Rules For Posting To This Blog and Weekly Blog Question

1. Only use your first name (no last names, addresses, IM screen names, etc.)
2. Show respect and consideration of others when posting and commenting. This includes individuals, students, organizations, political parties, colleagues, etc.
3. Check all posts for spelling and grammar errors before posting.
4. Protect the privacy of others. Gain permission from other people before you write about them. Avoid sharing someone else's last name. Use job titles or pseudonyms when writing about experiences with your co-workers or students.
5. Watch your language. Use politically correct and non-offensive language.
6. Make sure you write about things that are factual.
7. Keep your postings education-oriented. Avoid discussing plans for the weekend, etc.

FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).
This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7
This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3
Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2
Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Monday, April 23, 2007

It was fun

Well it’s been great getting to know everyone. I had a wonderful time bouncing ideas off of some of you folks. I especially enjoyed getting to know some of you including the instructors. I actually felt like I was in high school to some degree. There were people I looked up to, people I tried to help out with this that and the other, and at one point there was a person or two I felt would throw the grading scale out of the window. I learned so much at NTI that I’m still processing what I’ll be using where. It was rough my first year teaching without NTI but I felt confident I could continue teaching. I would have loved to have taken NTI my first year because there would have been no doubt in my mind I could do this.

Sorry I wasn’t that sociable Saturday I was a bit sunburned from my afternoon kayak trip on Friday. Speaking of kayaking if any of you outdoor types like the water we are planning a 3 day paddling trip down to Eufaula beginning on the 25th of May. Just email me.

Thanks Dr. B, Mrs. H, Mrs. G and everyone else it was surreal (and Mrs. H if you ever need a blog to get people thinking let me know).

1 comment:

Jessie H said...

Thanks for the offer to help me get future students blogging. I may indeed call upon you this year. Likewise, if you want to set up a blog or online modules for your students, just let me know. I'd be delighted to help.

Mrs. J