Feb
24

In Praise of Great Teachers

Filed Under (Evaluation, NCTE) by blogwalker on 24-02-2008 and tagged , , ,

a_wteachers_0225.jpgThanks to a post in the NCTE Talkies listserv this morning by Nancy Patterson, I visited (revisited) high school CyberEnglish teacher, Dawn Hogue’s blog. I’m very glad that Dawn has posted the podcast of her recent interview (Part 1) with Professor Susan Antlitz about the importance of technology as a means of engaging student writers and “keeping their writing alive.”

I’ll be thinking about Dawn and other great teachers, who like Dawn “know things,” when I sit down tonight- after the Academy Awards - to read Time Magazine’s feature article How to Make Better Teachers.

Image from http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1713174-1,00.html
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ang077 on 25 February, 2008 at 9:50 am #
    

Hi, my name is Angela. My partner Andrew and I, who are in an 8th grade class at Moran Middle School in CT are currently working on a project in which we are creating a childrens’ book on the War of 1812. This book also contains our interpretation of the Star Spangled Banner and how the original was created.
We were hoping that we could send you these books. If you could have your class read them, and give any comments they have on it. I wouldn’t worry about being harsh, we are looking for ways to improve our books.
We will be sending our books out by the end of February, and we would really appreciate it if you would work with us on this project.
Our class has a wiki and the link is http://www.collaborationnation.wikispaces.com
Our class also has a blog, which is http://www.pbogush.edublogs.org
You can find our own blogs at
http://agr08.learnerblogs.org
and
http://www.abc308.learnerblogs.org
Thank you,
Angela and Andrew

Thank you.


blogwalker on 25 February, 2008 at 10:17 am #
    

Angela,

I would love to read your book. I’ll email both you and your teacher later today with contact information. I removed your addresses from your comment so that other readers of this blog could learn about the great collaborative work you and your classmates are working on.

Thanks for sharing,

Gail Desler (BlogWalker)


School Admin on 26 February, 2008 at 12:59 am #
    

I believe in the use of technology to speed up the learning of students. It therefore saddens me to learn that in areas where it is most needed, corruption gets the better of the budget for technology in education.

Nice blog!


murcha on 26 February, 2008 at 5:14 am #
    

Hi Gail, I am tagging you for the meme passion quilt. See my post at http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/meme-passion-quilt/ Looks like our paths are really starting to cross now.!!! Thanks for participating.


blogwalker on 26 February, 2008 at 8:33 am #
    

@ School Admin - In California, we are just at the tip of the ice berg in learning about budget cuts. I’m crossing my fingers that technology - especially in our lower socio-economic schools - is not viewed as optional for students and teachers.


blogwalker on 26 February, 2008 at 8:37 am #
    

@Murcha - Thank you, Anne! I’ll be responding to your meme passion quilt post tonight. I’m running a little late for work right now, but I’m heading into your blog - and then down the hill to work.


Dawn Hogue on 28 February, 2008 at 5:39 pm #
    

Hi Gail,
Cool Blog (love the title)! Thanks for featuring me.
Best to you,
Dawn


blogwalker on 29 February, 2008 at 12:12 am #
    

@Dawn, I love having a window into your work!


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