mls kindergarten

Even though some people don’t like living on an island, I think I could live there. Of course, having my favorite son  on Oahu makes it all the more attractive.  What surprised me about the island  was the diversity of environments – rain forest and beach, I expected.  Cactus?  Who would have thought it !!!!  There is also a great diversity of socioeconomic status and, like most cities, the whole island seems to be somewhat divided  into  “neighborhoods”.  Not having  had the opportunity to be a world traveler, I was also amazed to see how big the  houseplants you can buy in the grocery stores  in the northern parts of  America  actually grow – outside! – in Hawaii.

I’m taking a writing project workshop and have to learn how to blog. Apparently it’s the latest thing, but how I’ll ever use itit is far from clear. I teach kindergarten in a school with very few working computers and none that kindergarteners have access to. Perhaps this knowledge will be valuable if and when my 10 year old is introduced to blogs. At this point, I don’t want her every to talk to anyone in cyberspace! Apparently, blogs offer the opportunity for communication with a wider audience, motivation to write something worthwhile (since peers, not just the teacher, will be reading it), more opportunities for reflection and response, that it’s easier to use than a web page. Another rationale not mentioned in the article would appear to be that everyone is into technology so you don’t want to be left behind. Since this is my first introduction to blogs, it seems that the primary purpose is probably to get other people’s answers or opinions about something you think about an issue or something you have written that may need more information or a different perspective in order to refine your thinking or improve the quality of your work. So, I’ll get license renewal credit, but will it change how I teach? Probably not anytime soon.

Questions I still have: who has time to read the responses if you send it to cyberspace or even to a limited group that is “large”. What is the advantage of a blog over a web page – not that I ever had one of those? Unless it’s a limited group, as it should be in an educational setting, how do I know what is legitimate and what is not? Or maybe that’s the point – higher level thinking and discernment. Do I really think anyone cares what I think?

-Questions – who has time to read all the responses if it’s public, or limited to a large group?

why is it easier to to do than web pages?
why edit instead or redo? if you have put your writing on the blog, would you edit it based on the responses?

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