Comments on: Grammar Girl http://www.rickscheibner.net/teaching/grammar-girl/ Education -- Music -- Family -- Life Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:25:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Todd http://www.rickscheibner.net/teaching/grammar-girl/#comment-9 Todd Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:39:34 +0000 http://www.rickscheibner.net/2007/01/30/grammar-girl/#comment-9 Two cool things from this post: 1. The link to Grammar Girl (which lead me to subscribe to 60-Second Science, The Mo Rocca Show on Discovery Channel, and This American Life, as well as grab a copy of the audio for Allegory of the Cave from The Philosophy Podcast and find The Princeton Review Vocab Minute) 2. The idea that links to specific pages within iTunes is possible: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/itmsLinkMaker Why didn't I know about that before now? I can see making Grammar Girl a resource for students to listen to. Create a page full of questions that students commonly have and refer the answers to Grammar Girl (using the handy link above). To use the podcasts in the classroom, overheads of the sample sentences would be needed, which isn't a problem but something to consider. I might use "100 Proof" and "Wrestling With That First Sentence" at some point with my juniors. The one about interviewing will also come in handy for my seniors. It has promise, if nothing else than to be an audio confirmation of what's in handbooks and what I harp about in the classroom. Do you see any possibilities for how it can be put to use? Two cool things from this post:
1. The link to Grammar Girl (which lead me to subscribe to 60-Second Science, The Mo Rocca Show on Discovery Channel, and This American Life, as well as grab a copy of the audio for Allegory of the Cave from The Philosophy Podcast and find The Princeton Review Vocab Minute)
2. The idea that links to specific pages within iTunes is possible:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/itmsLinkMaker

Why didn’t I know about that before now?

I can see making Grammar Girl a resource for students to listen to. Create a page full of questions that students commonly have and refer the answers to Grammar Girl (using the handy link above). To use the podcasts in the classroom, overheads of the sample sentences would be needed, which isn’t a problem but something to consider. I might use “100 Proof” and “Wrestling With That First Sentence” at some point with my juniors. The one about interviewing will also come in handy for my seniors. It has promise, if nothing else than to be an audio confirmation of what’s in handbooks and what I harp about in the classroom.

Do you see any possibilities for how it can be put to use?

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