Comments on: A Year has Passed Since I Wrote My Note http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:21:32 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sarah Puglisi http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/comment-page-1/#comment-8160 Sarah Puglisi Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:45:42 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/#comment-8160 First Sight Lambs that learn to walk in snow When their bleating clouds the air Meet a vast unwelcome, know Nothing but a sunless glare. Newly stumbling to and fro All they find, outside the fold, Is a wretched width of cold. As they wait beside the ewe, Her fleeces wetly caked, there lies Hidden round them, waiting too, Earth's immeasureable surprise. They could not grasp it if they knew, What so soon will wake and grow Utterly unlike the snow. Philip Larkin I'm in a serious state of thinking about creating a site I've always wanted to make, reading and thinking here on your Borderland...and will think some more. How I have used repeatedly in the last two weeks your "message in a bottle"...thanks.... This came to mind to send to you an old poem about potentials, about what that lamb cannot even know is waiting around the bend, about what you will eventually unfold in your work. The promise of that unforseen spring, Doug how wonderful to stand on your edges....peering over.....new with birth... First Sight

Lambs that learn to walk in snow
When their bleating clouds the air
Meet a vast unwelcome, know
Nothing but a sunless glare.
Newly stumbling to and fro
All they find, outside the fold,
Is a wretched width of cold.

As they wait beside the ewe,
Her fleeces wetly caked, there lies
Hidden round them, waiting too,
Earth’s immeasureable surprise.
They could not grasp it if they knew,
What so soon will wake and grow
Utterly unlike the snow.

Philip Larkin

I’m in a serious state of thinking about creating a site I’ve always wanted to make, reading and thinking here on your Borderland…and will think some more. How I have used repeatedly in the last two weeks your “message in a bottle”…thanks….

This came to mind to send to you an old poem about potentials, about what that lamb cannot even know is waiting around the bend, about what you will eventually unfold in your work. The promise of that unforseen spring, Doug how wonderful to stand on your edges….peering over…..new with birth…

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Doug Tue, 02 May 2006 14:15:10 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/#comment-2402 It will be interesting to see the response you get from trying to problematize your national identity. I suspect that Australians are as self-conscious about themselves as Alaskans are. It makes for abundant conversation on talk radio, and stories for the "lifestyle" section in the newspaper. I like the idea of making kids ethnographers. It was a line of literacy research we explored in my MEd program. I'll be curious to follow the progress of your project, since these are the sorts of things that drew me into web publication with kids to begin with. It will be interesting to see the response you get from trying to problematize your national identity. I suspect that Australians are as self-conscious about themselves as Alaskans are. It makes for abundant conversation on talk radio, and stories for the “lifestyle” section in the newspaper. I like the idea of making kids ethnographers. It was a line of literacy research we explored in my MEd program. I’ll be curious to follow the progress of your project, since these are the sorts of things that drew me into web publication with kids to begin with.

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/comment-page-1/#comment-2400 Graham Wegner Tue, 02 May 2006 11:01:19 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/04/30/a-year-has-passed-since-i-wrote-my-note/#comment-2400 I too have been wrestling with wikis, although not on such a grand scale as yourself. In a nice ironic touch, while you are looking at all things Alaskan, <a href="http://mylu.wikispaces.com/Problem+Based+Learning" rel="nofollow">my wiki</a> is in support of our Problem Based Learning program for our middle school kids on the general theme, "What Does It Mean To Be Australian?" I've gradually added a few things to set it up for a start next week but I will be picking the brains of a few key colleagues to make sure it can do what I hope it will. I got my class playing around on a new created wiki today to give them an idea of how to use the tool - it was very interesting to watch them work out how to edit, add images but the thing they most enjoyed was creating their own avatar next to their wikiname (no real names here!) My goal is to get the kids to accumulate their notes and resources in partnership on their class wiki as they solve <a href="http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/04/12/problem-based-learning-on-the-move/" rel="nofollow">the problem</a>. So good luck with the Alaska Wikia - I'm sure we will be watching each other's projects' developments with interest. I too have been wrestling with wikis, although not on such a grand scale as yourself. In a nice ironic touch, while you are looking at all things Alaskan, my wiki is in support of our Problem Based Learning program for our middle school kids on the general theme, “What Does It Mean To Be Australian?” I’ve gradually added a few things to set it up for a start next week but I will be picking the brains of a few key colleagues to make sure it can do what I hope it will. I got my class playing around on a new created wiki today to give them an idea of how to use the tool – it was very interesting to watch them work out how to edit, add images but the thing they most enjoyed was creating their own avatar next to their wikiname (no real names here!) My goal is to get the kids to accumulate their notes and resources in partnership on their class wiki as they solve the problem. So good luck with the Alaska Wikia – I’m sure we will be watching each other’s projects’ developments with interest.

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