Comments for EdTechTESOL http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog Discussion and Exploration into Technology and Language Learning Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:33:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on It’s All About the Discussion by Stephen Henneberry http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/02/its-all-about-the-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-10629 Stephen Henneberry Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:33:15 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/02/its-all-about-the-discussion/#comment-10629 Jim, Thanks for the input. I did not think of the Harkness model right away, but it is a perfect example. Thanks for reminding me. ;^) Jim,
Thanks for the input. I did not think of the Harkness model right away, but it is a perfect example. Thanks for reminding me. ;^)

]]> Comment on It’s All About the Discussion by Jim Brewster http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/02/its-all-about-the-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 Jim Brewster Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:21:16 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/02/its-all-about-the-discussion/#comment-10563 Steve, That's an interesting graphic. If my interpretation is correct, the Harkness model at PEA was/is all about this. http://www.exeter.edu/admissions/147_5238.aspx Steve,
That’s an interesting graphic. If my interpretation is correct, the Harkness model at PEA was/is all about this.
http://www.exeter.edu/admissions/147_5238.aspx

]]> Comment on Does speaking English make people happier? by Lua http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/04/18/does-speaking-english-make-people-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 Lua Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:10:42 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/04/18/does-speaking-english-make-people-happier/#comment-2997 this is the most ridiculous map ive ever seen this is the most ridiculous map ive ever seen

]]> Comment on L1L2 Blog Exchange Presentation by James http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/06/03/l1l2-blog-exchange-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-929 James Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:53:01 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/06/03/l1l2-blog-exchange-presentation/#comment-929 Was your grandfather or great grandfather Henry Henneberry of Massachusetts? Was your grandfather or great grandfather Henry Henneberry of Massachusetts?

]]> Comment on Blog Readability by Stephen Henneberry http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Stephen Henneberry Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:15:53 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/#comment-155 Miguel, Yes, this is a new blog with a new purpose. The personal blog went the way of the dodo almost two years ago when life became a bit more focused. Whereas I found the personal blog to detract from work a bit, I hope that this blog will be useful for "thinking out loud" and sharing ideas about work. But it has me itching to start the personal blog back up again, so I just may get back to that... Enjoy your holiday abroad and lets meet up when you are back in Japan again. Cheers, Steve Miguel,
Yes, this is a new blog with a new purpose. The personal blog went the way of the dodo almost two years ago when life became a bit more focused. Whereas I found the personal blog to detract from work a bit, I hope that this blog will be useful for “thinking out loud” and sharing ideas about work. But it has me itching to start the personal blog back up again, so I just may get back to that…
Enjoy your holiday abroad and lets meet up when you are back in Japan again.
Cheers,
Steve

]]> Comment on Blog Readability by miguel http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/comment-page-1/#comment-151 miguel Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:06:14 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/#comment-151 What a surprise ending up at this site, Steve! Didn't expect this at all! And a holiday greeting seems really inappropriate, but it's better than no where! Hope you and your family are doing well. Are you all gathered in Japan or did you come back to the States? I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May it be a wonderful new turn around the sun. We really have to find a way to get together soon. Talk to you soon, Steve. Miguel What a surprise ending up at this site, Steve! Didn’t expect this at all! And a holiday greeting seems really inappropriate, but it’s better than no where!

Hope you and your family are doing well. Are you all gathered in Japan or did you come back to the States?

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May it be a wonderful new turn around the sun.

We really have to find a way to get together soon.

Talk to you soon, Steve.

Miguel

]]> Comment on Blog Readability by Michael Stout http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Michael Stout Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:55:27 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/#comment-140 Hi Steve, Just tried out Blog readability test on my blog and it says the level is genius. If that were true I wouldn't be able to read it myself. I think your idea about kanji may be the key. I sometimes provide glosses on my blog. So, there is some kanji. Cheers, Michael Hi Steve,
Just tried out Blog readability test on my blog and it says the level is genius. If that were true I wouldn’t be able to read it myself. I think your idea about kanji may be the key. I sometimes provide glosses on my blog. So, there is some kanji.
Cheers,
Michael

]]> Comment on Digg for Education? by Adam http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/04/digg-for-education/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Adam Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:21:25 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/04/digg-for-education/#comment-60 Hi Stephen, I am interested in the social aspect as well. To answer your question directly, most of the "social" interaction, I believe, occurs without leaving a record visual record (at least one that the public can see). Voting, discussions, etc. do not occur as much as profile reading, searching, and the like. I find (at this point anecdotally) that people check profiles of folks who share interesting resources. They cite the profiles as the sociability and credibility affordances of the site. Rather than communicating directly, people seem to be clicking on resources they deem "credible" based upon a cursory overview of user profiles. So why not del.icio.us? I certainly still use del.icio.us; however, I use it for a different purpose. Edtags provides an environment for educators where I can assume, by virtue of the community's composition, that the resources have been vetted by educators. Del.icio.us tends to be a tech-heavy free-for-all. Both have their place in the world, and many members of our community use both sites. I, for example, save education-related materials to edtags, save non-education related materials privately on edtags, and surf del.icio.us' top ten most popular posts several times a day. I also monitor edtags RSS feeds from my courses via unique course tags: <a href="http://edtags.org/tags.php/t529" rel="nofollow">http://edtags.org/tags.php/t529</a>. Thanks for the post and I hope to benefit from many more of your saved resources. --Adam Hi Stephen,
I am interested in the social aspect as well. To answer your question directly, most of the “social” interaction, I believe, occurs without leaving a record visual record (at least one that the public can see). Voting, discussions, etc. do not occur as much as profile reading, searching, and the like. I find (at this point anecdotally) that people check profiles of folks who share interesting resources. They cite the profiles as the sociability and credibility affordances of the site. Rather than communicating directly, people seem to be clicking on resources they deem “credible” based upon a cursory overview of user profiles.

So why not del.icio.us? I certainly still use del.icio.us; however, I use it for a different purpose. Edtags provides an environment for educators where I can assume, by virtue of the community’s composition, that the resources have been vetted by educators. Del.icio.us tends to be a tech-heavy free-for-all. Both have their place in the world, and many members of our community use both sites.

I, for example, save education-related materials to edtags, save non-education related materials privately on edtags, and surf del.icio.us’ top ten most popular posts several times a day. I also monitor edtags RSS feeds from my courses via unique course tags: http://edtags.org/tags.php/t529.

Thanks for the post and I hope to benefit from many more of your saved resources.

–Adam

]]> Comment on Avoiding Dead End Blogging in the Classroom by Stephen Henneberry http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/28/avoiding-dead-end-blogging-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Stephen Henneberry Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:38:27 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/28/avoiding-dead-end-blogging-in-the-classroom/#comment-59 Exactly! "Where is the teaching?" Is it that teachers assume that these tools have become "normalized"? Is it that teachers themselves don't know how to use them? Do the teachers simply assume that as their students are "digital natives" that they don't require instruction? Do teachers assume "If you build it, they will come"? But, what if they don't know what to do once they arrive? Just because Kevin Costner built a baseball diamond in a cornfield, and pro ball players arrived out of the mist ready to play, doesn't mean that we enjoy the same luxury. In real life you get a group of kids who walk on the field and ask "Now what?", and that is when the coaching begins... Exactly! “Where is the teaching?”

Is it that teachers assume that these tools have become “normalized”? Is it that teachers themselves don’t know how to use them?
Do the teachers simply assume that as their students are “digital natives” that they don’t require instruction?

Do teachers assume “If you build it, they will come”? But, what if they don’t know what to do once they arrive? Just because Kevin Costner built a baseball diamond in a cornfield, and pro ball players arrived out of the mist ready to play, doesn’t mean that we enjoy the same luxury. In real life you get a group of kids who walk on the field and ask “Now what?”, and that is when the coaching begins…

]]> Comment on Digg for Education? by Stephen Henneberry http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/04/digg-for-education/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Stephen Henneberry Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:42:49 +0000 http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/04/digg-for-education/#comment-58 Adam, Thanks for checking in. I have been thinking about a follow-up to this post, as I am really wondering about that social aspect. Do educators really want to discuss shared links, or just share them? This leads me back to the del.icio.us question: Would it be easier to just share your del.icio.us account with collaborators instead? Either way, I find your project very interesting, and I will continue to follow it. You seem to be developing a very interesting resource, so I am sure you will do well with it. Cheers Adam,
Thanks for checking in. I have been thinking about a follow-up to this post, as I am really wondering about that social aspect. Do educators really want to discuss shared links, or just share them? This leads me back to the del.icio.us question: Would it be easier to just share your del.icio.us account with collaborators instead?
Either way, I find your project very interesting, and I will continue to follow it. You seem to be developing a very interesting resource, so I am sure you will do well with it.
Cheers

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