LiterateLife » adolescents http://tracy616.edublogs.org Exploration into 21st century literacy Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Back after 3-day weekend http://tracy616.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/back-after-3-day-weekend/ http://tracy616.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/back-after-3-day-weekend/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 15:06:33 +0000 tracy http://tracy616.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/back-after-3-day-weekend/ Here we are back after a 3-day weekend. I was playing alot in Second Life, as I have joined a Star Trek role-playing (RP) group. We actually attend Academy classes and I am really curious to see an example of how virtual classrooms work! Unfortunately I am working with a school laptop that has a video card not quite powerful enough for  smooth running of SL. I keep crashing! Not a good way to try to take a class.

I may just have to bite the bullet and get a better computer myself.

I also had ordered Seeking Diversity by Linda Reif last week from amazon.com. It came Saturday, and I read the first chapter where Linda explains that she had been teaching 10 years. Nancie Atwell also wrote her book after about 10 years. I have been teaching 14 years and don’t feel nearly competent enough to write a book about my methods! How do these people feel get so good? I guess they are just “born” with it. Maybe I just haven’t found my “niche” yet…using technology in the classroom may be it, since I LOVE it!!!

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