How is our city's education system handling the linguistic diversity in our city? This article provides some insights.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/education/25ellis.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Post Your Interview Experiences!
In Linguistics, we are in the process of collecting Oral History Interviews. Please post a comment using these questions as a guide:
What are your experiences going through this process?
Who did you choose to interview, and why did you choose him or her?
What were your strengths and struggles trying to get the interview?
What surprised you?
What words of advice could you give other students for collecting a successful interview?
Use the previous entry (below) to see an example response.
What are your experiences going through this process?
Who did you choose to interview, and why did you choose him or her?
What were your strengths and struggles trying to get the interview?
What surprised you?
What words of advice could you give other students for collecting a successful interview?
Use the previous entry (below) to see an example response.
Interview
For my interview subject, I chose my friend Shane. I chose him because he is someone I have known for a long time. He is someone that I know well and respect. He has some interesting stories from his childhood growing up in Ohio. I prepared questions about "Growing Up".
I contacted Story Corps at this address: http://www.storycorps.net/record-your-story/locations/new-york-ny. I made a reservation for Jan. 28. (You don't need to do this; its just a project that uses oral histories and I wanted to check it out.)
Yesterday evening, we met downtown and took the train to City Hall. When we got off of the train, we found Foley Square and entered the Story Corps booth. Inside, it was very warm and the lights were low. We were surrounded by some of the most amazing audio equipment. The facilitator turned on the equipment and I began to ask my questions. Sometimes there was dead silence, but I prepared extra questions to keep the conversation rolling. Shane provided some great stories about his life. When it was over, we received a CD of the interview, and got our picture taken.
Today I plan to listen to my audio playback and make my notes on what Shane said.
I contacted Story Corps at this address: http://www.storycorps.net/record-your-story/locations/new-york-ny. I made a reservation for Jan. 28. (You don't need to do this; its just a project that uses oral histories and I wanted to check it out.)
Yesterday evening, we met downtown and took the train to City Hall. When we got off of the train, we found Foley Square and entered the Story Corps booth. Inside, it was very warm and the lights were low. We were surrounded by some of the most amazing audio equipment. The facilitator turned on the equipment and I began to ask my questions. Sometimes there was dead silence, but I prepared extra questions to keep the conversation rolling. Shane provided some great stories about his life. When it was over, we received a CD of the interview, and got our picture taken.
Today I plan to listen to my audio playback and make my notes on what Shane said.
Welcome!
It's a cold, snowy day in New York City. All over the city, high school students are snug in their beds (unless they have an exam this morning). I'm at school, wondering: What is the best way to get involved in "new" media? How can we extend the walls of our classroom to the digital world? I hope that this blog will provide a forum for linguistics students to start posting and creating blogs to document our learning.
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