When Dr. Pence asked us to create blogs for an online summer course, Reading Across the Content Areas, I have to admit, I was shaking in my flip-flops. I'm not the most tech-savvy, but I'm eager to learn, so stay tuned for the trials and tribulations of troubleshooting!
This summer, my blogs will likely focus on how my teaching can be improved based on what I learn from reading Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts: Reading in the Secondary Content Areas (1997), by Reade Dornan, Lois Matz Rosen, and Marilyn Wilson.
In the fall, I'll hope to continue the journey by celebrating the little victories I might experience while teaching Reading at a local middle school and English II and III at the high school.
The most exciting part of this blog will come early in 2013, though, when we welcome the newest addition to our family! Do they have professional development for new parents?
Lacy...first, Congratulations on the new addition to your family. A new baby blog would be so much fun!
ReplyDeleteSecond, I think the thing about blogging is that it isn't a requirement to be tech savvy. They are pretty fool proof. This year in my composition classes I did a semester on conspiracy theory and had wished we were writing in a blog format as a class. Next semester I am for sure going to do that. Think of all the things your HS and Middle school students could do with blogging as writing assignments! They could blog about a book they are reading in your reading class. They can respond to each other's writing assignments...endless possibilities!
Now that I know how easy they are to create and use, the possibilities!
:) Thanks for the ideas, Julie! I have done I-Search papers in the past with middle and high school students, and I think the blog format would really translate well for helping students to work through their search and their assessment of a website's reliability. And the part about ongoing collaborative feedback really intrigues me. Hmmm... I can see a unit forming right before my eyes.
DeleteLacy- I was shaking in my flip-flops and high heels. I chucked when I read this because, I too, was shared to death! I have spent so much time just navigating this new Discourse, if you will. I spend more time on the tech side of this course for sure. :) Andrea and I spend a lot of time on the phone helping each other, so if you need me- I am a call away. My number is 410-2125.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the words of confidence, Minda! I will tuck away your contact info for when I get stuck (bc I know I will!).
DeleteLacy I was with you on the blog thing for this class. I wasn't really thrilled about it at first because I didn't know what to think or what to write about. But alas, I have found that I am really enjoying it! From Gee, I think that from what I have read from other comments hits home, we are all in a new discourse. I look forward to reading what you have to say!
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