Reading Week 8

In reading the article on weblogs I found the section on the Tutor Log to be idealistic. I think that an instructor could keep up the amount of Blogging this would require for a very limited amount of time. One would have to blog AT LEAST once a week, but it read as if it should be daily. With the amount of other lesson planning, student interaction, and other responsibilities a teacher wouldn't have enough time to thoughtfully blog and find enough relevant websites to showcase. Of course I'm looking at this as a public school teacher in MN. Out of class I am expected to coach/advise something all school year. If I were to prep the materials over the summer they would not have immediate relevance.

The culturequest article was very confusing. The first time through I couldn't have told you a thing about it. I felt as if I were reading something full of randomly generated English words. I'm always hesitant to do a project that relies on other people to get it done on time. By counting on teachers in other cultures there is no way to tell how long the responses are going to take. Even if the people are extremely quick to respond to everything they don't have control over nature. Yes, we contend with nature every day, but this is contending with nature in multiple parts of the world. Does this mean I'd never try doing a culturequest? Not at all. I just think that this would have to be a very long term plan to take into account other issues.