Comments on: CyberEnglish on the radio, part 2 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/cyberenglish-on-the-radio-part-2/ 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: Jessica Brogley http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/cyberenglish-on-the-radio-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Jessica Brogley Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:23:28 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/cyberenglish-on-the-radio-part-2/#comment-748 Nice radio show Dawn. I agree about CE offering time for kids to think, whereas the traditional classroom is more spontaneous (this creates tension for most teens). I've had the same experience with kids telling each other, their parents, other teachers, and myself that they're always on the computer in my class. My students are better writers by the end of the year than other years. Some day CE will be the traditional classroom! It's natural for our kids today - how can we ignore that?! I've experiences several hurdles along the way, some of which I don't jump over very well. One: Finding an authentic audience for all those blogs. Finding our blogs would be like finding a needle in a hay stack. Two: Finding time to read them all. The kids will blog all day long and they'll post multiple times. The volume of reading on my part and exploded! We have Moodle as well and I LOVE it, but it is lacking the truly public feature. We also have blogs at Blogger and Learnerblogs. I'm trying to figure this all out! :) Nice radio show Dawn. I agree about CE offering time for kids to think, whereas the traditional classroom is more spontaneous (this creates tension for most teens). I’ve had the same experience with kids telling each other, their parents, other teachers, and myself that they’re always on the computer in my class. My students are better writers by the end of the year than other years. Some day CE will be the traditional classroom! It’s natural for our kids today – how can we ignore that?!
I’ve experiences several hurdles along the way, some of which I don’t jump over very well. One: Finding an authentic audience for all those blogs. Finding our blogs would be like finding a needle in a hay stack. Two: Finding time to read them all. The kids will blog all day long and they’ll post multiple times. The volume of reading on my part and exploded! We have Moodle as well and I LOVE it, but it is lacking the truly public feature. We also have blogs at Blogger and Learnerblogs. I’m trying to figure this all out! :)

]]> By: » NCTE’s “Shift” BlogWalker http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/cyberenglish-on-the-radio-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-747 » NCTE’s “Shift” BlogWalker Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:32:05 +0000 http://dhogue.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/cyberenglish-on-the-radio-part-2/#comment-747 [...] Highway) has to offer. To name just a few: Dawn Hogue (who has just posted to her Polywog blog her second interview on CyberEnglish; Ted Nellen, whose posts to NCTE Talkies are always gems; and Bud Hunt, also a NWP colleague, whose [...] [...] Highway) has to offer. To name just a few: Dawn Hogue (who has just posted to her Polywog blog her second interview on CyberEnglish; Ted Nellen, whose posts to NCTE Talkies are always gems; and Bud Hunt, also a NWP colleague, whose [...]

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