http://skpatterson.edublogs.org a blog about teaching. and learning. and teaching. and learning (because it's a cycle). Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:25:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As usual, I must start with the obvious: why NOT flat classroom? Why NOT open your students - and yourself - up to authentic learning? And what is this alleged "authentic learning" anyway? I don't know what the proper definition is, and if you've read any of my posts you ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2009/09/18/why-flat-classroom/ Seriously? Seriously. So in my last post, I was all "we should appreciate stuff" and "we're so lucky" and stuff, right? Riiiiiight. And now, here I am, in a super-de-duper important class - in fact, the FINAL class I need in order to receive a masters degree in International Education ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2009/05/18/why-tune-in-because-all-i-want-to-do-is-tune-out/ Here I am, sitting in masters class. It's 7:50pm on a Wednesday night, I've already taught all day long, I've had approximately three large cups of coffee. I'm tired, I'm frazzled, I look like...well, ask my students: "Ms. P, you look really, um, tired?" I do. Over the course of ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2009/03/18/why-go-to-school-when-you-dont-have-to/ Because you might come along a beauty like this: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ ! What blogs do you love? Seek them out, subscribe to them, comment on them, and link back to them...and watch the masses flock to your blog (one hopes). Add a cool blog in the comments section and help a person out, ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/why-subscribe-to-tons-of-random-blogs/ This is what I like to call an "Excellent Question" - why should we do this? What does it matter? Does it matter? Since I have again embarked on the journey of blogging with my students, I have been barraged with the inevitable queries as to why we have to do ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/why-blog-2/ Welcome to your brand new blog at Edublogs. To get started, simply log in, edit or delete this post and check out all the other options available to you. There's stacks of great supporting material too! Take time to view our some helpful introductory videos, read through our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ... http://skpatterson.edublogs.org/2008/11/03/hello-world/