Comments on: Pleasing paradox http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/ A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:09:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Stilwell http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Mary Stilwell Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:42:49 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/#comment-704 Dawn, Funny how sometimes the obvious comes last! Of course we should collaborate! I am working with a teacher who, although new to using technology, is as keenly willing to jump in as I am. She and I have also partnered up with education students from a nearby universtiy so we may be able to integrate those students as well. Or ... we might want to wait until Semester 2, after Stephanie and I are feeling a bit more steady in our roles. I am fascinated with the Living History projects your students do; we might want to look at something similar but with more of a regional/cultural theme that would allow students to show-case communities. I think we'll have something really exciting to offer our students. Dawn,

Funny how sometimes the obvious comes last! Of course we should collaborate! I am working with a teacher who, although new to using technology, is as keenly willing to jump in as I am. She and I have also partnered up with education students from a nearby universtiy so we may be able to integrate those students as well.

Or … we might want to wait until Semester 2, after Stephanie and I are feeling a bit more steady in our roles. I am fascinated with the Living History projects your students do; we might want to look at something similar but with more of a regional/cultural theme that would allow students to show-case communities.

I think we’ll have something really exciting to offer our students.

]]> By: Dawn http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Dawn Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:13:40 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/#comment-703 Mary, I mentioned you and your students in class today, saying that as you explore CyberEnglish, it is very likely your students may take a look at my students' sites. I wanted to reinforce the idea that their sites are public. I think we need to talk about some kind of collaboration--across time and space--as only the Web can make happen. Dawn Mary,
I mentioned you and your students in class today, saying that as you explore CyberEnglish, it is very likely your students may take a look at my students’ sites. I wanted to reinforce the idea that their sites are public. I think we need to talk about some kind of collaboration–across time and space–as only the Web can make happen.
Dawn

]]> By: Mary Stilwell http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Mary Stilwell Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:05:56 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/pleasing-paradox/#comment-701 Dawn, And again, my best inspiration is from your pages. I listened and watched with a mixture of pride and absolute joy today as my students worked through their first CyberEnglish assignment. Following your lead, I had them email me and was blown away when a student wrote, "It is good because most teenagers our age spend all of their time on the computer, so this allows us to use tools that we know how to use to improve our work." Isn't that what it's all about? We've been fortunate in our district to have had David Warlick at conferences twice in recent months and really, that recognition that we have to meet the students where THEY are resounds in his work. The availability of your research, your work and your encouragement to others really does offer those of us who are just starting out such a major step up. Many thanks!! Dawn,
And again, my best inspiration is from your pages. I listened and watched with a mixture of pride and absolute joy today as my students worked through their first CyberEnglish assignment. Following your lead, I had them email me and was blown away when a student wrote,

“It is good because most teenagers our age spend all of their time on the computer, so this allows us to use tools that we know how to use to improve our work.”

Isn’t that what it’s all about? We’ve been fortunate in our district to have had David Warlick at conferences twice in recent months and really, that recognition that we have to meet the students where THEY are resounds in his work.

The availability of your research, your work and your encouragement to others really does offer those of us who are just starting out such a major step up. Many thanks!!

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