Comments for Visualising Ideas http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org Teaching English as a FOREIGN language to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Sat, 12 May 2012 11:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on It’s Saturday! Musings on the Importance of Reading the Author’s Biography by Visualising Ideas - It’s Saturday! Remembering Maurice Sendak http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2011/12/10/its-saturday-musings-on-the-importance-of-reading-the-authors-biography/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Visualising Ideas - It’s Saturday! Remembering Maurice Sendak Sat, 12 May 2012 11:16:01 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2011/12/10/its-saturday-musings-on-the-importance-of-reading-the-authors-biography/#comment-757 [...] week, I had never read anything related to his biography. As  I have “mused on” in a previous post, I’m not a big fan of looking for keys to understanding stories (or poems) in the [...] [...] week, I had never read anything related to his biography. As  I have “mused on” in a previous post, I’m not a big fan of looking for keys to understanding stories (or poems) in the [...]

]]> Comment on It’s Saturday! Musings on the Genre of Fantasy and Getting Older by Naomi Epstein http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/05/05/its-saturday-musings-on-the-genre-of-fantasy-and-getting-older/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Naomi Epstein Sat, 05 May 2012 12:12:47 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=926#comment-755 Mura! Haven't read that one yet. My boys are more interested in me reading "The hunger games"! Thanks for stopping by! Naomi Mura!
Haven’t read that one yet. My boys are more interested in me reading “The hunger games”!
Thanks for stopping by!
Naomi

]]> Comment on It’s Saturday! Musings on the Genre of Fantasy and Getting Older by mura http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/05/05/its-saturday-musings-on-the-genre-of-fantasy-and-getting-older/comment-page-1/#comment-754 mura Sat, 05 May 2012 11:11:18 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=926#comment-754 i am more interested in science fiction (and my favourite ones are near future ones) but i got into fantasy more recently when i saw the hbo season one of Game of Thrones last year. this prompted me to search out the books. for the most part the stories are engaging and plausible given the plotlines that are developed. not so sure about tv version in season 2. but am glad to have had the chance to read the books. ta mura i am more interested in science fiction (and my favourite ones are near future ones) but i got into fantasy more recently when i saw the hbo season one of Game of Thrones last year. this prompted me to search out the books. for the most part the stories are engaging and plausible given the plotlines that are developed.
not so sure about tv version in season 2. but am glad to have had the chance to read the books.
ta
mura

]]> Comment on An Emotional Comment on “Evaluate Me, Please” by Visualising Ideas - An Emotional Comment on “Evaluate Me, Please” | A New Society, a new education! | Scoop.it http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/05/01/an-emotional-comment-on-evaluate-me-please/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Visualising Ideas - An Emotional Comment on “Evaluate Me, Please” | A New Society, a new education! | Scoop.it Wed, 02 May 2012 21:23:58 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=920#comment-753 [...] background-position: 50% 0px ; background-color:#6c5656; background-repeat : no-repeat; } visualisingideas.edublogs.org - Today, 4:23 [...] [...] background-position: 50% 0px ; background-color:#6c5656; background-repeat : no-repeat; } visualisingideas.edublogs.org – Today, 4:23 [...]

]]> Comment on An Emotional Comment on “Evaluate Me, Please” by Naomi Epstein http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/05/01/an-emotional-comment-on-evaluate-me-please/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Naomi Epstein Wed, 02 May 2012 19:57:26 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=920#comment-752 Leo! This is certainly one of the great things about having a blog - I get to express my feelings! I'm glad you are going to the source, too! Naomi Leo!
This is certainly one of the great things about having a blog – I get to express my feelings!
I’m glad you are going to the source, too!
Naomi

]]> Comment on An Emotional Comment on “Evaluate Me, Please” by Leo http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/05/01/an-emotional-comment-on-evaluate-me-please/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Leo Tue, 01 May 2012 19:26:48 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=920#comment-751 A great post, Naomi - very emotional indeed. Will check out the blog you refer to. LEO A great post, Naomi – very emotional indeed.
Will check out the blog you refer to.
LEO

]]> Comment on Comment on “Are YOU Intentionally Creating a TED in Your Head?” by Naomi Epstein http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/04/26/comment-on-are-you-intentionally-creating-a-ted-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Naomi Epstein Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:53:23 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=909#comment-750 Chiew! You said it well in your tweet - its hard to keep up with the reading! I know what you mean. We just have to be aware, one one hand, of the need to check out other kinds of blogs while trying not to overdo the time we spend in blogosphere! Thanks for finding the time to read and for your kind words! Naomi Chiew!
You said it well in your tweet – its hard to keep up with the reading! I know what you mean. We just have to be aware, one one hand, of the need to check out other kinds of blogs while trying not to overdo the time we spend in blogosphere!
Thanks for finding the time to read and for your kind words!
Naomi

]]> Comment on Comment on “Are YOU Intentionally Creating a TED in Your Head?” by Chiew http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/04/26/comment-on-are-you-intentionally-creating-a-ted-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Chiew Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:23:27 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=909#comment-749 And we are blessed to have you in <i>our</i> PLN, too! If you ever try to make that carrot cake, let me know if it's any good! ;-) Chiew And we are blessed to have you in our PLN, too! If you ever try to make that carrot cake, let me know if it’s any good! ;-)
Chiew

]]> Comment on The Boat Paradox – Pondering the “DOGME Teach Off” by Naomi Epstein http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/04/19/the-boat-paradox-%e2%80%93-pondering-the-dogme-teach-off/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Naomi Epstein Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:04:57 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=904#comment-748 Chia! Thanks to taking time to reply! I can just imagine you talking about a fantasy forest with 8 year olds! You have certainly convinced me regarding Dogme and different ages. But how about the size of the group? Can you "tickle the fancy of students" in class of 40? Off to read your next installment! Thanks again! Naomi Chia!
Thanks to taking time to reply!
I can just imagine you talking about a fantasy forest with 8 year olds!
You have certainly convinced me regarding Dogme and different ages. But how about the size of the group? Can you “tickle the fancy of students” in class of 40?
Off to read your next installment!
Thanks again!
Naomi

]]> Comment on The Boat Paradox – Pondering the “DOGME Teach Off” by Chia Suan Chong http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2012/04/19/the-boat-paradox-%e2%80%93-pondering-the-dogme-teach-off/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Chia Suan Chong Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:52:13 +0000 http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/?p=904#comment-747 Thanks for writing this post, Naomi. I'm certainly glad that the Teach-Off and the series of blogposts are provoking thought. To me, Dogme is essentially about adapting to whatever your context or learners might be and dealing with what they are happy to talk about and what they might be interested in. To be very honest, this particular group I have at the moment (the one I'm blogging about in the Teach-Off) have been quite a challenge for me to try and suss out and finding a conversation topic that gets them going hasn't been the easiest thing. But it is my belief that everyone has things that love talking about, and no matter how shy the student and how untalkative a culture, once we find the key to bringing them out of their shelll, motivation levels will soar. So it may be talking about football to teenage boys, or talking about boys to teenage girls, or doing TPR in a fantasy forest with 8-year-olds, to me, Dogme is improvising and finding anything that might tickle the fancy of the students and getting them going...and it would still be recognisable as the same boat! Chia Thanks for writing this post, Naomi.
I’m certainly glad that the Teach-Off and the series of blogposts are provoking thought.
To me, Dogme is essentially about adapting to whatever your context or learners might be and dealing with what they are happy to talk about and what they might be interested in.
To be very honest, this particular group I have at the moment (the one I’m blogging about in the Teach-Off) have been quite a challenge for me to try and suss out and finding a conversation topic that gets them going hasn’t been the easiest thing.
But it is my belief that everyone has things that love talking about, and no matter how shy the student and how untalkative a culture, once we find the key to bringing them out of their shelll, motivation levels will soar.
So it may be talking about football to teenage boys, or talking about boys to teenage girls, or doing TPR in a fantasy forest with 8-year-olds, to me, Dogme is improvising and finding anything that might tickle the fancy of the students and getting them going…and it would still be recognisable as the same boat!

Chia

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