Up and Running
April 8, 2008 by reginarumford
Congrats Rumford Writers, we are entering our 3rd week of blogging. Last week you defined freedom and evaluated how freedom of speech relates to you as a blogger. Are we ever really free? Ben has an interesting perspective on this small but powerful word. Richard would like to know where do people draw the line? After evaluating famous quotes, Nicole decided that, “freedom to me means the ability to have power over your own actions, to have the ability to control yourself.” Marian has some powerful words about freedom of speech, “As more and more ideas are expressed, more and more people listen to them and have no other choice but to respect them. People’s minds therefore are being opened, by choice or not, because of a fast-growing generation of people who realize their right and actually use it. It is also that generation that is not afraid of breaking society’s rules that cut open or minds and make room for their crazy, modern ideas..” Also stated in her post, “Freedom of speech is breaking all stereotypes created by closed-minded, old fashioned people by simply giving the people a chance to do whatever they want.” See how Santiago relates freedom of speech to music, art, language, and clothing. Emanuel made an interesting connection about freedom and trust going hand-in-hand.
Katie has some final words about freedom of speech and the Internet, “I encourage you all to keep on blogging and now that you know about freedom of speech use it to your advantage. Always be careful because the internet is a very public place.”
I challenge you to continue incorporating other classes into your postings. Mr. Katz will be impressed with your level of understanding the Bill of Rights. Happy blogging!
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Hi Regina and all the magnificent bloggers you teach.
I’m Al Upton and the miniLegends are the Year3 class (8 and 9 year olds) I teach in Adelaide, South Australia.
I have visited every one of your blogs (took a while!) but it was my intention to only make one comment that hopefully might make sense to all of you. I chose to comment on Ariel’s http://arielal09.edublogs.org/ and focused on ‘authentic communication’. Perhaps you can all consider some of the questions there.
Your blogs are so cool .. they are personal and demonstrate the power of blogging for learning. I will do what I can to connect you with at least one class in Australia .. I’ll spread the word as best as I can
Your words on ‘Freedom of Speech’ are wonderful. I love the different perspectives (all valid) that you bring to this fundamental right. It’s interesting because recently I had to close down our class blog because someone complained that something ‘could’ happen using blogs. We would so value your comments giving ’student voice’ and opinion. Perhaps just briefly summarise your thoughts and add a comment to http://alupton.edublogs.org/ ? Your choice.
Because of what has happened we have started a class forum called ‘Article 13′ This came from comment #15 … the minis comments start at #101 … now we have over 250 comments but really need students who know what they are talking about … I think that could well be the Rumford Writers. Just an idea .. but any hints how the miniLegends could make a difference with their ‘Article 13′ forum would also be great.
It has been wonderful listening to your thoughts and seeing what your interests are. I really wish I could have commented on everyone’s blogs. Hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers, Al