Diggin’ Onions

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Entries from January 2008

Want to Be a Better Blogger?

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

In the spirit of becoming better bloggers, take a few minutes to read two these two articles:
Karl Fisch, a noted edublogger, defines blogging and give example
Kris Braden’s blog post–How to Prevent Another Leonardo DaVinci–award Best Student Blog Post 2007 (I think that was the title.)
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From Serving in Florida

January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

***This site probably won’t let you leave a comment, so go to this blog post, and post your comment.***
Before coming to class Friday (1/4/08), comment on at least two (2) of the discussion questions below. Your response should be well thought-out and carefully constructed to convey insightful ideas and analyses.
Be sure to use your [...]

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e-Circles

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Someone once said writing is the inking of our thinking. Before we can write profound analyses of text, we need to mull over the text, reading and re-reading it deeply, thinking and discussing the text, bouncing our ideas off other critical readers of the same text. Good discussions help us all polish–or sometimes discover–our ideas. [...]

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