more on my tweethis.

So i reposted my thesis on Facebook and got some more response

take a look here

it is always so interesting to see people's thoughts

i feel a tad too far to incorporate these things into my paper but this is interesting to see!

"Shakespeare in Other Worlds"

I found this really cool wiki that is collecting how Shakespeare is being taught around the world in differewnt countries
Here is the wiki: Teaching Shakespeare around the world

and here is an article more about the project

looks really interesting
i will have to read more into it after all the madness has passed

word processing success and thoughts

I love the point you get to when you feel good about your paper
you have enough material
the ideas are flowing well
everything is coming together

i have really enjoyed this research paper
i feel that it has come together well and is working well

like i said before, i just wish i had started writing sooner
i wish there was an easier way to do research papers
that didnt require so much lengthy composing too

maybe short blog posts research papers? like a series?
but that gets away from the typical research paper

where education is moving away from traditional requirement
i do hope that having to write long papers phases out as well
before i graduate haha

but overall
this has been good
and not so last minute like i typically do!

so bravo Senor Burton.
i think you have overall crafted a good process for writing research papers

things to keep in mind when i start teaching

yay!

thats all haha
just my thoughts

tweethis results.

As i have blogged before, I posted my shortened thesis on Facebook and Twitter

I didnt have as much response as I was hoping
but at least I was expecting a lack of response
(I wont go into why haha)

As far as Twitter... I didnt get any response
I was expecting that because I dont use Twitter
but I did have an English teacher start following me!

(as well as some random porn fake accounts...)

But on facebook I had a couple responses
I had one teacher who commented on how she always tries to find ways to spice things up
I also had another teacher comment that he felt ALL teaching needs to be modernized

That just got me thinking about how while this paper focuses directly on Shakespeare
There really is this over all problem with the teaching techniques that are happening in schools everywhere
and while the government has mandated new core curriculum and instated the no child left behind,
I wonder if things are really changing?

I have had some people say to me "well i love Shakespeare;  I had a great experience"
and that makes me sad because i feel that people are blind to what is happening in our schools
people are blind to the fact that there are a lot of students struggling
and even if it isnt A LOT or an huge statistic

shouldnt every student be able to succeed?

I think people need to be careful about making blanket assumptions that they had a good experience so it must not be a problem -- and this applies to everything!

alright



i dont know how i got off on that haha

but I am noticing a trend that everyone seems to be at the same place with our papers
-- i see that place as a place of needing more time. more hours in the day. more bodily energy.
more time to allow the papers to develop and come together more.
just too many things in too short of time.

I feel like now I spent too much time on social proof and trying to bring everything together
when i should have been spending more time on the actual paper writing

dont you wish you had a  time turner sometimes....

rough rough draft. in progress.

I decided that there was no reason for me to stay up all last night
and stay up all tonight to finish my rough draft.

Not only would it produce a very low quality paper, but I like to sleep

and as i posted earlier, i am currently stuck in a non word processing rut
so i will slowly work on it and let it come to me instead of me force it

so i invite you to comment and watch my progress-- you might even see me typing live...  (thats scary now that i think about it)

just dont judge me haha

you will have to have to click the "here" link in the viewer below or you can view and comment here!

to comment with in the text, right click and click "comment"
Thank you!

Updated note: This now shows what I turned in as my final draft.

****to post your own draft into you blog like mine:

1. go to this site, paste in your Google Doc URL
2. cut and paste the "For an embedded viewer, use this HTML tag instead:" 
3. paste that html into your blog post
4. AND! you then have to change your options on the right of your post creator to "Compose mode: Interpret typed HTML"

If you have questions, email me :)

more woes.

friends.
I feel like I am in a rut.
Maybe it is just writers block or the apathy of put everything down into words.
but yes.
i feel like i have a lot of info and everything but no brain power to word process.
Thought I would share my woes.

wish me luck

Phase 2 of Research Paper. Progress Report.

<regurgitate>

Progress Report: Phase 2 of Research Paper

I'm required to document my research and writing process for the Shakespeare research paper I'm doing this month. According to the assignment instructions, here are the components I must include. If I have met those requirements, I have included a link to a post or posts that document my efforts for that component:

Phase 2
Performance Analysis: 1
Annotated Bibliography: 1
Digital media and online resources: 1 2
Social Proof (contacting): 1

</regurgitate>

My working thesis right now is:

The teaching of Shakespeare in secondary schools needs to consist of scaffolding the learning, active learning strategies, and breaking up the text so that modern day learners may more readily access the traditional materials in a world of new age learning.

I feel really good about where I am with my research and ideas.
I just feel like i need more time.
I need to pull it all together more into words, and the idea of the final being due in a week makes me panic a little.
I cant believe how fast the time has went! Next week is March!

I still need to just move forward in putting everything into words.
Having a draft due tomorrow will definitely help that in being forced...

but i want to talk about the three thing i state in my thesis
hopefully this in enough
i might work in a paragraph on technology

as me and Dr Burton were briefly discussing I think I will explain my arguments and then use examples with textual analysis

But I posted my (super shortened) thesis on Facebook:

We will see what happens....
my last post didnt generate a lot of response

I also posted on twitter but i dont follow anyone or do any tweeting...
so we will also see what happens!

yay!