Oct 21 2008
Lesson Plans blog
Hello teachers,
There is a wonderful blog on the nytimes.com web site that I thought you might be interested in. It is a collection of essays written by teachers from many areas of the country and from different educational settings. They talk about their work or a challenge they are facing and then people who read the essay comment on the post. It’s worth a visit.
Sometimes I feel like we’re secluded up here on the mountain top at Kennett looking out over the valley below, but missing the larger conversation in education all over the country. It is nice to hear from teachers in different settings, often facing the same challenges we wrestle with but with creative solutions I haven’t thought of. I’m also interested in how people outside of education comment on the issues raised. I recommend it.
Go to http://lessonplans.blogs.nytimes.com/ and take a look.
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Penny – Thank you for sharing that website! I don’t have time in my schedule to research such sites, or really have time to read them, but this intrigued me so I checked it out. There so many relevant and good articles. The one that I really enjoyed reading was “Telling the Raven”. It talked about a teacher and his use of “blogging” for his students to not only connect with each other and the curriculum, but their community and the world. It was interesting to see how he has been have guest speakers in his class, and the response the students had the speakers and events that were taking place. He also has the students communicating with students in places like Alaska and Australia. It was interesting to see the similarities and differences they talked about between the cultures and life in general. I kept thinking to myself “What a great idea – it must be so cool for these kids to be able to reach out to people form all over the world and talk about their lives.” It also has the students writing in a different context. The students seem to really enjoy this “Telling the Raven” site. There are many sections to it, and i had fun exploring it all ad seeing what they were up to and what their interests were. I also enjoyed reading the responses to his original Blog. It was interesting to see some teachers praising him for his work and others criticizing him for not correcting some of the students spelling and grammar. It was also nice to see people offering ideas and suggestions or adding it into their own curriculum. I feel we are very fortunate to have access to so much technology. It really opens a lot of doors for learning – both for teachers and students. I think it would be very cool to see what students in other countries are learning about and sharing the knowledge.
I really enjoyed the three blog entries i read. I hope to find more time to look at some more.