Voicethread

Today all my students opened a gmail account, so next time I can have my students open a document by doing the following simple steps: 1) Sign into your account.  2) From the google home page, go to the "more" drop-down menu and select "Documents."  3) Go to the "New" drop-down menu and select "Document."  4) Type your homework assignment. 5) Save it by clicking "File" and selecting "Save as new copy."  6) Share by clicking on "Share with others."  7)  In the box below "Invite people," type in my address, which is esimon@seq.org, then click on "Invite collaborators."

My idea for a project is to have all my students get a gmail account, then create a document within google docs, inviting me and allowing me to make corrections to their work, and then have them incorporate their corrections in their document.  At the moment, I don't know how to make corrections, and I'm not sure how to guide them through the process of creating a google doc.

Being specific now, thinkfinity.org has some useful material for French.  Students are learning the conditional, so I'll have them access http://french.about.com to take a test on that site.

It's unclear to me how I will use a blog, but I will consider its potential as I progress through this semester.

One question at a time...

Where do thoughts originate?  Do they have a lifespan?  How does an individual's thoughts relate to the thoughts of others?  Who am I?  How do I relate to others?