of scared of it. I'm really a coward at heart.Brent Eckhoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210913961172271908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-9940195647709467722008-08-12T17:58:00.000-07:002008-08-12T17:58:00.000-07:00I like the online role-play idea, but I think it could be kind of hard. <BR/><BR/>In the late &#39;90s I taught college Spanish &amp; had an online role-playing classroom, that is they were divided into groups (different colors) of 3 or 4 students each, then I assigned a different online scenario to each group and they needed to make a play about it. It was not entirely successful--they mostly just chatted with each other and complained about the technology. But they did chat and complain in Spanish, so that was good. But they didn&#39;t use the vocab or make up the skits.The students who liked it best were the shy ones who never spoke in class. It was one of the only online Spanish chat classes in the US at that time.LisaUrsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722202140903369878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-23041823899557976982008-08-12T17:11:00.000-07:002008-08-12T17:11:00.000-07:00I am glad to hear that you engage the students in loud raucous games that they all enjoy, in spite of wht the administration might think. Your comments about sports and games are interesting. I think that is a conditioned from social pressures thing--that organized sports are "serious work."LisaUrsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722202140903369878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-46570848039079970862008-08-04T12:45:00.000-07:002008-08-04T12:45:00.000-07:00nice blog!Mr. Dubbelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436974098637774036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-34047236299125342252008-03-06T10:28:00.000-08:002008-03-06T10:28:00.000-08:00Emily, I'd admire your initiative to take on imovie for this mini digital literacy assignment. Not bad for a first time at imovie. --candance<BR/><BR/>p.s. the Oregon Trail image was classicdancing stylushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07574642406657987749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-1879248875538844462008-03-05T21:01:00.000-08:002008-03-05T21:01:00.000-08:00What a fun nostalgic trip! I'm glad you explained Il Postino because I was thinking that didn't come out until I was an adult (I know I'm a little obsessed with being old), so to see it in your "journey" early on threw me a little. But it's really interesting how we're all exposed to so much that is similar and those few unexpected bits really make an impact. <BR/><BR/>Nice job with imovie--good for you for trying it out! <BR/><BR/>Denisedgldmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00516992793127164570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-82165635116480061842008-03-05T20:43:00.000-08:002008-03-05T20:43:00.000-08:00My computer only buffered the first two lines of the video the first time I clicked it. So I thought the video in its entirety was "My literacy journey began early. And it continues to this day." I larfed so hard! But then you became sincere and wrecked my ironic party.joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627720430988322796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-35985950818444708272008-02-27T17:36:00.000-08:002008-02-27T17:36:00.000-08:00Emily-- Your post is really interesting. I like the perspective you have put into collective intelligence and your ideas. What was really odd was that I came from Joe's blog, and he talks about this as well, from the total opposite viewpoint. I wonder if you feel similarily on some things to him or not. Maybe we'll talk about it in class. Either way, it really is amazing how we are able to connect to such a wide range of possibilities, information and people through the internet and how we can bring that to our students so easily...I remember when schools were so excited to get their first computer lab. Oh, good times.Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206553377251604140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-35022608502250275002008-02-27T12:25:00.000-08:002008-02-27T12:25:00.000-08:00Hey Emily,<BR/><BR/>Your idea about a "story" wiki sounds great! I think there's so much potential there... everyone has a story to tell, and even if they think they don't, listening to other people's stories is a great way to get them thinking and reminded of their own. I definitely hear you about the logistical concerns-- especially making sure that there's access to computers, that's kind of a major deal. But I bet you'll figure it out and that it'll be a huge success and that your teacher will think it's so cool that she'll keep doing it next year after you're gone. :) Good luck!Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328277599221266740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771502189620604201.post-15734893273863056992008-02-20T15:18:00.000-08:002008-02-20T15:18:00.000-08:00The opportunity you had in that particular writing class sounds fantastic, but I think that it is geared towards those who enjoy writing. Personally, if I knew that 15 other people were going to read every piece of writing I put out there during the course of a semester, I would drop the class. It seems very intimidating and daunting. For high school students, I am still-on-the-fence about peer editing in the regular classroom.<BR/><BR/>Peer-editing can create an uncomfortable situation for many students. Certainly most students are a little uneasy about sharing their work with their peers. There are so many social issues going on among them that I can't help but think about how much they think about what others think. Ahh! For strong writers, they might feel that peer editing is a waste of their time. Weaker writers might be so embarrassed in their writing that they simply shut-down. I struggle with this because I agree that the audience should be bigger than the teacher, but I just don't know the best way to make this happen.<BR/><BR/>One final comment: I think it is very cool that you were able to assemble a portfolio for your class, but I am a little confused. You said that the instructor ensured that all of your writing was put into the portfolio. Isn't a portfolio supposed to be a collection of some of students' best writing--not all of it? I may not fully understand the idea, that is why I ask.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02974952938468407532noreply@blogger.com