I've been attending all the discussions I could possibly find these days. (Believe it or not, today I simultaneously attended Michael Coghlan's talk at YM for the baw2005 group **and** the Tapped In session by Dana and the others for the weblogging group, because I was determined not to miss anything. I just hope I didn't sound too confused, trying to keep up with both!)
Anyway, my point is this: In most of these talks, discussions, and conferences, I've received the impression that "teaching" is nowadays a no-no, and that classes should be run differently so as to encourage student empowerment, decision-making, etc. Of course, all our textbooks say the same, so it's no surprise to me, and to a large extent I agree, **but** I have to be totally honest and say that when I look back on my own learning experience, a lot of my best teachers were exactly that: *teachers* (in the traditional sense). I mean, they were authoritative and the center of the ...
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Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! Yeah, sometimes it's hard to figure out what's up and what's down, but once you'll be fine.
Hoda hafez,
Rashunda
P.S. Please forgive me for my poor Farsi.:-) I have a few friends from Iran who tried to teach me a few things. It took me months to figure out why my name had suddenly become Rashunda June (joon)".
have a nice weekend
Alfredo Ascanio
Caracas-Venezuela
Simón Bolívar University
aascanio@usb.ve
Nice blog. Know what I liked most about it? Your sense of humour!
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I agree with Ale - keep this up in your posts and you'll soon see how popular your blog becomes.
It was funny to read your comments about the reverse order of posts - this was one of the things that annoyed me, when I first started blogging, but now it's one of the things that most appeals to me - it's great getting to a site and seeing the most current information first.
Look forward to reading more. Oh, and(if you haven't already done enough!)don't forget to sign up for our collective blog when you receive the invitation.