Well, I was determined to try to log on and comment, and I know how busy my Monday will be, so here is a posting. I want to thank both Barbaras for their workshop today; it met my hopes, but in a profounder way than I'd expeceted. I found myself really engaged in the notions of deep learning, citizen journalism and many more. I want to share this site with my faculty at an early opportunity because I believe it will prove to be an invaluable, tight resource for working teachers. Finally, I urge the Barbaras to petition NAIS to do this workshop again next year at NYC, during which the theme, as I understand it will be focused even more directly on progams in our schools (see the brand new NAIS magazine). I'm sure I'll be back on, but thanks to the teachers today, and the class members: your questions were on target, focused and very stimulating for me. Sam

Thank you so much Sam. I just finished writing about the conference on the Language Lab Unleashed blog, for exactly the same reasons you felt the need to post a comment right now...I fear what awaits me when I get home! I look forward to checking in with you and the others and seeing how the ideas are percolating at your respective schools. Safe travels!

Thanks, Sam. I found the session valuable for me as presenter --so often we in the higher ed world do not cross into the K-12 world, not only to consider the pressing questions and the realities you face, but to learn from your explorations and successes. Next time we need a full day!

One way to extend the workshop is for us all to meet here, adding content, commenting, asking questions, sharing experiences. I will add a couple of new pages to the wiki today: "Questions for the Group" and "Stories from Our Schools"

Here in San Francisco it's Thursday evening already, nearing the end of the first week, and I am still following the notices each of our instructors is generating on my inbox. I remain very appreciative, not only for those updates and the commitment to our small group they represent, but also for the 3-hours we had last Saturday. I have told various faculty and administrator colleagues of the big impact this session has had on me and of my desire to share this resource with them. I have also reiterated how appreciative I am with the way you contextualized the presentation with your demonstration and discussions about "deep learning" and how it is supported by these social softwares. It's not my place to say to each of the Barbara's, "don't be discouraged" with the lack of commenting going on. Rather, it is my place to say, "I'm still very dialed in, and thanks."

Sorry I buried my initial comments in another section of the site. I had missed Sam's postings until now, revealing my novice understanding of how to navigate on a page like this.
I too have been singing the praises of this session. I have forwarded several links to my colleagues, particularly those in Modern Languages and English. We are on break so I have only heard back from a few. I'll get after them in due time and let you know. I certainly hope to be able to add to "Stories...". I continue to struggle with Mathtype. I am learning things, but encountering difficulties in not understanding enough about how webpages work. I will surely get there or find out why I can't.

Thanks, Sam and Rick, for the great feedback. It's helpful to hear that you are mulling over the session, talking about it with your faculty, and seeing what comes of their explorations. I'm not worried about the quiet pages here--I know that for every comment we receive, twenty people or so will have read a page or two of the site. That's to be expected.

I wish I knew more about mathtype, Rick. During my turns around the blogosphere, I will ask about for solutions.

I'll also keep adding content to the pages--in fact, today I just added a wonderful set of blogs from Antarctica to the Blog Examples page: http://antarctica.uab.edu/. Check them out! Here's a great way for kids to read along, comment and participate from afar.