Well, I never expected to see you here again. But life can be funny that way. (Funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha.) But I think this site can be useful to us.
I would like our classes to do some Guided Independent Reading this year. I've been trying to find a appropriate website, but I haven't found one yet. We'll be using this one, sometimes in tandem with another -- Edmodo.com.
To get started with Edmodo, click here. When you get to the front page, click on "I'm a student". This will take you to a "Sign In" page. Your group code is: rs1vi1 . (Those are ones, by the way, not l's.) Then pick out your user name and password. (My advice -- keep it simple, students. There won't be anything here worth stealing.) If you include an email (optional) you will be notified of assignments, and my responses to your responses.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
If at First You Don't Succeed. . .
TRY, TRY AGAIN!
I came across this Op-Ed piece earlier in the week that caught my attention. It starts off with "The Great Gatsby" (sic), then moves on to what the author, George Packer, calls "modern celebrity" -- which he links to social inequality.
Over at Edmodo you will find two different versions of the article -- one plain, and one with highlighted (by me) passages. Choose either one.
Then, because I'm stupid, or stubborn, or just a cock-eyed optimist, I want to take another try at a "virtual round-table" discussion. You have two options. 1) Quote a passage, and give your response to it. 2) Respond to someone else's response. And you must make a minimum of two entries.
(Both may be responses to responses. It would be best if you make your responses at two different times. If you wait too long you won't be able to do that.)
They don't have to be too long. I'm looking for insight here. As well as a spirit of give-and-take.
I came across this Op-Ed piece earlier in the week that caught my attention. It starts off with "The Great Gatsby" (sic), then moves on to what the author, George Packer, calls "modern celebrity" -- which he links to social inequality.
Over at Edmodo you will find two different versions of the article -- one plain, and one with highlighted (by me) passages. Choose either one.
Then, because I'm stupid, or stubborn, or just a cock-eyed optimist, I want to take another try at a "virtual round-table" discussion. You have two options. 1) Quote a passage, and give your response to it. 2) Respond to someone else's response. And you must make a minimum of two entries.
(Both may be responses to responses. It would be best if you make your responses at two different times. If you wait too long you won't be able to do that.)
They don't have to be too long. I'm looking for insight here. As well as a spirit of give-and-take.
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