An archived stack of papers: 'blogs'

Is Gaiman A Teacher?

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Sep
  • 20
  • 2008

From a Goodreads interview with Neil Gaiman:

Normally, in anything I do, I’m fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity, between the Platonic ideal of the project that was living in my head, and the... read more

It’s All About The Tools

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Jul
  • 02
  • 2007

While commenting on a colleague’s blog, I stumbled across an idea: maybe School 2.0 isn’t the use of all these funky new gadgets. Most kids don’t want to use those things for educational ends and are bored when forced to do so.

Maybe the next generation school is populated by teachers who feel... read more

Should I Give This To My Students?

In a stack of papers called Technology.

  • Nov
  • 26
  • 2006

I’ve yet to start up the student commenting in this year’s blog project. While it’s been at the back of my mind, I simply haven’t walked students through the process I want them to use in order to track their comments (create an entry called “Comments” and post links to all comments there). Until I do that, I don’t want them wandering off and commenting –... read more

Blogging For Teachers

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Mar
  • 12
  • 2006

San Jose State University requires ENED 353: Methods of Teaching English of all students seeking an English teaching credential. In the fall and again this spring, I delivered a presentation about blogging to that class. It went well both times and I really feel like it gave most of those teachers a chance to do something they wouldn’t have otherwise. I am honored to have been asked back a second... read more

Blogger Adds Moderation

In a stack of papers called Technology.

  • Nov
  • 10
  • 2005

For a little while now, since I used Blogger for my freshman blog project, I’ve wondered about evaluation of the blog entries. I’m already working on gathering weak and strong examples on overheads to show classes what I’m looking for and how I will grade. Several entries in this first onslaught of blogs will work just fine.... read more

An AP Summer

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Jun
  • 21
  • 2005

Right now, I am taking a week-long course called “Establishing the AP Course, English Language Grades 9-12” through SJAWP. It’s only been one day, but several things have jumped out at me as good ideas for improving education in general and my classroom specifically, mostly dealing with what, how, and why we teach.

Jeff... read more

Comments: A Natural Part

In a stack of papers called Unorganized.

  • Jun
  • 18
  • 2005

Reading around a bit after my last post, I started thinking about how I’ll be grading blog entries next year. This part year, I graded them on completion. If the entry was done, it got full credit, regardless of the quality. That’s a shame because one student wrote a poem as a response from Romeo about the... read more

Edu-Blogging

In a stack of papers called Connections.

  • Jun
  • 18
  • 2005

I’m headed down to RAFT this morning, so this will be quick (“quick” turned into 2 hours, by the way).

I was reading Bud the Teacher’s Blogspot blog and he has a few entries that are interesting to me. Often, it’s easier to write the more you write. And it’s easier to write the... read more

Using Blogs to Post Student Evaluation

In a stack of papers called Technology.

  • May
  • 24
  • 2005

Something hit me today while thinking about all the little WordPress functions that I never use when writing an entry or creating a category.

If I create a category called “classes” and then create a category called “period 4” with “classes” as a parent category, “period 4” exists within... read more

Freshmen Blogs: Update

In a stack of papers called Technology.

  • May
  • 17
  • 2005

Today was a good day for the freshmen blog project. The assignment for today was simple. We started class off by treating that writing prompt as a daily, a quick piece of writing that starts the class. Everyone was writing and looking through the text for their quotation. Some questions came up, but no one was at a terrible loss for words when they were just dealing pen and paper. Maybe... read more