Nancy Devine's Page

(I posted this at the English Companion Ning and decided to repost it here)

This year, as part of a writing center I'm developing at school, I've worked with struggling students, some of whom are cognitively impaired. Almost none of my experience, education or training has been about helping such students. At 47, I'm a newbie at something.

When we (these students and I) began using the writing activities and strategies I've been developing, I was nervous that what I asked these kids to do was… Continue

Somehow, some way as I was cruising around the Internet, I found the work of Jane Hart at Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies. http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/ Yes, I was excited; yes I was impressed with the extensive Web 2.0 tools available to me there.

But I keep returning to Hart's work, finding more each time I look. Here is my favorite: http://janeknight.typepad.com/ This is Hart's blog, comprised of one new tool, a link to it and some information about it, and she updates nearly ever… Continue

For quite some time, I'd been hearing Twitter about Twitter. It seemed everywhere I turned on the Internet, I was seeing that sweet little bird and being encouraged to follow somebody. Why? I kept asking myself, would I want to know the daily routine of people I don't know. I'm not really all that interested in hearing about my own daily routine.

Then, when I was getting maxed out on bookmarks, favorites, subscriptions related to the Internet, it occurred to me. I could use Twitter as a kind of… Continue