http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org Just another Uniblogs.org weblog Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just don't know where I stand on integrating technology in the classroom. Just this week, I read an article ("Extending the Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, and English Education") that says that, "Young people today live media-saturated lives, spending an average of nearly 6 1/2 hours a day ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/11/08/how-much-is-too-much/ Last week I started my first week of student teaching. I am in a 6th grade Language Arts classes and I have already come to realize that the classroom is much different that I expected it to be. Right off the bat, I noticed that classroom management is ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/10/25/the-great-balancing-act/ Dare I even pose the question? Although, something I read in Deborah Appleman's book "Critical Encounters" made me think about this very question. She said: “…some have been left to wonder whether the subject of English as we have known it is dead and shouldn’t rename our enterprise something ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/10/04/is-english-dead/ This week I have been thinking a lot about how different the high school classroom has become from that which it was 10 years ago when I first entered it. This generation of high school students has always been exposed to the Internet and computers, and as a result ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/09/20/a-collaborative-community/ One thing that I have been thinking a lot about is the conflict between treating classic literature as an artifact versus treating it as relevant material to understanding life. I guess that I am having a hard time understanding why the two terms need to be mutually exclusive.  Certainly, there is ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/09/13/old-meets-now/ Welcome to my blog!  This fall, I am working on my Masters in English Education and jumping into the world of teaching.  On this blog you will be able to find interesting quotes, concepts, and links that I learn along the way.  I have never blogged before, but I am ... http://cmcclelland.uniblogs.org/2006/08/23/hello-world/