Posting

Hello everyone.
Little by little students are logging in. I am happy to see that. Remember to get the extra credit you must post something, not just log in.

I am curious how many saw the school play, "West Side Story" and what your thoughts are on it. If that is something you'd like to comment on, please do. It is tonight (Saturday) as well.

West Side Story parallels and is patterned after William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in many ways. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and the cast and crew did an excellent job all around.

The themes of the play were very evident and continue to be lessons to take with us even in today's world.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Tuck Everlasting

I thought that the book was much better. It had more details about what happened. There were a lot of differences throughout the movie and the book. One of the differences include that Mae and Mr. Tuck were taken to jail in the movie and only Mae was taken to jail in the book. I thought that both the movie and the book were interesting.

Tuck Everlasting: the novel vs. the movie

I have finally successfully invited all three communication classes to this blog through their school email addresses. If anyone uses a different email address, they must email me to be added to the list.
Now I want to see some interesting and enlightening comments, suggestions for discussion, etc. Please keep it appropriate and related to our class work or class topics.
I'd really like some feedback on Tuck Everlasting, particularly the novel vs. the movie. Any thoughts on that? Remember there is no wrong opinion and it's important to agree to disagree on issues.

Effective Test-taking Strategies

I've opened this account almost a year ago in the hopes of starting classroom online discussion. I think we are ready to give it a try.

All topics must be classroom related and abide by the safety, respect, and learning appropriate rules, remember those?
I expect students to utilize standard English as must as possible, refrain from using textspeak, and try to avoid typos. In addition to being an experiment for learning, it is also writing and communicating practice.
First topic of discussion is related to standardized testing and more specifically upcoming PSSA tests.
Agree or not, our state and federal education system relies on standardized tests to measure learning. With that in mind, what do you think are some effective strategies for doing well on the PSSA's?

Greetings

Communications is reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
In this ever-changing technological age it only seems natural that we learn to effectively communicate using technology.
Because there is no emotion, facial expressions, or other clues to interpret messages, the writing alone must convey the message.

This blog is a trial class project. Students must login and create a user name before posting. Be sure to read the terms of service agreement. Posts must be appropriate and must not be offensive to anyone in the class. Disagreeing with someone's opinion is fine, attacking the person is not. Remember to separate the issue from the person. Also, we've discussed positive ways of offering constructive criticism; please utilize them.

I look forward to class discussion. Stay tuned.