Lesson 3-Reflections

Clearly I'm learning more in this 23 Things than I thought I would. A blog has the capability to do a great deal more than I thought it did. It can be tailored according to use requirements and participant requirements. I have some trepidation, however, in how parents may become contentious and even abusive as they get more and more access to online systems such as Power Teacher and then can access blogs through their children's access rights. This may be a stretch, but they seem to getting more out of hand each year.

Lesson 2 Reflections

To me a blog is an open, dressed-up email. An email is for a closed group and a blog is for an unspecified open group defined only by the interests of others. I can see how it could be an effective discussion tool with my students and a possible source of extra credit. The blogger service provided by google is easy enough, except for some elements, such as gadgets, that I have yet to figure out. Although it may be available and I just haven't figured it out, why don't they have cut and paste so I can copy from my blog to your's?

Lesson 1 Reflections

As an English teacher, I was dismayed by the spelling and grammatical errors in Lesson 1. Nevertheless, the content was excellent. While I have instinctively known what Lesson 1 was promoting, it did an excellent job of driving home the point that the youth today have grown up with a tool set which is not commonplace with those of us in our 60s. If we are to communicate effectively with our students, we have to appreciate and use the media through which they communicate. I felt that the eleven page reading was particularly well done, so much so that I sent it to a daughter who is also a HS teacher and a daughter who is in publishing.