the beginning

So I go out to search Google blogs for all the blogs that deal with the teaching of English. Why? Because I want to show my seniors how to use RSS feeds to their advantage. I've created a "dummy" Bloglines account that I can use to demonstrate with and then I decided a feed from the various English teacher's blogs would be a good addition for demonstration.

What do I find? None. Nada. Zippo. Several blogs that mention they ARE teachers of English, a TON more that are for ESL teachers (and the accompanying list of acronyms), and several decrying a program that has defaulted on paying their employees who were teaching English in different countries.

But not one on the tips and techniques (methods? anyone remember their methods course? Mine was two hours a week during our student teaching where we got together and chatted about stuff we'd tried. I think we managed to stay on task for about the first 45 minutes...). But no one out there in the blogsphere talking about the best way to teach the Odyssey or how to get the kid who hates writing to actually write a single sentence? Blew my mind.

And like any good teacher...when one sees a lack, one must try and "fix" the problem. So...this is my beginning.

Caveat: Although I've been teaching for 27 years and have used blogs in the past for other purposes, this is my first time with the "new" blogspot.com. Have patience as I set everything in place. Thanks.

C.D.