tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231941298800594599.post5300917298343805887..comments2024-03-21T06:41:38.605-06:00Comments on Computers, Language, Writing: Welcome to week 5- Teaching writingVanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231941298800594599.post-73244722710043384442008-02-15T14:03:00.000-07:002008-02-15T14:03:00.000-07:00BeyzaDon't forget to post the WZIQ announcement he...Beyza<BR/><BR/>Don't forget to post the WZIQ announcement here too.<BR/><BR/>FYI - you (and our other contributors) should be able to create your (their) own unique email address for posting by emai - from any email address on any computer or computing device, including mobile phones. Open the dashboard page, go to settings and click "email," You can also check a box on the same page to have updates emailed to you. <BR/><BR/>These features make blogging as mobile as email and texting... putting blogging in the MALL camp as wellVanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231941298800594599.post-90173916339294503562008-02-15T11:34:00.000-07:002008-02-15T11:34:00.000-07:00You're quite welcome Dave - and thank you. Have yo...You're quite welcome Dave - and thank you. Have you accepted your invitation to become a guest contributor?<BR/><BR/>You inadvertently raise an interesting & I bet overlooked point: not all ESL teachers are writing oriented (nor is it universally considered a requirement). Some may even hate writing as much as their students do. But you still have to teach writing. What do you do? What would make it easier? This is as important a question as those about how to manage the requirement to teach writing in the over-sized class. <BR/><BR/>Some of the strategies Beyza and I suggested to Hala might work for you. <BR/><BR/>Another problem probably overlooked by manuals and syllabi: students can tell when you don't really have your heart in what you are teaching. You can't get them charged up when you aren't.<BR/><BR/>So maybe one answer lies in finding what would get you interested in writing.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't that sound like a topic for a whole new post?Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231941298800594599.post-5226008348182261612008-02-14T18:05:00.000-07:002008-02-14T18:05:00.000-07:00Thank you Vanessa and Beyza for kicking off your w...Thank you Vanessa and Beyza for kicking off your workshop with such a lot of interesting material. I've never been much of a writer but I hope that will change with the ideas I get from your workshop. One tip I'd like to contribute: Google groups (http://groups.google.com) is pretty cool in that it has all the bells and whistles of Yahoo groups and in addition allows for online collaborative webpage creation, something I haven't seen elsewhere. (As usual I'm talking more about the bottle than the wine therein... many apologies)Teacher Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07852578340678614626noreply@blogger.com