September 2006
31 posts published in September 2006.
- 09.29.06Core 1: Share-On: Share your Satires with at least 2-3 other people and ask them what they believe is being criticized. If they give you a…Lesson Plans
- 09.28.06Core 1: Discuss-On: Share your answers to the homework questions with at least two people and come to a consensus on the answers: What are these…Lesson Plans
- 09.27.06Cores 1-4: Honor the new Authenticity Award Recipients. Continue to refine The Discovery Blogging Rules. Is this post appropriate for our blogs?…Lesson Plans
- 09.26.06Cores 1-4: Explore My 4th Weekly Authentic: A Stream-Of-Consciousness Poem? Discuss the Building Comment Hall of Fame. Write your fourth Weekly…Lesson Plans
- Language Theory Notes for 09.25.06Is language encoded in DNA? How much is built in? Acquiring Language is different than learning. Are verbal errors really errors? (We are trying…
- Isaac and IshmaelDiscussion Questions for this episode of The West Wing: What did Josh mean when he said that “they” want to kill all of us the same amount? Why…Lesson Plans
- But at least…Disclaimer: The following Weekly Authentic is senseless. It has purpose only to me, and I’m still trying to figure out what that is. I share it…
- 09.25.06Core 1: Discuss-On: What do we learn about your brain (way of thinking) by reading your Stream-Of-Consciousness Read your Stream-Of-Consciousness…Lesson Plans
- 09.21.06Cores 1-4: My musical Weekly Authentic. Core 1: Write-On: Do a mind wandering exercise. Start with one image (A squirrel enjoying a particularly…Lesson Plans
- 09.20.06Cores 1-4: Go over the Language Arts instructions for your SLC. Show off the new Authenticity Awards. Explore some good Building Comments:…Lesson Plans
- 09.19.06Cores 1-4: Re-Introduce the concept of a Building Comment and show example. Take a look at a controversial post. Is it inappropriate or not? Afix…Lesson Plans
- Psycodude’s ApologyDear Mr. Wilkoff and Core 2, I’m sorry for all the trouble I caused you last year on blogger and nation states, and I’m sorry for what I’ve done…Lesson Plans
- Language Theory Notes for 09.18.06Interesting Animal Grammar Article Animals do not have the capacity for generative grammar. They are committed to the behavioral form of learning…
- Building Comment #1When I read this piece for the fourth and fifth time, I really got it. SoccerLover did a great job picking something that I could really connect…
- Another Take on Blogging RulesLike Jeanne Simpson, Karl Fisch, Anne Davis, and Darren Kuropatwa before me, I decided it was important to flesh out blogging rules for my…
- 09.18.06Cores 1-4: Final Review of Blogging Rules. Psycodude’s Apology Letter. September 11th Memorial. Core 1: Check “Synonyms and Antonyms” for Unit 7…Lesson Plans
- 09.15.06Cores 1-4: Discuss Blog Spamming and Comment Blocking. Core 1: Discuss-On: How can one word cause a story? (For example: Iraq, Trouble, Puke) In…Lesson Plans
- 09.14.06Cores 1+3: Discuss-on: How can words save your life? Re-introduce vocabulary books for full life-saving effect. Play Vocabulary Basketball with…Lesson Plans
- The Complete Ning Interview.I posted a little while ago about an interview that I did with a Ning.com creator. My post focused on my technology Wish-List for the classroom,…
- 09.12.06I was sick today. Here are the lesson plans that I left for my substitute. You can also find the link to my example for a “Buliding Comment” here.Lesson Plans
- Language Theory Notes for 09.11.06Homework: Bring some piece of my own reading that deals with language and the brain. Book Recommendations: The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn…
- 09.11.06ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone…Lesson Plans
- 09.08.06Cores 1-4: Introduce the process of commenting. (Model using Commenting Like a King or Queen.) Introduce Bloglines (optional account to set up…Lesson Plans
- 09.07.06ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone…Lesson Plans
- 09.06.06ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone…Lesson Plans
- 09.05.06ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone…Lesson Plans
- What a man is…A former male 8th grade student of mine has been e-mailing me consistently ever since he figured out that I really love to read my students…
- The Ning InterviewEarly last week I was asked by Yoz Grahame (a lead developer of Ning.com) to answer a few questions about how I was using web 2.0 tools (and…
- 09.01.06Cores 1-3: Introduce the blog safety resources that we will be using to create our own Discovery Blogging Rules. Go over a few of the minor points…Lesson Plans