Nov 25 2007
Resources
This Thanksgiving break has been so productive. I’ve picked out a couple of courses to take on http://www.ed2go.com/keene; I have caught up on my work on and for Virtual High School; read all my periodicals; kept up with my blogs including the active one from ISTE. The author today wrote, recommending a ”podcast by Doug Johnson titled, ‘Classrooms and Libraries for the Net Generation.’ In just under an hour Doug speaks to the learning styles and needs of our current students. He starts his talk by stating that this generation of students does love to learn. They just do not always want to learn what their teachers are asking them to learn and in the formats presented to them. I recommend listening to his talk Doug’s NECC 2007 podcast.’ Podcasts, you say?
I’ve been reading Educator’s Podcast Guide by Bard Williams. It is really excellent as every book I’ve bought from ISTE has turned out to be. I’ve been splitting my afternoon between that book and Volume One of The Age Of Bronze by Eric Shanower. The third volume of seven proposed encompassing the works of Homer and associated tales IN ILLUSTRATED FORMAT will be out Tuesday. Each of the first two are over 200 pages with great glossaries and bibliographies.
Speaking of living in a post-literate time, I have a couple of manga format Shakespeare plays – Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. They have been flying in and out my room at light speed.
-Skip
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Skip – Sounds like you had a very busy holiday. I thought about you when I heard an advertisement for a vegetarian turkey. I am not sure what it was made from, but it sounded interesting. Is Jan a vegetarian also? I thought your website was awesome. Hinsdale is very lucky to have a teacher like you. I hear from some of my “old” students that you are VERY popular! I can’t wait to get together.
Ann