New York Times Circuits - Back to School Issue
This morning I stopped by the CNN Center to have a cup of coffee before heading over to a conference. I bought a New York Times and opened up to some great technology articles. Imagine my delight to open it up and see…………..
I love it! Peter, Adam, Pat, and Will all in one blow! Couldn’t be better. Hey Will, want my NYTimes “real” paper??
The article starts our with “This may be the year that school blogs come into their own. It goes on to say that blogs seem to be a natural way for teachers to maintain a class Web page and for students to handle research projects.
It highlights schoolblogs.com (Hooray for Peter Ford and Adam Curry!), Educational Bloggers Network (Hooray for Pat!), and Weblogg-Ed (Hooray for Will!). Will is noted as a trendsetter! It tells about his novel study “The Secret Life of Bees” and how the author posted a 2,300 word massage. and it addresses his good use of blogs in his journalism and English classes plus notes his plans for a collaborative blog with students in Krakow and Prague to study the Holocaust.
A Young Writers’ Roundtable, via the Web
Teacher, Mark Barrett, introduced his class to a site called Writing With Writers. This article showcases biographies written by young people around the country. Students get commentary from experts. It discusses the concerns some have for online peer review. It talks about the pro and con. One quote from the article, “If they get rapid feedback from peers, students can’t wait to compose.”
The article lists links for a few networks, web sites and software programs that were built with peer exchange in mind.
One of the links cites Middlebury VT summer graduate program called Breadnet that paved the way for e-mail exchange programs, pairing students with peers at other schools.
Lots of other articles on Circuits that focus on technology. Check them out.
A good day for weblogs, New York Times and all, wonder what’s next?
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