I’ve been an English teacher since 1990. Somewhere in those years computers happened to me, so it is not so hard to imagine that computers would happen to my teaching. What happened to me as a result of their convergence continues to astound me.
The Polliwog Journal
A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology
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A polliwog is a symbol of transformation. Teachers help students transform. Technology helps teachers help students. Watching young things grow and change and discover is what makes teaching fun after all these years.
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Mary Stilwell
// Jun 14, 2007 at 3:03 pm
I have just spent two hours on your various sites. I have been trying to graduate from using a “digitize everything and just keep on teaching” mentality to actually using technology and I feel that I have found that in your CyberEnglish pages. I am amazed – in awe – and can’t wait for September!
My hope is to be teamed up with another teacher in the fall who is less tech-comfy that I am so that we can both move forward. We would develop our own units and so on, but I would like to use your work as a sort of template for our first year. How would you feel about that? I have seen that you often invite people to use your materials, but to what extent?
Do you offer Professional Development workshops in other venues? For example,if I could convince our local PD committee to sponsor you to come to Canada, specifically to New Brunswick, are you available for such things??
Mary Stilwell
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Dawn
// Jun 28, 2007 at 7:32 am
Hi Mary,
I sent you an e-mail (hope it made it to you), but I wanted to let you know that your comment prompted a new post titled “Consulting.” Thanks again for your comments and I hope your September is as fun as you envision it to be.
Dawn
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vicki
// Oct 18, 2008 at 6:24 am
I’m a new-ish teacher in middle school (6th grade) of LD students and I am always looking for new ways to make English exciting and accessible to these students. I was looking for something else, stumbled on Wordle (!), and then found this blog! I am so excited and energized–I know I will be here a lot. I am very thankful for this site and the conversations it creates.
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Dawn
// Oct 19, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Hi Vicki,
Thanks for your comment. I remember being new-ish. We’ve got so much to look forward to when we’re new-ish. Sometimes even us old-ish ones find ways to make learning fun.
Best wishes, Dawn
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