Comments on: “Teenagers loitering outside a sentence”: Teaching grammar on Twitter

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:26:04 +0000

Dark clouds on the horizon: a story on the front page of yesterday’s Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/va-board-of-education-urges-policy-on-social-networks-as-teaching-tools/2011/01/24/ABiuo3RB_story.html

These governments need to understand the strength of these new technologies, the appeal they have to this generation of students, and the speed at which they are developing. Great new web sites and technologies could run afoul of ill-considered or at least poorly written state and local policies.

Safety — bullying by classmates as well as sexual predators both within and without the ranks of teachers — should be the top concern, but not the sole concern. A legal maxim governments might keep in mind: “Hard cases make bad law.”

By: Blogging in English class

Blogging in English class — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:12:59 +0000

[…] enthusiast Peter of Slow Reads, who two years ago guest-blogged a post for this series about teaching grammer on Twitter. (He now uses the Twitter-like microblog service for schools, Edmodo, instead.) The video mentions […]

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:57:30 +0000

Each of you gets a gold star for making it through this long essay. Thank you so much for your kind words.

Laura, wow! I subscribe to English Journal and enjoy every issue, but I’m not sure I can work up the academic tone I find there.

If I had ten thousand Twitter followers, I’d trade them in for you guys. You’re with me when I write, and in a way I write to thank you.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:04:22 +0000

You may have no interest in doing this, Peter, but I think a mainstream educational publication like the English Journal would welcome this article. It’s such a wonderful idea, and I think that sort of exposure would allow more teachers to see and use it.

By: lucas

lucas — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:29:30 +0000

Great essay. Peter, you know what I think of your tweets: they’re stupendous. You deserve ten thousand followers.

Some of the technical discussion of grammar went over my head (these were things I once knew), but I got the feel of the sentences.

By: Bluegrass Poet

Bluegrass Poet — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:48 +0000

First, to Peter, well done! A lovely essay on the sentence and on the teaching of the sentence.

Second, to Dave, yes, a series sounds like a wonderful idea. You are a lovely innovator.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:15:47 +0000

In reply to Deb. We'll see how it goes. I'm not very good about bugging people.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:12:07 +0000

I love the series idea. (As well as Peter’s work. Effin’ brilliant.) I hope you get lots of contributors.

By: Beryl Singleton Bissell

Beryl Singleton Bissell — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:29 +0000

Your opening sentence did the trick, though I’m inclined to read everything you write because you wrote it and it’s bound to be good. I got a great deal of pleasure from reading this article and a nice refresher in grammar as well. I’ve loved twitter for the very reasons you cite. It helps create better writers. Lucky students, yours.