Got an e-mail from a former colleague who is now the district tech supervisor for Asbury Park Schools. She writes that “the
Asbury Park Schools are very interested in doing a web based online magazine and I would like to piggy back on your idea of blogging in English classes.” Obviously a great and doable idea, and an opportunity to extend the use of collaboration through Web logs (even though she doesn’t know it yet.) The kids in our two districts come from two very different places, and in fact, our two schools did a number of collaborations about 7-8 years ago that have since fizzled out. I’m hoping maybe we can do more modeling of how Web logs can bring different audiences and students together.
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Andrew Cline pointed me to this class Web log that he’s using with his freshman English class at Park Univeristy in Missouri. Makes me wonder (again) how many other professors and teachers are out there using these things that we don’t know about. (Note: On his personal page, Andrew has a list of other professors who blog.)
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