Comments on: Back in the swing http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/ Comments, reflections and occasional brainstorms Tue, 21 May 2013 22:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anne Davis http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-984 Anne Davis Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:17:41 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-984 Certainly you may use the site as an example. Also, check out my pbwiki at http;//adavis.pbwiki.com

It may help, too. Good luck with your presentation!

Best,
Anne

]]> By: Dee Martin http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-976 Dee Martin Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:25:57 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-976 I love the Esploration blog idea and as I am getting ready to present on blogging to a group of teachers I would like to ask your permission to use that site as an example and also some of your information on blogging that I have found on the web. You have explained so much better than I ever could. I would be more than glad to give credit to you. Dee

]]> By: Debbie Reese http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-928 Debbie Reese Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:56:57 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-928 This isn’t the right place for this comment, but I couldn’t get to a comment box on the about page.

I’m a professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. In the tenure track, I’m writing for education and literature journals, but know that the wider audience I want to reach doesn’t read those journals. They do, however, use the Internet, so I’ve created a blog to reach them. I’m using the blog in the typical way—posting thoughts on my topic, but I’ve also created links to full text on line articles, webpages of Native writers and bloggers, lists of reviews on line, etc.

I’m new to blogging and have a lot to learn, but am enjoying it so far. Feedback on the usefulness (or not!) of my blog is appreciated.

Debbie Reese
Assistant Professor
American Indian Studies
UIUC

blog: http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

]]> By: Faisal http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-913 Faisal Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:38:28 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-913 Hi
well this comment is not relevant to your post…
I read your blog regularly and find it very informative…
Well I am doing my Masters in ELT in Pakistan and for my final thesis I have chosen the following topic
“Blog writing as an inspirational activity in fostering writing skill”
Please suggest how should I conduct my research and what reasearch questions should I be asking?
Thanks and waiting for your response,

]]> By: AprilChamberlain http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-903 AprilChamberlain Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:07:03 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-903 Have you tried TappedIn (http://www.tappedin.org)? This is a site free to educators to create a virtual community for groups, classes, etc. Within the room, you have sections to store files, links, discussions, etc. You can create folders to organize the materials better than just listing them. Also, with the digest on, TappedIn sends an e-mail once daily to those registered to the group with anything new that was added. The discussion area is like the blog with threaded discussions. I am in a group with the Alabama Best Practice Center’s 21st Century Program. We have used this site successfully for one year and plan to continue its use.

]]> By: john brandt http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-879 john brandt Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:39:17 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/06/28/back-in-the-swing/#comment-879 Why not encourage her to use Moodle (http://www.moodle.org/ ) to run the course? With the latest version of Moodle, each student gets to create a blog, the professor can run a multitude of discussions, track student “attendance,” create tests/quizzes/wikis, and use the built in scoring/grading system. And you can set up IM for students to interact with each other and or with the teacher. Much more powerful than a blog. Moodle is designed to be a teaching tool. Blogs are designed to be…blogs.

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