Road trip to dad’s to help out on the farm got me thinking about the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, and how picking cherries relates to teaching and learning writing. 1. The tendency for novice writers to “cherry pick” their…
What can you learn thru Read/Write web; what skills are needed (research notes)
Luckin et al. (2009) asks how the read/write web interacts with learning and what sort of skills support the kind of learning that happens in this environment, and notes that researchers (Buckingham, 2007; Green and Hannon, 2007; Jenkins, 2006) have…
Are students technology experts?
While there is no shortage of people with the view that today’s young are fish, and social media and technology are the water through which they swim, that isn’t the complete truth. Pew Reports note that young people are prolific…
Low tech solution: crowd sourced communication
Several groups of my comp 2 students chose campus communication as a key problem facing students. Last days to drop, deadlines for enrollment and other key dates pass and too many students remain oblivious. Email is an obvious solution –…
Research on Peer Feedback and CMC.
Currently reading “Peer Feedback Through Blogs: Student and teacher perceptions in an advanced German class” by DORIS DIPPOLD found in European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 21 (1) : 18-36. Published in 2009. This article explores the question of…
what I’m reading – for fun
I’m reading Chinese Americans by Kwong and Miscevic. I’m barely into it and I’ve learned: America’s favorite cherry – the large, sweet and succulent Bing – was developed by Ah Bing, a Chinese immigrant horticulturalist, in 1875. Lue Gim Gong,…
Secrets of other teachers.
Tweed, a blog by the Chronicle of Education, has an interesting example of teachers who should know better having no privacy settings and posting inappropriate (?) comments on Facebook. This isn’t how I grade because a) I don’t drink beer…
Research on Facebook: statistics.
Near the end of 2009, Facebook had over 300 million users and it’s common stock value was about $9.5 billion (Womack, 2009). By the beginning of 2010 it had become the “most popular social network in eight of the 10…
Grammar matters (?): #9 farther vs. further.
Farther is distance and further is for an abstract concept – matter of time or degree usually. Click on cartoon for full treatment (it won’t fit here and be legible).
Grammar matters (?)
Oddly enough – non-standard grammar / spelling bother most people even more than it bothers English teachers. English teachers just see so much of it; however, nothing makes people feel more superior than reading someone else’s mistakes. Failure to proofread…