A few months ago, I wrote a post on blogging that generated more attention that this entire blog had since its inception. I think I provoked very strong responses which I actually did appreciate. And some good did come out of that. That is good.
Recently, there was a lot of controversy around the whole issue [...]
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On blogging
Posted in Back to school, New media, Personal on November 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Practical Criticism
Posted in Back to school, New media, Personal on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I first heard this term, I thought it was weird. There was actually a serious course of study on criticism! Great, I can do this. I can criticise. Sign me up! But I soon realized that it was more than that. Let me explain.
The context of this can perhaps be traced to the literary [...]
Movie magic
Posted in New media, Personal on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love watching movies. I even did an Masters course on film. I love all kinds of movies. Action films, comedies, dramas, foreign films, animated films, even silly films. I love them all. There are very few movies I don’t actually like. Usually these are the very tedious ones that put us to sleep with [...]
Points of View
Posted in Back to school, New media on May 29, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I don’t think my blog has generated so much interest as recently. I think it has given me a better undertanding of the points of view of a group of students who I don’t really come in contact with much than most other sources of information could have. Some of the ideas raised were well [...]
On blogs and blogging
Posted in Back to school, LA, New media on May 14, 2008 | 80 Comments »
It has been some time since I posted. I guess it is the tiredness from day to day activities and all the other things that have happened that have taken over my effort to blog once in a while.
The question arises. Why blog? Does it matter to me if anyone reads it? Not really. Then [...]
Listen, listen, listen
Posted in Back to school, LA, New media on April 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is funny. As teachers, we spend our time asking our students to listen. Listen during flag raising, listen during lectures, listen during tutorials, listen when we give instructions. LISTEN. Sounds easy. How hard is it to listen?
But to listen, we need to be quiet. That is hard. Sure, it is not hard to close [...]
Tomorrow, tomorrow…
Posted in Back to school, LA, New media on April 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
No no, I am not referring to that famous quote from Macbeth although I have been discussing Shakespeare. I am referring to that famous anthem of all procrastinators, ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical Annie.
I have received a timely rebuke from someone, probably one of my students that I haven’t been consistently updating the blog. Ha! I [...]
Reflect, reflect, reflect
Posted in LA, New media on January 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The big R word. It is almost fashionable in education circles today to trumpet the virtues of this. But it is not new. Socrates had extoled the virtues of an examined life. To reflect on the nature of things around us and within us. Some detractors have referred to this as ‘navel gazing’. But in [...]
Why ireflections?
Posted in New media on January 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Hi cyber world!!!
Today I enter the cyber world of blogging. It has been a long time coming. Half the world seems to be blogging and it seems inevitable that I get on the proverbial bandwagon.
Today is the first day I go back to school and the world of school has changed a lot since I [...]
