I tell students not to start sentences with "Well," yet that is the first word I wanted to type on my first blog entry. To hear myself sigh? To stall before saying something?
Well. Deep well. Dry well. Well, come. Welcome. Well done. All is well. Wishing well. Well wishes. Beef Wellington.
I spent today as one of 14 teacher-students taking a class to improve iLife skills. It's good for me to switch roles every so often and remember what the student feels like. Observations:
1) I could feel the tension in the room when the teacher posted the rubric for our projects. She quickly assured us that she would not grade us; rather, she'd use a check list to give us feedback. There is plenty of incentive for us to do good work: internal satisfaction, pride in product, peer reaction... Would we try harder if we were graded? Do we need to try harder?
2) I monitor my contributions: Am I asking too many questions? Monopolizing discussions? Did what I said even make sense?
3) My partner and I tiptoed around each other, compromising on a third option rather than pushing our own first choices.
I will rate the Boring-Factor of my blog entries. This gets five stars.
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About Me
- Allison
- I'm a mother of six, farmer's wife, free-lance writer and English teacher. I'm sloppy, optimistic, critical, impatient, distracted and always late. I'm also effusive, quick to laugh, and solution-oriented.
2 comments:
Hi Allison. GREAT blog!
Well, if Bumper Babble was a compromise between you and your iLife cohort, I am most curious about your initial ideas. Bumper Babble came from way out in left field which, in my opinion, is where so many fine ideas originate. It was one of numerous swell (which you know rhymes with "well") projects created by the dedicated participants.
After our two-day workshop, I am comfortably saturated with new technology information. Blogs, iLife, wikispaces. So much technology. so little time.
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