tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64621807739725326012011-04-21T11:04:42.014-07:00Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14725423508669063307noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462180773972532601.post-62322679698407736762008-02-19T14:55:00.000-08:002008-02-19T15:10:45.742-08:00Reading over my first post, I am struck by how "text" -y it is. Writing for a blog is not like writing for a typical "academic" situation. I guess I'll have to shift out of "boring" gear and into something fresher.<br />I definitely can see how a blog will elicit different texts and thoughts from students. What I would write in this blog would be really different from what I might offer in a class, and I'm sure the same is true for my students.<br />I love the idea that all of my thoughts and work and process on a particular topic would stay in one place rather than being jotted down and scattered throughout my papers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6462180773972532601-6232267969840773676?l=victoriacis237.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14725423508669063307noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462180773972532601.post-78472832544380735862008-02-18T20:57:00.000-08:002008-02-18T21:21:38.752-08:00Hello fellow teachers!<br />I'm pleased to be here with you test-driving all these neat gadgets and apps. I must confess that at the moment, this being my first blog and first igoogle experience and first etc etc everything we're doing, I am dipping one toe in this ocean of technology and deciding whether I'm going to dive in.<br />Like I have a choice, right? <br />I came to this course as a function of being an adjunct English faculty, primarily ENG 102, research writing. I, like you, Shelley, and probably some of the rest of my classmates, am a great believer in social constructivist theories of learning and the power of the community of learners to produce the learning experience. So these tools make a lot of sense, especially if I'm going to be working with people who use them and value them.<br />In my world outside of teaching English, I am finishing my certification to become a yoga instructor this spring. In my training, we have spent a lot of time and effort to calm the "chatter of the mind" (Patanjali). As I learn about and begin to use these instructional tools, I see how they can become either a way to increase this chatter in our lives, or a way to organize and manage it. <br />I mean, I could spend hours just finding stuff to giggle at on YouTube or The Onion. I could spend hours debating different recipes for guacamole (no tomatoes!). Fortunately (or sometimes, unfortunately), my two little ones pull me off into their world of chatter before I spend too much time in the world of giggles. <br />Okay, I'm getting pulled away now, but I look forward to connecting with my students on their terms through these tools in this course.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6462180773972532601-7847283254438073586?l=victoriacis237.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14725423508669063307noreply@blogger.com1