Ben, I prefer everything on the wiki page; upfront where everyone can see and add their input. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction
You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for responding Nellie. I agree with you that there are many > related ESOL topics in WE and I support any effort in connecting these > projects - I took your advice and added categories to my DLL wiki. I > am very interested in collaborating in your ESOL project and have some > ideas, but I'm not sure how you'd prefer me to pass these along. > Directly to your wiki page? In the discussion tab of the wiki page? > Some other means? Or do you have a preference. > > Benjamin > http://wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez > > On Apr 29, 8:24 am, NELLIE DEUTSCH <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Benjamin, > > There are many EFL/ESL, TESOL and ESOL teachers on wikieducator. I > started a > > project on ESOL workshop if you are interested. I added the URL to your > page > > as a resource on WE. The important aspect of collaborating is to > > inter-connect all that is available on WE. Adding categories is one way > of > > doing it. > > > Any other suggestions? > > > > Warm wishes, > > Nellie Deutsch > > Doctoral Student > > Educational Leadership > > Curriculum and Instruction > > > > You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how > to > > integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators > > around the world:http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register > > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as > > > long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." – > > > George Bernard Shaw (http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_community.html) > > > > > This quote by George Bernard Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > > George_Bernard_Shaw), I think, sums up how most of us feel about our > > > commitment to OERs and what it can do for the betterment of the > > > community. In an attempt to do something for the community, I’ve > > > created the beginnings of an open course in English language learning > > > (http://www.wikieducator.org/Distancelanguagelearning) with the intent > > > of bringing together English-language speakers (of all levels and > > > ages) in a way that fosters interaction. Although it may appear a bit > > > structured, the idea (as I have it at the moment) is to bring those > > > along the “long tail” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail) > > > into the heart of a discussion that brings about various cross- > > > cultural perspectives. In other words, I´m interested in not only > > > bringing together English language educators and ELLs, but any English > > > speaker that has an interest in interacting with big ideas (http:// > > >www.authenticeducation.org/bigideas/), understandings (http:// > > >www.grantwiggins.org/ubd/ubd.lasso), etc. as well as guiding ELLs > > > through the language learning process. > > > > > Recognizing that I will never develop such a project as well alone as > > > I could with others, I invite you to the wiki (http:// > > >www.wikieducator.org/Distancelanguagelearning) in order to have an > > > idea as to what I´m proposing. If it is of any interest to you > > > (regardless of your education, experience, or English level), please > > > feel free to leave comments in the “discussion” tab or contact me > > > directly (I prefer the “discussion” (http://www.wikieducator.org/ > > > Distancelanguagelearning) tab over putting comments directly in the > > > page itself, please). If anyone would like to discuss this in real- > > > time, we can certainly do that as well. I´m actually more interested > > > in receiving comments that explain why a project of this type would > > > not work, or how in its current form the course would fall short in > > > achieving its objective (i.e., constructive criticism). > > > > > Thanking you for taking the time to read this post, I am. > > > > > Benjamin > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
