It has been a very bad week, and so I am a little far behind.
Books completed this week:
Akeelah and the Bee- James Ellison
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay- by Suzanne Collins
Wringer- Jerry Spinelli
Indigo- Alice Hoffman
Update on 23 things to follow soon.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
23 Things...Thing 1 and Thing 2
I have chosen to work through the 23 Things program from SLA, and started this week with Week 1. (Novel, I know!) Make sure you watch the catchy little song they wrote about lifelong learning and the 23 things program. Very funny.
The first week consists of Things 1 and 2- read this wiki entry and the information about the program.
The first challenge was to register for the program and to set up a wiki in Confluence, the wiki chosen by SLA. (My home page, not yet expanded.) I explored the background information and comparison charts of the different wikis available, and the instructions and tutorials for designing and editing pages in Confluence. (I am a hands on learner, though, so most of that will come into use through actually creating pages with trial and error, not reading about it.) I have used the wiki at pbworks before for a previous class, but I did not know that there were so many available options. (What? You want to see my pbworks wiki? Of course! Here you go...It is an electronic literature anthology for LAE Literature in a Diverse Society, entitled Ideal4kids...)
I found the tutorials very informative, and I am sure that I will be revisiting them a lot.
Stay tuned for Week 2, Things 3 and 4, where I learn how to create and write a blog. (I know...)
The first week consists of Things 1 and 2- read this wiki entry and the information about the program.
The first challenge was to register for the program and to set up a wiki in Confluence, the wiki chosen by SLA. (My home page, not yet expanded.) I explored the background information and comparison charts of the different wikis available, and the instructions and tutorials for designing and editing pages in Confluence. (I am a hands on learner, though, so most of that will come into use through actually creating pages with trial and error, not reading about it.) I have used the wiki at pbworks before for a previous class, but I did not know that there were so many available options. (What? You want to see my pbworks wiki? Of course! Here you go...It is an electronic literature anthology for LAE Literature in a Diverse Society, entitled Ideal4kids...)
I found the tutorials very informative, and I am sure that I will be revisiting them a lot.
Stay tuned for Week 2, Things 3 and 4, where I learn how to create and write a blog. (I know...)
Poetry Alive!
I had the pleasure of observing this fantastic performance group at my daughter's school on Friday. I attended the grades 6 through 8 performance, rather than the one for her age group, and was really impressed. The performers had the kids interacting, chanting back, acting out the poems, and really having a good time. What a great idea for bringing poetry to life for younger students.
Check out their site to read more about them and see what poems they cover for each age group.
PoetryAlive!
Check out their site to read more about them and see what poems they cover for each age group.
PoetryAlive!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Getting started...
Ok, not really, as this is my second semester in the Master's program. But for the blog, yes. This is to be the space where I keep track of assignments, list the things I have read, and generally comment on things. A space where I try to link everything to one place. Organization. Such a beautiful thing.
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