Comments on: Guidelines for blogging http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/ Comments, reflections and occasional brainstorms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding By: David Muir http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-384 David Muir Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:23:03 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-384 <a></a>Ooops! Should have been " Thanks for helping me keep thinking." Ooops! Should have been ” Thanks for helping me keep thinking.”

]]> By: David Muir http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-383 David Muir Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:22:16 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-383 <a></a>Hello Anne, I really enjoyed this post and picked up a few of the thoughts in my <a href="http://edcompblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-blog-therefore-i-think.html" rel="nofollow">own blog</a>. Thanks for helping keep thinking. Hello Anne, I really enjoyed this post and picked up a few of the thoughts in my own blog. Thanks for helping keep thinking.

]]> By: Raj Boora http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-382 Raj Boora Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:18:27 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-382 <a></a>Hi Anne, I think you have hit the nail on the head in what you suggest to students who are blogging. It seems to me that to blog effectively you have to express a gentle humanity and humility while being strong enough to take a stand by standing on what you believe, supported by what others have said. Hi Anne, I think you have hit the nail on the head in what you suggest to students who are blogging. It seems to me that to blog effectively you have to express a gentle humanity and humility while being strong enough to take a stand by standing on what you believe, supported by what others have said.

]]> By: Raj Boora http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-381 Raj Boora Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:18:25 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-381 <a></a>Hi Anne, I think you have hit the nail on the head in what you suggest to students who are blogging. It seems to me that to blog effectively you have to express a gentle humanity and humility while being strong enough to take a stand by standing on what you believe, supported by what others have said. Hi Anne, I think you have hit the nail on the head in what you suggest to students who are blogging. It seems to me that to blog effectively you have to express a gentle humanity and humility while being strong enough to take a stand by standing on what you believe, supported by what others have said.

]]> By: Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-380 Anne Davis Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:40:27 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-380 <a></a>Hi Christian, I think you make a very good point. Thanks for the input. I was searching for the word that "felt" just right but for some reason wanted to shy away from the word goals. These are something I want to aspire to when blogging. Aspire just didn't ring well either. Possibilities and hopes were a bit general so yes, they are goals but I would love to come up with another descriptor that somehow captures what we educational bloggers hope to accomplish from blogging - any ideas? I hope others will join this conversation. Hi Christian,

I think you make a very good point. Thanks for the input. I was searching for the word that “felt” just right but for some reason wanted to shy away from the word goals. These are something I want to aspire to when blogging. Aspire just didn’t ring well either. Possibilities and hopes were a bit general so yes, they are goals but I would love to come up with another descriptor that somehow captures what we educational bloggers hope to accomplish from blogging - any ideas? I hope others will join this conversation.

]]> By: Christian Spannagel http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-379 Christian Spannagel Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:21:20 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-379 <a></a>I think your list of guidelines is great! But are all of those items guidelines? For example, "learning to collaborate" is more a learning goal than a guideline. And "realizing to ..." is more a goal, too. Perhaps we should distinguish between learning goals and guidelines for educational settings which foster reaching those goals? I think your list of guidelines is great! But are all of those items guidelines? For example, “learning to collaborate” is more a learning goal than a guideline. And “realizing to …” is more a goal, too. Perhaps we should distinguish between learning goals and guidelines for educational settings which foster reaching those goals?

]]> By: Matt Miller http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-378 Matt Miller Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:14:22 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-378 <a></a>Thanks Anne!!! Thanks Anne!!!

]]> By: Quentin D'Souza http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-377 Quentin D'Souza Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:51:49 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-377 <a></a>I think your guidelines are a wonderful start for teachers. This is a new form of writing for all of us - students and teachers - and we are only starting to get there. Take Care, Quentin I think your guidelines are a wonderful start for teachers. This is a new form of writing for all of us - students and teachers - and we are only starting to get there.

Take Care,

Quentin

]]> By: Lani Ritter Hall http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-376 Lani Ritter Hall Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:29:56 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/11/08/guidelines-for-blogging/#comment-376 <a></a>Hi Anne, Reading your post and imagining the possibilities made me shiver with excitement! The entire concept of listening to students and asking them to explain how they learn, leaving behind the what, could be life changing for both students and teachers. It could, as you say, redefine American education. This made me think of the times that my listening and students reflecting occurred during my career. Those times were mighty powerful indeed and created a natural „high‰ for my students and most certainly for me. I really believed in the power of those conversations and now that I remember and ponder those moments, I truly regret that I was not able to maintain that level of dialogue as I felt more and more pressured by forces outside our classroom. Unfortunately, I lost sight of the possibilities in the forest of negatives that seemed at that time to surround me. And for that, my students returned to the world of „what‚ and are the poorer for it. The moments we had were glorious. And now that I think on those times, a blog and time to read you and Will Richardson would have made an incredible difference in my outlook and ability to continue such conversations with students. I think your guidelines are exceptional ways to introduce students to this notion of having a voice that is really heard. In particular, two guidelines really touched a spot in me. Using blogging to collaborate would be so pertinent in developing 21rst Century skills and realizing that negative comments can be handled in a good way also changes perspectives on the world that all view through a different lens. I wonder if adding something about making connections with others to help understand the world around them, be it career, or cultural would be of value. Many teachers would joyously engage their students and themselves in the blogging you envision, but for the pressure they feel from NCLB and district mandates. Can you help me think of the possibilities there? It‚s good to have you back but I‚m awfully glad you had the opportunity for such a perfect time away. Best, Lani Hi Anne,

Reading your post and imagining the possibilities made me shiver with excitement! The entire concept of listening to students and asking them to explain how they learn, leaving behind the what, could be life changing for both students and teachers. It could, as you say, redefine American education. This made me think of the times that my listening and students reflecting occurred during my career. Those times were mighty powerful indeed and created a natural „high‰ for my students and most certainly for me. I really believed in the power of those conversations and now that I remember and ponder those moments, I truly regret that I was not able to maintain that level of dialogue as I felt more and more pressured by forces outside our classroom. Unfortunately, I lost sight of the possibilities in the forest of negatives that seemed at that time to surround me. And for that, my students returned to the world of „what‚ and are the poorer for it. The moments we had were glorious. And now that I think on those times, a blog and time to read you and Will Richardson would have made an incredible difference in my outlook and ability to continue such conversations with students.

I think your guidelines are exceptional ways to introduce students to this notion of having a voice that is really heard. In particular, two guidelines really touched a spot in me. Using blogging to collaborate would be so pertinent in developing 21rst Century skills and realizing that negative comments can be handled in a good way also changes perspectives on the world that all view through a different lens. I wonder if adding something about making connections with others to help understand the world around them, be it career, or cultural would be of value.

Many teachers would joyously engage their students and themselves in the blogging you envision, but for the pressure they feel from NCLB and district mandates. Can you help me think of the possibilities there?

It‚s good to have you back but I‚m awfully glad you had the opportunity for such a perfect time away.

Best,

Lani

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