webgina's chat » Introductions

What kind of blogger are you?

webgina — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:55:37 +0000

… asked Carla and invited us to check out Vicky Davis’s slideshow on blogging styles.

I guess this would be a Meme Blog… since I’m inviting you all to respond to the query (and thereby providing me with an excuse for some interesting tags, more playing around with Technorati and Pageflakes, and a foray into hyperlinking)… I’ve gotten totally distracted from the actual workshop tasks but I really want to get caught up, get away from this Life Blog, and launch my classroom blogs (Feature Blog?) in the next few weeks…

Please tag your posts: Gina_Blog_Type_Question

More responses, more fiddling around

webgina — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:04:21 +0000

… It is a beautiful, sunny day outside… perfect to spend the day indoors banging away at this blog. My friend Jill reminds me that you need to make blogging a daily habit in order for it to be successful. She’s been at it a year… She is also much more self-disciplined then I am…

My mac mail account seems not to be accepting anymore email–nothing new has come in since 2pm yesterday, which is a bit odd… no doubt the two EVO groups have flooded the server… I’ve emptied the trash. I guess I’ll just have to weed thru some more of the stuff in my inbox. I’m down to 98 unopened emails–from 138 yesterday.

More fiddling: Let’s try embedding a photo… Part of the problem is that I rarely take photos, so don’t have anything particularly interesting to add…

… this should work with video clips too, I imagine… onwards + upwards… I’ll have to search for something more interesting than these photos of me!

Catching up on Comments: Blogging as a Teaching Tool, not just Blogging for the Sake of Blogging…

webgina — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:59:13 +0000

Hello all,

I’m finally getting around to answering the comments and queries. Thank you all who’ve offered constructive advice and encouragement. The Voki is behaving itself and no longer aggressively taking over the sidebar, Feevy seems to be working (although it won’t display my friend SandiaCala’s blog, but you can check out some of the others…), I checked out the tutorial on Widgetboxes, so that’ll be “coming soon”!

Daniela asked: “What are your favorite blogs to use with the students in class?”… The truth of the matter is I haven’t yet started blogging with my students. I’m still fiddling with the technology and thinking about what exactly I want to do. I want to use blogs as a useful tool to teach (English), and not get stuck in the technology for technology’s sake. I did talk to one of my classes about setting up some blogs and the response was overwhelmingly positive…

So, be patient a little longer and keep watching the site!

5 things the other participants don’t know about me…

webgina — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:44:11 +0000

Since this is meant to be a tagging exercise (as well as mildly entertaining), I’ll try to come up with some really strange entries to see how far and wide the tagging net will get cast….

1) I have a horse living in retirement in New Jersey.

2) I play on a co-ed soccer team in Manhattan and a women’s team on Long Island.

3) I love to bake but hate to cook.

4) I fantasize about moving to Chile.

5) The next language I want to learn is Korean.

… now, aren’t you glad you asked?

introductions… scene 1, take 3

webgina — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:13:33 +0000

For those of you who’ve actually been checking the site out on a regular basis, this is the third design in as many days (and if you are one of those people who has been checking out this site on a regular basis… well… you are either related to me or you have too much time on your hands)

My fellow EVO Blogging Classmates who are struggling with the edublogs site: I highly recommend you check out the FAQs and the edublogs group forums. Complete strangers have answered my queries quickly and intelligently. A nice, friendly, and helpful community seems to be lurking behind these pages….

Stayed tuned… hopefully I’ll be through with this beginner’s phase and can get some student categories up soon.

Gina

another foray…

webgina — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:21:03 +0000

I’ve been checking out my colleagues blogs… and they are leaving me in the DUST, but inspiring me to try to fancy things up a bit here.So I’ve been playing with the site… What do you think about the new look? I’m not sure why I have two (duplicate) blogrolls… I can’t seem to view my avatar/photo or make sidebars… and the mystery of making separate paragraphs has yet to be solved…testing paragraph #1testing paragraph #2… this would be a good time for some poetry…gw

We must all begin somewhere…

webgina — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:59:13 +0000

Hello World…Welcome to my inaugural blog. Thanks to the EVO Blogging for Educators group for planting their collective feet in my behind and propelling me into the 21st century and the World of Blogging…I am an ESOL teacher originally from Canada, but currently residing in New York City. I teach General English, General Intensive English, TOEFL test prep, and one-on-one English and literacy tutoring. It is my intention to use this blog for my students, as a vehicle for dialogue and communication. It is my hope that this blog will provide a site for the exchange of ideas and become more than just a place to practice English…. Stay tuned!Gina