Category Archives: Weblog as Power Tool

Finding ourselves through blogging – part 1

Posted on May 8, 2005 by David St Lawrence

We are participating in an unusual process, blogging. It changes us even as we change it. I have been blogging for more than a year and a half and I have enjoyed every minute of it. From the very beginning, … Continue reading →

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Middle School Blogger Campaigns To Save Teacher’s Job

Posted on April 27, 2005 by David St Lawrence

Back in March I wrote a post, A Blog is what you make of it, in which I mentioned introducing a ten-year-old boy to the concept of blogging. That boy, Matthew J, is now blogging and may soon follow in … Continue reading →

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Learning how to blog

Posted on March 26, 2005 by David St Lawrence

The recent exchanges about "The Laws of Blogging" in recent posts have gotten me thinking about how we learn from different approaches to education. There are those who teach by telling us first about all of the things we shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The quest for fire…

Posted on March 24, 2005 by David St Lawrence

In prehistoric times, before flames were coaxed out of butane lighters, fire was a rare phenomenon that occurred through accident. Fire began transforming civilization only after it was harnessed. Before becoming a useful technology, I am sure fire was regarded … Continue reading →

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