The Polliwog Journal

A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology

Entries from October 2008

facebook is not a seedy, back-alley teen club

October 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments

As a proponent of blogs for teachers and students, I am adamant that teachers must use the tools they hope to bring to the classroom. Teachers must blog, but what about friending people on facebook?
There were a variety of factors that propelled me to open my own facebook account this summer. The strongest was that [...]

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Tags: Technology and Education · social networking · web 2.0

Why CyberEnglish is important, from the students’ perspective

October 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

In this seventh iteration of CyberEnglish at Sheboygan Falls High School, it is again the students themselves who remind me why it is so important to keep insisting that we maintain our commitment to the concept of CyberEnglish itself. In addition, each year, teachers from all over the country write to me to ask me [...]

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Tags: CyberEnglish · Technology and Education · Web design