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(Note: Picture taken in 1946, Havana, Cuba, on my parents' honeymoon. Music is "Catherine Wheel" composed by David Ludwig, a friend.)
My favorite time to call my Mom was at night when I was doing the dishes. I hate washing the dishes and to me, checking in with her was the best possible diversion. So, phone crooked between my neck and shoulder, I got a chore done and, well, listened.
My Mom was a talker. People say that about me, but I'm not even in the same league as my Mom. My Mom could talk about any subject whatsoever. And what was amazing about her, is that in the course of her conversation -- particularly with a stranger -- she could find out their entire life history yet you'd swear the other person never got a word in edgewise.
My Mom was a big-hearted person. Her life centered around my Dad -- and me and my brothers. She was also a little insecure; you could tell her, "Mom, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you." And she's respond, "Oh, you're just saying that."
Our phone conversations, over the years, changed. When I first leapt out on my own, she was filled with questions: "How's your job? What stories have you been working on? You have a girlfriend yet?" When I got married, she asked how my wife was doing, whether we were happy, "When are you going to have kids?" As we did, she asked all sorts of questions about them. As my Mom and Dad got older, more of the conversation was about him, how she was worried and then about how much she missed him.
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A resource from Digital Textbook
This content is brought to you via Ann O'Shaunessy, a colleague of yours at Centerpoint School. The writer of this page is Jim Burke, an English Teacher at Burlingame High School... A link to his background and his site: http://www.englishcompanion.com/about/index.htm
Introduction
Jim Burke created The Digital Textbook and this list of links "as an alternative to paper texts which are static, generally only black-and-white, and often dated. In a world of so many types of text, some of which focus on words while others incorporate a range of media, it seems negligent to offer only the dry pages of an old textbook or novel."
Quick Picks
These links take you to sites where you can quickly find something good to read. As you get more familiar with the assignment, you should try to venture out into the other areas according to your interests.
Sound prompt
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This exercise is aimed at having sound lead the writing. This can be done with a series of sound effects or music. To use this prompt in your class, first play a few minutes of the piece for the students and then start over and have them write for the duration of the music.
Have them Create a blog, use the tag Sound Prompt. The music lasts 8 minutes. Make sure the kids just keep writing; get them not to self-edit, just see what happens, what comes out. The aim is discovery.
Once the music has finished, have the students save their piece and then replay it while they comment on several others' pieces.
CenterPoints
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 16:11Actually have some of the kids record their thoughts versus keyboarding.
Welcome BLC2011!
BLC2011 Conference participants,
I so enjoyed working with all of you during this BLC2011 conference. I would love to continue the conversation and, more importantly, have you continue the conversations between each other. Would you be interested in doing that?
If so, please return to this site. I will maintain the playground and pre-conference spaces, will add some questions or "prompts" and will be commenting on your work, your posts and your questions. It would be great if you did the same and if you created community on this space. Write about your fears, your successes; seek advice; seek help.
Workshop Schedule
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My plans.. gg
While I will not be teaching in a school building, I will have teaching on my mind in the coming year. Here are my hopes, plans, tasks grouped by MUST do, WILL do, and HOPE TO DO...
Must
Build a library of screen casts on key aspects of the site and digital writing -- commenting, podcasts, etc.
Complete, with help, our planned improvements to the sites...
