I’m so excited! I learned about Skype and vSkype today by chatting with Steve Burt.
It’s my first time using both of them and I’m amazed! It was so
cool and really easy. The best part of this learning is
that I will get to go to NECC , at least virtually. Hooray!
Thanks Steve, for all your help!
Speaking of NECC, here’s one list of some educators who will be blogging or podcasting their NECC experiences.
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back at work! It feels good!
I want to share a great editiorial I
read in the Seattle Times, It’s an uplifting piece and puts me in the
right frame of mind to get back into blogging! The editorial was “Remembering Mr. Greenblatt”.
Lynne Varner, the author, starts off by saying that all she needed to
know about good teaching was learned in her fourth grade classroom.
It’s a tribute to a teacher she had three decades ago. Wow! What teacher wouldn’t love that? The author tells
about how Mr. Greenblatt unfolded the day’s newspaper with an
excitement that made her believe he had driven all the way to school
waiting for the chance to share the news. She shares how he walked amid
the desks and paused to look his students in the eye. Mr. Greenblatt
expected the best from his students and he got it!
You’ve got to read the entire editorial but the last line says it all:
“I can’t remember a single thing I learned in fourth grade but I do remember how much I enjoyed learning it.”
To me, that’s what it’s all about. It’s not just facts and remembering
them for tests or worksheets. It’s making sure that students will be
interested in learning for learning’s sake. It’s instilling that joy of
learning and learning right along with and from our students. It’s
honoring them and their views. It’s listening and reacting.
It also made me think again about why I love using weblogs with my
students.
We get to be fellow travelers on the journery of discovery with more
than one teacher, more than one student. Wow! It’s amazing.
But the teacher is the one
responsible to unfold the use of weblogs with an excitement that let’s
them feel the possiblitlites. We have to share our enthusiasm with our
kids and let them know that
there voice is important. We also have to teach them responsible use
and at the same time have fun with the learning.
Oh,
the places we will go!
Yep, it’s good to be back……
It feels great to be back. I just wanted to give you an update. I am
still moving at a slow pace but each day brings improvement. I
still have occasional headaches and
I tire easily. I seem to need lots of rest and I really look forward to
feeling like my old self. The doctors were amazed at how well I did -
no bad results
like facial problems, eye problems, etc.I have lost hearing and balance
in my right ear but I knew that going in. Now I have to count on my
left side to take over. I believe it had already started that process
prior to surgery. I truly feel blessed! I’m
taking it a day at a time and every day brings progress. I can’t
wait till I feel like blogging again! I don’t think it’s going to be
that long.
Thank you all for your warm, wonderful thoughts and prayers……….