tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post8316597885402541207..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Base Words Are UtteredBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-72116605786984897942008-12-01T20:35:00.000-08:002008-12-01T20:35:00.000-08:00Tēnā koe KenThanks for this thought.Your quote (I ...Tēnā koe Ken<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this thought.<BR/><BR/>Your quote (I had to search a bit) came from my post <A HREF="http://newmiddle-earth.blogspot.com/2008/11/elearning-engagement.html" REL="nofollow">Elearning Engagement</A>. The context of it is quite involved.<BR/><BR/>In a situation where student engagement is encouraged, the teacher mediates through the application of various different techniques.<BR/><BR/>One of these techniques can be practiced by the blogger who posts, by engaging in (comment) conversations. There are many other techniques, involving contact directly with the student (by email, phone, letter if necessary etc).<BR/><BR/>Blogging is a learning tool. Whether the blogger is seen as a teacher or not depends on your point of view. I see that role more of facilitator, in the context of the post. Any learning that takes place can be as a result of many different things happening. The most enriching of those being not the post necessarily, but (as you say) the conversation it generated.<BR/><BR/>I have learnt so much from the comments of others. I suspect that those reading the blog are also making learning connections through this same avenue.<BR/><BR/>Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-21415294318431025342008-12-01T18:46:00.000-08:002008-12-01T18:46:00.000-08:00Ken, I wonder if you are indeed using Blogging as ...Ken, I wonder if you are indeed using Blogging as a teaching tool. In your previous post you wrote:<BR/><BR/>"But for this to happen, the teacher/trainer must mediate in a way that initiates and maintains learner participation. In the main, learners won’t participate just because there are wonderful things to learn."<BR/><BR/>In point of practice you are indeed fulfilling the role of both teacher and learner.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind link, but what I find most rewarding is the conversation it generated - and the spark it caused in your thought process. That is truly a wonderful thing to witness.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you can relate to this feeling :-)Ken Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253119051236940476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-35186006173945109282008-11-29T18:33:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:33:00.000-08:00Kia ora Sue!Choosing the title before starting the...Kia ora Sue!<BR/><BR/>Choosing the title before starting the writing task is a good practice for writing certain types of literature, especially if it is commissioned. It is one I use when I write a manual - of any description.<BR/><BR/>In fact, when I was a computer trainer in the 80s - early 90s, I was often confronted with the task of writing a manual. In those days the thing would be published with a coloured pattern cover and ring-bound.<BR/><BR/>Writing a manual for an extensive database or the like was an A1 task. So I ALWAYS began with choosing the title AND the Contents list. I would even type it up and format it so that it looked like the finished article.<BR/><BR/>But this is mind preparation for an A1 task - nothing really to do with the creative mask. There was little right-brain thinking in those jobs.<BR/><BR/>The title of a post usually comes about half to three-quarters way through writing it, for me. Sometimes it doesn't actually gel till I'm about to publish.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious about this now. What you have identified for me is what I'd say is the difference between left-brain logic and construction and right-brain imagination and creation. Both of these can be motivating, but the end results may be fundamentally different in texture.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for making me think more about this :-)<BR/><BR/>Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-12362152417895124562008-11-29T05:27:00.000-08:002008-11-29T05:27:00.000-08:00It's always fascinating the processes we each go t...It's always fascinating the processes we each go through writing our posts. Nadine, a student from the blogging competition, and I had an interesting discussion about this.<BR/><BR/>She always chooses her title first before she write anything. Whereas I choose my title as the last step once I've written my post. First content, then images, previewing and proof reading, tags, categories and finally the title. <BR/><BR/>Rarely hold a post in draft mode, and if I do it normally doesn't get published. Like to just get it done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com