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says send backtracks to this will also link the blog to your site and notify the owner that you have mentioned them filed under letsblog2010 meme uncategorized tagged letsblog2010 meme meme game tagged 1 comment my many blogs posted on 24 may 2010 by illyasoet at the moment i m giving an online course on blogging and have been so busy reading and commenting n other blogs that i haven t found time to write on my own blog yesterday as part of the course we held a wiziq session and invited a guest to talk about her blogging experiences karenne the author of kalingoenglish gave us inspiring ideas and useful tips on how to blog she described the many blogs she has kept which has led me to write about my own blogs my blogging babysteps were for my first on line course and several of us used a blogger blot together to share our experiences and help each other out once the course was over the blog was no longer needed but this experience was an important one for me giving me courage to continue discovering the possibilities during the same course i opened my own reflective blog for the course i wanted to explore the possibilities of promoting the multiple intelligences through the use of internet and on line tools it was called mis of online learning a long address it formed the basis of my final paper for the course it was left alone for a while and then became used for my private class of kids for a short while if you are interested in reading about the mis then you will need to into the archives it has been left at least for the moment as a document of work i have done however the idea of working with kids led to another blog with a second group of kids i was teaching privately and a successful collaboration with a teacher in new york and a document of their work as well in the meanwhile i had opened two other blogs in my first webheads session i opened this blog which has turned into a kind of portfolio for me and i opened my first class blog for my cae students while this blog has remained with my my first class blog was anything but successful it was more of a suggestion than anything else in the end i deleted it goodbye blog the second one was better i required my students to take turns summarizing the lesson and got them on the blog but not really blogging i realized that i had to let the students know from the beginning that the blog was an important part of the course even if it wasn t obligatory the next step was getting them to contribute real tasks helped as well as surprise guests once i got the hang of it i didn t want to make a new blog each time now i ve used the same blog for two years and it offers links and is a place for the learners to say hi when they are off doing a language stay even jokes have been posted i have also realized that as soon as i let up on the blog little will come from the learners i ve come to accept that and see that the blog can have quiet stages as well as active ones it can be time consuming to keep up the blogs and i wish i had more time to keep all of them up but blogging is still an adventure that i enjoy immensely filed under letsblog2010 uncategorized tagged blogs letsblog2010 leave a comment following comments posted on 13 may 2010 by illyasoet cartoon by dave walker find more cartoons you can freely re use on your blog at we blog cartoons write to be read this is why we write blogs but how do we know if we are being read well you can go to your statistics page if your blog has one wordpress does or you can ask people you know if they have been reading your blog but the most powerful message you can send ot someone who has written something is to leave a comment this is a sure sign that someone has read what you wrote and it moved them enough to say something about it but now how do you know if someone commented on a comment how do you allow for the wondeful situation when a conversation results from a single post do you need to go back again and again to check this might be okay for your own blog but if it s one that you chanced upon this will prove to be extremely time consuming especially if you regularly leave comments on blogs and also if you follow a number of blogs there are a couple of possibilities so yocna be informed of further comments but don t need to return countless times to check one way is to subscribe to the comments of a certain post there is often this option and you will be sent an e mail another option involves a very small button at the bottom of your screen cocomment will let you know if someone commented on a post you ve also commented on it turns orange and all you have to do is click on it to quickly see whatthe discussion is about then you can choose to ignore it or delve deeper it s little tools like this that make blogging easier and more satisfying filed under letsblog2010 uncategorized tagged blogging comments letsblog2010 1 comment my experience of on line courses and on line learning posted on 6 may 2010 by illyasoet i have been a firm believer that it is necessary to know about technology and how it can enhance learning especially as a freelance teacher now though i am no longer freelance i still feel the same way as i teach young learners i read books and made my own ponderings about how i could utilize the wonderful yet ellusive materials out there in interspace but it wasn t until i took my first o line course in 2006 that i really began to discover the more concrete possibilties from that moment on it was one long intensive education that took place in a number of different times and places on the internet no longer bound to the constrictions of a course yet one thing prevailed throughout this whole discovery process i was not alone there is a huge community of educators using technology experimenting commenting on the effect and helping others i have learned so much from these people in many respects now i also use technology give on line courses and write about my experiences but i haven t quit learning my head is no longer smoking from processing the implications of some of the uses nor am i quite so involved in the community at the moment but it is more of a breather taking time to implement all the things i have learned what makes on line courses so different from face to face courses the most obvious difference is that you can work at any time of day or night in your pyjamas in the bath or even in a cafe but there are other differences i have noticed you are hardly ever alone you can ask your questions at any time or day or night you may not get an immediate answer but you will get one soon i also found that the roles of particpants in on line courses quite quickly grew if i needed help quite often the first person to give it to me was someone else on the course who had figured it out or who had previous experience more and more often it was i who was one of these persons helping out my colleagues on the course i saw myself and others becoming responsible learners i was also learning how to help out in technical questions something we as teachers have to be able to do with your students as well we were building a network and many connections i have made in the past are still alive filed under education opinions teaching uncategorized tagged learning letsblog2010 online courses online learning 2 comments blogging the world posted on 24 april 2010 by illyasoet sometimes things just seem to come together at the moment i ve got two projects going i was contacted by a teacher over in california with a request for collaboration now i have my 5th graders writing in english to other 5th graders in the states this is exactly how i imagine my kids learning english as a foreign language it s a great opportunity for the stronger ones and a reason to concentrate on the accuracy not just for good grades but to get the message across to others so far they are enjoying the adventure and already the two classes have discovered major differences in something as elementary and international as sports kids here in switzerland know of baseball but softball was a new word to them on the other hand handball is a common sport played among the youth but not well known in the usa the school year just seems too short sometimes i guess that is a good sign at the same time i m preparing a blogging course together with my friend jennifer for a group of teachers once again it will take place across the atlantic connecting swiss and argentinian teachers this is a very exciting venture and i hope many will profit from the course long after it is officially over filed under uncategorized tagged blogging communities letsblog2010 teaching 1 comment your year in a sentence posted on 20 december 2009 by illyasoet it wasn t an easy call to put a whole year into one sentence but many of you rose to the call for some it was a time to think about family for others change was the main theme but in all it seems like 2009 has been a satisfying and happy year so let s say goodbye on a positive note thank you for all the lovely hopeful and reflective sentences 2009 sara has managed more in a year than many manage in three i bet she s in for a busy 2010 too congratulations sara in less than 12 months i ve managed to change grade levels finish 3 grad classes buy and fix up a house move to said house spend time with good friends sweat less of the small stuff eat lots of sushi take good care of my husband and cats and get knocked up good times 2009 janice sounds like she s ready for a break too where did 2009 go no reflection time since too many unfinished things needed to be completed before the year ends anne has had a lot to do too but but seems to enjoy a challenge congratulations on your projects 2009 was the year i took on too much in the face of uncertainty and as a consequence left too much undone but it was also the year i took on new challenges for example as a tutor with the consultants e and managed to bring a good project vitae to a successful conclusion while connie has been traveling the world much traveling this year a daughter in barrage playing fiddle tunes around the world a son visiting colleges and me traveling to cambridge san francisco and washington studying neuroscience and presenting talks on problem based learning it ll be great to just settle down together in michigan for a much needed break doing and thinking not much at all family is always an important part of life when you have kids as kevin and dkzody and nancy make clear my oldest son is now in the same grade that i teach but in a different school and that to me seems like some sort of transitional moment in time if only i had the time to reflect upon it a bit more happy new year kevin dkzody two goals achieved my darling granddaughter was born in may and we leased an apartment in san francisco in november nancy and her family are growing in more ways than one this year has been all about growing the baby grows into a toddler our family prepares to grow into a family of 4 we work on personal growth and our love and happiness grows most of all and jim reflects on how quickly time pases with kids january july and now december where does the time go grandchildren schoolchildren growing up way to fast what does the future hold gail has been inspired dropped by a classroom on friday in one of the worst neighborhoods high poverty high crime in my district and stood back in awe of one teacher s ability to engage all his 5th grade students in a range of digital composing activities amazing just amazing and and eric is engaged in change or not looking for change by working with 10 year olds rather than 5 year olds the same issues come to light only furthur along while ben is slowing down for change i have had to do some priority defragging which caused me to put the professional side of teaching blogging pd etc on the back burner for a while or at least to turn the heat to low but i ll be back soon learning has been another key topic of 2009 cheryl is on cloud 9 moving to the cloud and virtual computing google domain for education collaboration and sharing with my personal learning network priceless and tracy says it all learning about what is important to me lessons that never end gail took a bold step in 2009 which turned out to be worth her while i stepped out into the cyber world a bit more boldly than in years past and learned more than i ever dreamed i would cristina supplies some words for thought in more than just one sentence and a special new years greeting problems only become problematic if we don t allow them to be converted into new opportunities jan 1 kicked off a change that had just been waiting to happen that affected my mother tremendously and consequently created a degree of unbalance in my life i had not envisaged a year later i am pleased to see and say that a new balance is being created for both her and me with new challenges ahead sometimes we become incarcerated into our own drama bound to expectations of a judgmental society and generation we were brought up in and are not able to look at ourselves from different angles opportunities hence failing to see what lies ahead of now nothing is always good or bad and we just need to make the best of situations ahead of us to you all have i wish a mega 2010 and a couple of final statements to round up the year from anne who could write a book about 2009 as a teacher this as been an exciting amazing and eventful year that has seen my classes from a geographically and culturally isolated rural area connect communicate collaborate and create with classes and students across the globe and finally thank you bonnie for all your optimism 2009 i m thinking a big reflection even though i loved being a history major i think i am more a person in the present and future so i m looking forward to 2010 with optimism i think we have braved the storms of 2009 and i want to see what will grow from the soil of 09 and a happy new year to all http www flickr com photos gerlos cc by sa 2 0 filed under uncategorized 7 comments 2009 in a sentence posted on 16 december 2009 by illyasoet the never ending path of life well this year is almost over the days are getting shorter in my part of the world and the fields are covered in white it s a festive time a time when people long for light in their lives and enjoy the celebrations which bring their friends and family closer since the year is coming to an end i d like to invite you to share something about your year before we move on to 2010 all variations are also kindly welcome just post your sentence as a comment and on sunday they will be released for all to read here is mine overcome illness and rejoined family have helped me to focus and redefine my priorities making time for the little joys in life and appreciating what is often taken for granted i am glad to say that my mother in law is now cancer free and my darling son has come back from a year abroad a young man thanks kevin for bringing so many ...