Class Reflections
I received this comment in response to a post Class Reflections that I had made on my Thinking & Writing Wrinkles weblog.
“As I was browsing through various blog sights, I stopped for a moment to read your class reflections. I saw several things as I read between the lines that you had written. First, you really enjoy the material you are teaching as well as the students. Secondly, you do not see this as a job but a calling. I do hope the students understand how fortunate they are to have someone like you in their corner. Someone to cheer them on, to guide them and provide them with the information they need to make decisions. I especially liked the way you encouraged them to write with words that would allow the reader to paint a picture in their mind. We must not let students forget that they do have an imagination that is only limited by their willingness to open their minds.”
Good Job! Bob Caine
Bob Caine 3/15/04; 8:18:42 PM
I have no idea who Bob Caine is. I do appreciate his commenting. Of course, it is very nice and sure made me feel good but I decided to post it here because he picked up on three important things that weblogs allow us to do with students.
Someone to cheer them on, to guide them and provide them with the information they need to make decisions.
Now while we can do this, and we indeed do, do this on a daily basis in our classrooms, weblogs provide us a way to show this in a public arena! It’s a way to let the public know what is going on in our classrooms in a real and meaningful way. I hope more webloggers will start including students in their weblog journeys. Yep, my favorite walk is the Weblog Walk with the Students
That’s where the real learning, for me and my students, is happening! Yep, the power and the possibilities of weblogs!
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