Join in the Discussion

I invite you to go to my new class blog, Extension, at http://mrrice.edublogs.org/ and join in the discussion.

I started it because it gives students time to reflect on a piece of text and then discuss it without the distractions and time restrictions we have in the regular classroom. I told them the whole world can read and contribute to the discussion. This seems to have done some good, since I have received thoughtful comments from students who normally do not do any work.

Those of you who have visited A Conspiracy of Silent Voices will recognize the poem being considered, but I told the students this was a "found" poem and thus must be viewed isolated from biography or history.