Comments on: Welcome Aboard

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:43:10 +0000

Hi Lilian, you wanted to check out my blog, so here it is.
http://lindsaysteachingnotes.blogspot.com/

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:48:26 +0000

Love the blog…and that you are also using edublogs! I’m still struggling with some of the formatting with my own blog–yours is so peaceful and calm…
See you in the blogosphere!
Gina
http://webgina.edublogs.org/

By: Berta

Berta — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:06:38 +0000

Great start, Lilian, and what a great idea to have a site where colleagues share their experiences, even if they were hard at times. This way you create a win-win environment where one learn from one another.
I like the peaceful layout but pictures in the posts would probably be more inviting, especially for visual learner, like me.
Keep up the great work!
Berta from Caracas

By: Mary Hillis

Mary Hillis — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:33:19 +0000

You have a great idea for your blog, Lillian! Conversations about “hard times” will offer educators an opportunity to engage in constructive dialog about challenges they face in the classroom. Too often we keep problems to ourselves, but really we can learn a lot from these experiences–they are our teachers. Congratulations on creating your blog, and I hope it continues to grow as you learn and connect more through this session and beyond!

Mary H

By: Carla Raguseo

Carla Raguseo — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:37:02 +0000

Hello Lilian!!

You’ve had a brilliant idea!

We all need a friendly spot to discuss and share our difficult times with colleagues. I’ll definitely subscribe to this blog!

I was just thinking whether it is also difficult in your area to engage teachers in learning about how to integrate technology in their classes. I think there are so many misconceptions in this area, e.g. that we need to be experts in technology, that we can’t foster interaction through “the computer” and many more…

Hopefully, we’ll be able to keep spreading the word together.

Warm regards from Argentina,
Carla R.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:49:45 +0000

Lilliam,

I don’t know if you’ve ever done this before but I’d like to say that the idea is indeed exciting and I hope I can do a job as nice as yours.

Congrats,

Angela

By: Cristina Costa

Cristina Costa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:24:32 +0000

Hi Liliam,

i can finally see your blog. Welcome to blogsphere!
we are neighbors now, I guess!

I also started with a template similar to yours. Like Monica says I also think a clean look is important. Then I went on to something a little bit more colorful, as I was able to learn how to edit my template. we will look at that too.
Don’t you just love it here.
Do you know what I like best about blogs?
It’s the comments!!!!!!! I just LOVE when people talk to me through the blog.
DOn’t you love it too.

Looking forward to the next posts!

By: carla arena

carla arena — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:46:34 +0000

Dear Liliam,

This topic is really exciting and bond to engage educators in interesting conversations on the challenges and struggles we have in our profession. We tend to emphasize the positive aspects of teaching in an EFL setting, but by discussing what doesn’t work, we can really learn from one another, find out we’re not alone, and seek for solutions for our daily problems.

Fantastic, exciting idea!

Don’t forget to add the “blogging4educators” tag to all your post from now on.

Beijos,
Carla A.
The Blogging Team
Explorations

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:05:15 +0000

That was a very good start! I like the ‘clean’ templates that you can find on Edublogs/Wordpress blogs. Congrats!

Um abraço,
Monica (Brazil)
http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com