Comments on: Welcome! http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/ Ron Liebowitz is the 16th president of Middlebury College Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:40:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sloppy Unruh » Blog Archive » Social Media - Messy, Unquiet Blogging… http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Sloppy Unruh » Blog Archive » Social Media - Messy, Unquiet Blogging… Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:25:05 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/#comment-286 [...] Ron on Middlebury · Welcome! – It was a very busy summer here on campus with convocation and commencement exercises for the Language Schools and the Bread Loaf School of English, not to mention the infamous leaf-logo, but it is hard not to feel energized with the beginning of a new academic year upon us. I am launching this blog to communicate directly with you, to get feedback from you on specific issues, and to hear what might be on your mind. (1) student work load: This issue came up during some of my lunches with students last year, and I shared the concern with my faculty colleagues at the opening faculty meeting last week. [...]

]]> By: Gabriel http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Gabriel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:50:08 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/#comment-110 Correction:
I do not allow.
I am my own learning buddy…

]]> By: Gabriel http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Gabriel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:48:29 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/#comment-109 Hello Ron,

I am Gabriel Guillen, from Middlebury College in Spain. I could not imagine a better way for getting both spontaneous and reflexive feedback. Congratulations. Our students are also posting in Spanish since long years ago. In fact, this year they are using our own tool:

http://www.blogs-exchange.com

Blogs-Exchange (BE) is open to everybody: Spanish students, English students (i.e.: Monterey Institute English students), language teachers, language partners…even other language students, why not?

They can write with or without a language partner (learning buddy in my terminology). Actually, I do not allowed our Middlebury students to get a learning buddy in order to maintain the language pledge but they could get one in the future. Meanwhile they get feedback from us and from other native speakers.

I am constantly developing BE but I believe so far it is doing well. Try it!

Gabriel

]]> By: Kim Griffin http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Kim Griffin Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:17:14 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/#comment-108 Great idea! Those of us not on campus will also benefit greatly from your blog!

]]> By: abroadview http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-107 abroadview Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:26:03 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/rononmiddlebury/2007/09/11/hello-world/#comment-107 Hello Ron, and welcome to blogging!

I am a terrible blogger (I post quite infrequently, at best) but you can read my blog here:
http://abroadhorizon.wordpress.com/

I look forward to reading more about the topics presented in this post, and all the work you are doing this year!

Best wishes,
Allison Coyne Carroll
Mahaney CFA

P.S. – Please say hello Jessica for me!

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