http://www.cocomment.com/comments/TracyRosen Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-25T12:16:56.440+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1525174&comment_id=28952839 Tracy Rosen Barbara wrote in the comment above: "if the full black story isn’t being told then the education given isn’t equal" Is it possible to tell the full black story? Is there one story? I'd be a bit shocked to hear that one tv show (ok, 2) could encompass 'the' story of a culture(s). To give some context to my comments, I did not see the program. I am not black. Generally when I do watch programs like this, about this or that experience, I feel unsettled knowing that I am being shown AN experience as if it were THE experience. And I watch/read/listen to media from that perspective. It unsettles me because I know that a lot of people don't. They accept it as THE experience. I'm psyched by stories. Teaching for me, as I recently blogged, has to do with teaching kids how to write and tell their stories. If there was only one, my life would be much easier! But I don't believe that is the case... Now I am definitely going to watch it, er, have someone tape it (showing my age...'tape'!) since my tv is not set for watching anything but video or dvd, on Saturday. Found you via jose. tracy 2008-07-25T19:25:40.723+02:00 2008-07-25T19:25:40.723+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1468988&comment_id=28406145 Tracy Thanks Joel - I love this theme. Took a little playing around with to get to know it, and it is not widget ready so you'll need to reformat it a bit to make it so (if you want to be able to use WP sidebar widgets). Let me know if you need some pointers! And Welcome :) 2008-07-06T16:27:48.224+02:00 2008-07-06T16:27:48.224+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1479351&comment_id=28361640 Tracy Rosen Well-written response to someone, like many others, who does not know the big picture, the behind-the-scenes stuff, of a teacher's life. Don't remember the last vacation I had where I wasn't either correcting or planning :) 2008-07-05T17:41:50.581+02:00 2008-07-05T17:41:50.581+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1468988&comment_id=28296085 Tracy Welcome! I do think that there is a certain kind of relationship that is created between blog writers and readers - that has been my experience. And for the most part I do learn through these online relationships! Are you familiar with Appreciative Inquiry? It can be a very powerful way of triggering change in people and organizations. I'm glad you found your way here. 2008-07-04T02:41:01.836+02:00 2008-07-04T02:41:01.836+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1439306&comment_id=27347651 tracy Dennis - what if we go beyond ourselves, us bloggers? When you write: "Maybe we just have to give ourselves a chance." What about our students? On Learning 2.1's post 'What is Web 2.0?' you wrote: "all of this particpatory web is not 2.0 to teens…it’s essentially always been this way. It’s 1.0 as far as they are concerned. It’s The Web." If this is the case, and much of the web's tools do lend a staccatatosis to our information processing abilities....well, then that is how teens read. Does text - poetry, literature, essays - have a role within this context, within this type of literacy? How can we balance things? How can we teach when it's ok to process in a fragmented way and when to go deeper? How do we teach how to do this? hmmmm....I know...lots of questions! Not necessarily directed at you - just questions to the universe at this point. :) Here is the link to the post: http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/what-is-web-20/ 2008-06-18T13:34:28.926+02:00 2008-06-18T13:34:28.926+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1439306&comment_id=27270894 tracy beacantor brings up a point that I haven't seen much about yet. The idea that, while today's technologies have so much to offer authentic, relevant teaching practices, we need to figure out a way to deal with the fragmentation, staccato-like quality it gives to how we process information. Definitely something to think about... Oh, you're making me think this morning! tracy 2008-06-14T15:51:10.251+02:00 2008-06-14T15:51:10.251+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=TracyRosen&conv=1361080&comment_id=26840414 tracy testing out the bookmarklet 2008-05-27T12:52:52.373+02:00 2008-05-27T12:52:52.373+02:00