Blogging

The Dennis Mahoney "How to Write a Better Weblog" was fascinating. It is actually something that I could see using for my students too. I'm still not sure if a blog should be written in the same language as an essay, a journal, a im, etc. I tend to write in the blog as if it is a journal. But after reading some of the other people's blogs, I can see how it can become more formal. What I like about his article was the descriptive language element. This is what I am constantly trying to get my students to do - show not tell.

I think the cold weather is getting to me

I don't know if I'm just a pessimist but with software like i-lighter, google docs, basecamp, etc all I can think of is the ways that the students can take advantage of it. With i-lighter I would be afraid of plagiarism; with google docs I would be afraid of students tampering with each other's documents; with basecamp I would assume that a student would just log on and leave it on to get the work hours logged in.

I can see all of these programs working with teachers like me - organization freaks who spend a lot of time trying out new things. But the factors that always bog me down are time and appropriate usage.

I really like the idea of pandora though - radio stations that I can program with my favorite music - how can that be wrong?