Blogs

Blogs, wikis and podcasts, deals with social software in which a variety of social users have the opportunity to include their own matters. Among these, podcasts are significant for the language teachers because teachers find difficult to find resources for pronunciation with a variety of accents and registers to be used in the classes. Wikis and blogs incorporate a wide variety of audiovisual items that are worth incorporating in the foreign language classroom.…

Assignment 1 – Teacher Blog Critique A controversial subject debated among teachers is acknowledging and encouraging good behaviour with rewards. Bunyi (2011) addresses this idea in her blog, in which she chooses not to promote extrinsic rewards within her classroom, and relates her viewpoint to the similarities between parenting styles and teaching styles. Bunyi writes that if you do not manage your own child’s behaviour using bribes or stickers, then you should apply the same notion in the…

After weeks of constantly searching for a blog I came across Alan’s “My Disability Blog”. Interested in his title, I decided to contact him for a potential interview to learn more about himself and his blog. Alan Larson is a 62 year old male with spina bifida. He was diagnosed with his disability at birth, and now uses blogging as a way to change the worlds perspective regarding disabilities and disabled people. Alan explained to me how his primary vision is to live his life without any…

Living Unleashed is going to the dogs! I'm sure at this point you are asking yourself, "What on earth is she talking about?" Let me explain. Living Unleashed turned 1 year old in October. The dream to write and start a blog began several years before but we officially launched the blog in October 2014. The launch was exciting and I received a ton of well wishes and positive comments. Over the past year many of you have shared encouragement or thanks for specific posts. And for that I am…

Vivian Winters is the kind of person you find yourself unable to resent. She’s tall, pretty, and sugar-sweet. She’s also whip-smart and business savvy, and a blog she started in secret her freshman year has morphed into a business making her thousands a month – it’s exactly the sort of success you’d begrudge a person less likable than her, though I doubt she’d have found it, had she been less personable. Obviously, she’s not a flawless human, but she’s a thoroughly good person. Having lived with…

Blog # 1: The Social Contract After reading Rousseau’s Social Contract, I’ve come to realize just how pervasive social contracts are in our society. The main philosophical question The Social Contract attempts to answer is how we can we be free and live together? Put another away, how can we live together without succumbing to the force and authority of others. Rousseau believes that this can be accomplished by submitting our individual wills to the general will, created through agreement with…

PCI Holiday Blog Title options: • ‘Tis the Season to Ensure Your Endpoints are PCI Compliant • Ensuring PCI DSS Compliance in a Mobile Shopping World • Make PCI DSS Compliance Easier During the Holiday Season & Throughout the Year The holiday season is the busiest time of the year for many organizations, and credit card or contact payment transactions abound. Retail organizations face a deluge of shoppers, both online and in-store, while colleges and universities have students charging next…

Evolutionary Blog #2 Once a cheater, always a cheater? Is there any validity to the claim of “once a cheater, always a cheater”? While it may be unfounded, I tend to assume that those who make that claim are likely to make similar claims such as, “once an addict, always an addict”, “people don’t change”, or that it is best to “trust nobody”. In my view, this type of outlook is highly misanthropic, cynical, and unhealthy. There are two circumstances in which I often hear this made. First, as a…

Fairy Tale and Folktale Storytelling Blog: A Reflection Over the years I personally have done hundreds of essays, research papers, and various other assignments for my English/Composition classes. However, this particular assignment was both straightforward and challenging for me all at the same time. What made the assignment easy for me is that I enjoy writing, especially stories. Since I was a little girl I have enjoyed putting words together to make a story that is both entertaining,…

The Prince and the Blog Episode 1: The Surprisingly Sweet Sixteen EEERRRR! EEERRR! The sound of my alarm wakes me from the beauty of slumber; I open my eyes and stare at the clock, 7:30, so school should be starting in about half an hour… “Shush” I whisper to the machine, “I don’t care,” rather than making the effort to shut off the annoying noise I just decide to lie there and wait. Sure enough after about a minute or two my twin sister Erica bursts into my room, “ERIC! GET UP! I AM NOT…