[English] Are we simply too busy to be using this list for

[Jenny Gilbert]

Hi Jackso

Thankyou - what is your twitter ID? J

 

Jen

 

@nenifoofer

 

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[mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jackson Bates
Sent: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:17 AM
To: english at edulists.com.au
Subject: Re: [English] Are we simply too busy to be using this list for

 

Hi Jenny, Anna et al.

 

I have often thought we might be missing something worthwhile with this
edulist. Twitter is alive with good networking and resource sharing and it
seems a shame that those not using Twitter are missing so much good stuff
there.  Maybe mailing lists are a bit too old school these days, but some
people do still use them and I think they have some benefits over Twitter
(such as the ability to archive stuff we want to keep, although there are
workarounds for Twitter).

 

The IT Applications Edulist is alive and well. There is a core of users that
really keep it updated with useful content and discussion - I would love the
see the English list be like this.

 

The trouble is time, of course, but aside from that I think it might also be
due to the fact that most of us probably teach in relatively large teams, so
we do all of our troubleshooting and 'brains-trust'-ing with them. By
contrast, VCE IT seems to be taught by lone IT teachers, sometimes with
little formal IT education which means the list becomes a lifeline!

 

I think we could consider it a way to network for the sake of meeting
others, sharing our woes and stories of hope, and generally see it as a
recreational/recuperative tool rather than another duty on our unmanageable
to-do lists.

 

For my part, I'll try to be a little more mindful of the list whenever I see
something that 'I just have to post to Twitter'.

 

Regards,

 

Jackson Bates,

VCE English and IT

Waverley Christian College

 

 

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