blog posting #8

And so we end our summer journey. In only a one-credit class we've blogged, reblogged, commented on others' blogs, viedogamed, podcasted, diigoed, evernoted, dropboxed and skyped. We've networked, learned from librarians, learned from alumni, banned soda, resuméd and googled plus. And more. And it's only the summer. 

I can only imagine the treats J&K have in store for us in the fall and winter!

so fare thee weel, my only blog / and fare thee weel awhile / and I will come again my blog / though it were ten thousand mile

blog posting #7

This week I was very impressed with some of the edubloggers I read. What stuck with me most was an enthusiastic posting from huffenglish.com about digital books. A few apps are now available on the Istore that let students read classic works such as TS Eliot's The Waste Land, and Shakespeare's sonnets interactively and digitally. I even commented the following:

As a graduate student in secondary education, I love these digital books and I'm so excited about the possibilities the content offers. One question I have is perhaps overly optimistic, but I'll ask anyway; do you think it's possible for (advanced) (high school) students to develop their own versions of these books? How complex is the technology to create such an app? Wouldn't it be great if students were able to not just use digital books, but create them?

Maybe I have too much faith in my students' reading abilities, but wouldn't it be great if they could make apps to share with their classmates, parents and even future generations of students? I've never made an app before but it sounds promising. This process would also allow students to experience just how different everyone's reading and interpretation of a given book can be. The digital possibilities are exciting.