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By: Collaboration at a Distance: A case for collaborative learning in distance education « A Teacher’s Writes

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:33:26 +0000

[...] believe that blogging provides a great motivation and platform for even the most novice of writers. Chris Hunewell explains it [...]

By: David Truss

David Truss — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:57:59 +0000

“Doesn’t this sound familiar???”
Oh yes, and your description of your process, a process similar to many bloggers, is eloquent… even poetic.

I wonder if others have shared this experience?
Regarding your post: “If I come up with something I really like, I often make a note to myself.”
…what about those times when you have a burst of insight and you don’t, or can’t, write it down? Later you find yourself in anguish bordering on agony as you sit before your computer screen, hands ready, with a blinking, unmoving cursor.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful post!

By: Higher Edison

Higher Edison — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:49:48 +0000

readiness: carrots and (thinking) sticks

Patrick Higgins raises the question of readiness in a post earlier today: What, he wonders, will be the tipping point that moves teachers and administrators toward a collaborative, communicative, networked professional development approach that include…

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:54:28 +0000

If we as educators are this inspired about the craft of writing, how can our students help but get caught up in the enthusiasm? There is something so validating about putting your thoughts as a gentle offering out in the world with no expectation, only to find that they resonate within the hearts of other writers! Thank you for the gift.

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HVWP Tech Team ‘06 » Blog Archive » A Blogger as Writer — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:45:36 +0000

[...] love Christine Hunewell’s lead up to this blog posting (A Blogger as a Writer), that she’s had it in draft form since last fall. She hauls it out periodically and works on [...]

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:36:43 +0000

Christine,
I have really been pushing (in a gentle way) the whole blogging for professional development to my staff. I have 2 blogs set up for the different departments I chair and a wikispace started to facilitate faculty discussions. http://www.smsprofessionaldevelopment.wikispace.com. People are reluctant to say the least, but the possibilities of these tools to help us all become reflective practitioners is limitless.

thanks

By: Cherie

Cherie — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:20:28 +0000

Thank you for this and for sharing blogging with me as my tech mentor!

I find myself sticking lists of blogging ideas all over my clipboard with sticky notes, and I’m enjoying writing more than I have for years. My students are eager to write in a new way now that they blog. Have they ever begged to write during indoor recess before the start of our blogging? I don’t think so!

A side benefit has also been the way the world has come inside our tiny classroom in the wilds of New Hampshire. We have heard from people all over–delightful surprises awaiting us when we open our blog. What an amazing group of experts have communicated with us about our units of study! We read their blogs and comment too. My students feel that they are heard when they write.

I don’t think our class could go back to BB (Before Blogging).

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:13:35 +0000

Christine,

This encapsulates a lot of what I try to tell the people I work with about blogging as professional and personal practice. I linked to it from my school’s edtech blog at http://techdossier.blogspot.com

Best.

By: David Warlick

David Warlick — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:25:31 +0000

I Commented about this in 2¢ Worth.

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/03/28/christine-hunewells-a-blogger-as-writer/

By: 2 Cents Worth » Christine Hunewell’s A Blogger as Writer

2 Cents Worth » Christine Hunewell’s A Blogger as Writer — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:25:06 +0000

[...] love Christine Hunewell’s lead up to this blog posting (A Blogger as a Writer), that she’s had it in draft form since last fall. She hauls it out periodically and [...]