Comments for tree house rock http://treehouserock.wordpress.com Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Thoughts on Equal Access… by A Finely Crafted Run-on Sentence » Community http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/thoughts-on-equal-access/#comment-1007 A Finely Crafted Run-on Sentence » Community Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:27:17 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/thoughts-on-equal-access/#comment-1007 [...] Comment 9 [...] [...] Comment 9 [...]

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Equal Access… by Jenny http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/thoughts-on-equal-access/#comment-1006 Jenny Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:19:13 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/thoughts-on-equal-access/#comment-1006 A well written blog post is worth a hundred 5 paragraph essays, compare and contrast essays, or poems. (Ok, so I don't like poems.) I'm glad you addressed this topic. I had actually been wondering if all of us would get out into the real world with big plans for blogging and have the schools reply with a resounding no on the topic. Nooooo you can't use the internet like that! It's a wonder school computer labs have computers at all. I used to love paper journals in grade school. I could usually write whatever I wanted, and I could even fold over the page if I wrote something private. In high school, I hated journaling, because it wasn't journaling. It was mini-essays. Ew. What's wrong with open-ended journaling, hmmm? Put it on the internet, and bam, you have peer review and everything. I don't know about you, but that's my favorite part of my own online social blog- responses from my friends. A well written blog post is worth a hundred 5 paragraph essays, compare and contrast essays, or poems. (Ok, so I don’t like poems.)

I’m glad you addressed this topic. I had actually been wondering if all of us would get out into the real world with big plans for blogging and have the schools reply with a resounding no on the topic. Nooooo you can’t use the internet like that! It’s a wonder school computer labs have computers at all.

I used to love paper journals in grade school. I could usually write whatever I wanted, and I could even fold over the page if I wrote something private. In high school, I hated journaling, because it wasn’t journaling. It was mini-essays. Ew. What’s wrong with open-ended journaling, hmmm? Put it on the internet, and bam, you have peer review and everything. I don’t know about you, but that’s my favorite part of my own online social blog- responses from my friends.

]]> Comment on Novels on MySpace by » Comments Galore! Writer’s Block Demolition Site http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1005 » Comments Galore! Writer’s Block Demolition Site Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:03:10 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1005 [...] Nathan: http://treehouserock.edublogs.org/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comments [...] [...] Nathan: http://treehouserock.edublogs.org/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comments [...]

]]> Comment on Novels on MySpace by Comments Post — the lighting of a fire http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1004 Comments Post — the lighting of a fire Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:19:23 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1004 [...] Nathan’s Blog [...] [...] Nathan’s Blog [...]

]]> Comment on Novels on MySpace by Sarah Reaser http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1003 Sarah Reaser Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:08:29 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1003 There has been a lot of talk about incorporating social networks such as MySpace and Facebook in the classroom. I just wrote a little bit about it on my blog. It doesn't really suprise me that more than half of american teens online have an account on one of these sites. Educators should really pay attention to these kinds of things that students are interested to try and incorporate it into the curriculum. Bethany Erickson and David Knapp's idea is very creative and sounds like something that students could really get into. There has been a lot of talk about incorporating social networks such as MySpace and Facebook in the classroom. I just wrote a little bit about it on my blog. It doesn’t really suprise me that more than half of american teens online have an account on one of these sites. Educators should really pay attention to these kinds of things that students are interested to try and incorporate it into the curriculum. Bethany Erickson and David Knapp’s idea is very creative and sounds like something that students could really get into.

]]> Comment on Novels on MySpace by “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” » My Comments (hope this works) http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1002 “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” » My Comments (hope this works) Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:58:27 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1002 [...] Comment on Nathan’s Blog “Novels on Myspace” [...] [...] Comment on Nathan’s Blog “Novels on Myspace” [...]

]]> Comment on Response to MCTE: Part One by » 10 comments Paperless World, Here I Come http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/response-to-mcte-part-one/#comment-1009 » 10 comments Paperless World, Here I Come Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:45:50 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/response-to-mcte-part-one/#comment-1009 [...] blog Chris’s blog Rachel’s blog Tyler’s blog Nathan’s blog Hilary’s blog Jana’s blog: [...] [...] blog Chris’s blog Rachel’s blog Tyler’s blog Nathan’s blog Hilary’s blog Jana’s blog: [...]

]]> Comment on Novels on MySpace by » Fellow Classmate’s I have Responded to The Idea Men are Plotting… http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1001 » Fellow Classmate’s I have Responded to The Idea Men are Plotting… Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:12:06 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/novels-on-myspace/#comment-1001 [...] Nathan [...] [...] Nathan [...]

]]> Comment on Response to MCTE: Part One by Ashley St http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/response-to-mcte-part-one/#comment-1008 Ashley St Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:31:59 +0000 http://treehouserock.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/response-to-mcte-part-one/#comment-1008 I'm glad another person enjoyed this breakout session as I did. I heard a lot of feedback from other students in our classroom that did not like Dr. Van Antwerp's presentation because it was "common sense" information that she gave. However, I feel that this common sense is what America's new teachers do not have enough of, and therefore lack a strong sense of. I'm particularly happy that you pointed out the part about "the kids." It seems many people are motivated to work for "the kids," but actually may have underlying hidden motives that may be supported by "the kids" in actuality. As I said, I'm glad you enjoyed it as I did, or at least it seems that you did, and I hope you were as inspired as I was to start teaching! I’m glad another person enjoyed this breakout session as I did. I heard a lot of feedback from other students in our classroom that did not like Dr. Van Antwerp’s presentation because it was “common sense” information that she gave. However, I feel that this common sense is what America’s new teachers do not have enough of, and therefore lack a strong sense of.

I’m particularly happy that you pointed out the part about “the kids.” It seems many people are motivated to work for “the kids,” but actually may have underlying hidden motives that may be supported by “the kids” in actuality.

As I said, I’m glad you enjoyed it as I did, or at least it seems that you did, and I hope you were as inspired as I was to start teaching!

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