tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post8545803378525276717..comments2024-03-26T06:07:35.453+01:00Comments on Kalinago English: I'm TwoKALINAGO ENGLISHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-18608070243603864662010-09-29T16:56:43.530+02:002010-09-29T16:56:43.530+02:00oops!!! talk about some subconsciou wishful thinki...oops!!! talk about some subconsciou wishful thinking... Alex - but too late for me I'm afraid!<br /><br />:)KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-5690162534825063822010-09-29T13:22:42.267+02:002010-09-29T13:22:42.267+02:00PS When I first saw the title and the picture of s...PS When I first saw the title and the picture of someone holding their belly, I got entirely the wrong idea of what the news was!Alex Casehttp://www.tefl.net/alexcasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-72985814786989172132010-09-21T14:06:12.891+02:002010-09-21T14:06:12.891+02:00Happy Birthday Karenne.
DavidHappy Birthday Karenne.<br />DavidDavid Warrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-28795325302975471792010-09-20T12:50:59.628+02:002010-09-20T12:50:59.628+02:00Hi Karenne,
what else can I say besides 'cong...Hi Karenne,<br /><br />what else can I say besides 'congratulations'? Well, I guess 'thank you' is on the way as you are well aware of the influence you've had on me. Despite never having talked to you about it, it was only after getting involved in the blogosphere that I realised how enriching it could be.<br /><br />Two years! That's quite a lot! I remember when I started I didn't think I was going to last a month, but hey... all the support and, yes, the comments do make a difference if we use blogs as a tool for reflection. I really like the collaboration that goes on in this blogging world. I guess I see your point when you said you were surprised that Jason turned off comments, but that's something I don't think I'd do. Well, I have never been as read as he is, so I haven't got a clue how hard it might get with spammers and all that.<br /><br />Once again, congrats and a happy journey till your third anniversary! :)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />HenrickHenrick Opreahttp://hoprea.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-22892432909963962202010-09-20T10:20:29.348+02:002010-09-20T10:20:29.348+02:00Thank you Janet! I live to speak out loud...Thank you Janet! I live to speak out loud...KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-30381109969086238502010-09-20T10:18:29.679+02:002010-09-20T10:18:29.679+02:00Alex,
re your latest post - hmm, too big a proble...Alex,<br /><br />re your latest post - hmm, too big a problem to handle? <br /><br />Whaddya do, it's up to them as educators to educate themselves? So many have written on the NNEST issue - check KenWilson's blog for a fine debate... personally, I have known great NN teachers with mastery levels of English but also others who don't get it yet get paid more than I do to teach it... <br /><br />It's a global world, no one said it was fair.<br /><br />Regarding the comment on the differences in the type of visitors/hits/page-views one gets on one's site - that was a guest post I did for Mike, essential reading for anyone contemplating entering the 'sphere:<br /><br />(and it took me days and days to compile so bookmark it):<br /><br /><a href="http://mikeharrison.edublogs.org/2010/07/04/blogging-terms-and-phrases-2-karenne-sylvester/%22" rel="nofollow">Blogging Terms</a> <br /><br />In fact, that post's part of a series, there are more great links here <a href="http://kalinago.blogspot.com/2010/07/thoughts-on-being-edu-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Thoughts on being an edublogger</a><br /><br />I disagree with you, of course... I have lots of readers who don't write blogs and aren't on Twitter (though that fell over the summer when I was drowning in projects and had no time to do the email/yahoo/group updates I usually do) and all of us do have these types of readers - so when each of us, as beacons if you like, promote each others work to each other (and our global audiences) then we all benefit, because we <i>all</i> pull new readers into the blogosphere as a collective body (or practising practitioners) - hence my zealous work with BELTfree (did you notice that 15 of us got into top 100 of Bab.la? that didn't happen by accident :) but by constantly working with each other... and nowadays my tweeting as BloggersELT (start paying attention to your Twitter stats... they should be coming your way even more too) is focused on the same idea - to show as a "force" in the democratization of information and therefore reaching the people who need reaching...KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-21059201468908054012010-09-20T10:00:21.194+02:002010-09-20T10:00:21.194+02:00Hey ya Cecilia - thank you - it's a crazy worl...Hey ya Cecilia - thank you - it's a crazy world, the one of 2.0 but an exciting one!KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-50043929450317964882010-09-20T06:26:06.958+02:002010-09-20T06:26:06.958+02:00Hi Karenne!
Happy 2nd blog anniversary!!! I hope ...Hi Karenne!<br /><br />Happy 2nd blog anniversary!!! I hope to see the 3rd, 4th...<br /><br />I am speaking as a VERY late bloomer in the whole web 2.0/blogs/twitter/using technology for professional development - because that's what I am. Educators like you are a true inspiration, and I can only thank you (and all the ones you've mentioned in your post, most of whom I regularly read as well) for taking time to write on this blog and share your practice, your knowledge, make us stop and reflect. So, thank you :-)Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642146311556924455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-53809090366922588662010-09-20T01:37:45.729+02:002010-09-20T01:37:45.729+02:00I did read that guest post of your somewhere where...I did read that guest post of your somewhere where you explained the difference between hits and pageviews, but like all techical stuff then instantly forgot it.<br /><br />Again, I'm not sure bloggers being interested in a post is a particularly good test of anything. Not only do I get a lot more hits when something of mine is mentioned on a forum or email newsletter, as those are people who don't usually read blogs they are exactly the people we should be reaching out to. <br /><br />Kind of connected to this:<br /><br />http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/are-we-excluding-anyone/Alex Casehttp://www.tefl.net/alexcasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-53249068425361249392010-09-19T23:31:06.894+02:002010-09-19T23:31:06.894+02:00Hi karenne
Happy 2nd birthday and many congratula...Hi karenne<br /><br />Happy 2nd birthday and many congratulations on your amazing blogging journey. <br /><br />Here's hoping you carry on writing in the same honest and thought-provoking style for many more years to come.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />JanetJanet Bianchinihttp://civitaquana.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-88013926510463705942010-09-19T22:49:53.844+02:002010-09-19T22:49:53.844+02:00Hey ya, Lindsay... well, technically I suppose I s...Hey ya, Lindsay... well, technically I suppose I started blogging in 2007 but um 1) it was not an EFL blog and only my creative stuff and is now private... and um 2) the first EFL blog was in 2007 but it was crap and I abandoned it and um, 3) it wasn't until the Dude gave a presentation at ELTAF in 2008 and I blogged about it that I actually thought I might be able to do something with this one - he kicked me in the pants so to speak on what a great marketing tool it could be... then I bought all kinds of books on blogging and got stuck in and then realized the beauty of blogging is in the community... ya live, ya learn.<br /><br />And... yes, after a year sitting pretty on no.1 it is nice to have some serious competition and that Jason Renshaw sure is giving me a run for my fingers - he's churning a quantity of quality postings, I can hardly keep up!<br /><br />But seriously as I've told a number of bloggers the secret to OneStopBlogs is on their site (plus I asked them at IATEFL)... the sauce (without the secret ingredient) is in the blogs which link back to the blog in question. So the idea, basically, is really quite beautiful and non-commerically-publishery at all - it's designed to stimulate community and conversation (I was being ironic above) - if you churn out quslity posts that spark interest then other bloggers link that work and when they do your ratings rise.<br /><br />Gotta love Macmillan for knowing more about the 'sphere than most bloggers do :)<br /><br />Love lots, back to bed, methinks. cough...cough, sniffle, achoooo<br /><br />:)KKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-33529609869445986102010-09-19T21:17:35.418+02:002010-09-19T21:17:35.418+02:00Hi there and happy birthday! Two years... gosh I t...Hi there and happy birthday! Two years... gosh I thought you had been blogging much longer than that but then again I have referred to Alex Case as the granddaddy of blogs and he kindly corrected me on that...<br />Anyway, happy birthday again and congratulations on all the work and being so tireless.<br /><br />What IS that btw about you not being numero uno on Onestopblogs any more? I kind of thought you owned that spot! :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695741096305904325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-45052531263063306802010-09-19T16:44:13.751+02:002010-09-19T16:44:13.751+02:00xxx :) thanks so much Marisa!xxx :) thanks so much Marisa!KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-76690016857638430912010-09-19T16:42:43.618+02:002010-09-19T16:42:43.618+02:00Nik!
Nik!
.... pause... uuummm... dunno, I'...Nik! <br /><br />Nik!<br /><br />.... pause... uuummm... dunno, I'm fond of the comments I gotta admit, I remember when Jason turned his off and I was in a kind of shock -I mean, I thought, it doesn't matter if it's one or two people or a handful or a crowd, but by golly, it does matter to know, as a blogger, that you're having a conversation with your peers not just "broadcasting" to the wide-open space - I guess that'll be the difference between us (and there will be many who are like you and many like me and many somewhere in between) but na ja, that's the sphere and you still churn out the good stuff... though nowadays for the big dudes in publishing :-) (enjoyed your Guardian article though heartily disagree and from my perspective, down on the ground surrounded by teachers who don't know their PowerPoint from their Excel that those mobile learning stats are a wee wee group and therefore fixed - but that's another convo' (for IATEFL perhaps) :-)))...KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-46724983023866013882010-09-19T16:01:15.765+02:002010-09-19T16:01:15.765+02:00Happy anniversary to you, Kalinago English, and to...Happy anniversary to you, Kalinago English, and to your creator, Karenne! Thanks for your spontanous, conversational style and for your tutoring posts, which teach us all a lot!<br />Marisa (@Mtranslator)Marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736975192139538502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-74569461864704422032010-09-19T15:55:24.867+02:002010-09-19T15:55:24.867+02:00Hi Karenne
Happy second birthday and well done fo...Hi Karenne<br /><br />Happy second birthday and well done for getting this post out despite the cold. I was looking over some random files scattered about my desktop yesterday and found the beginnings of an article entitled "what I've learned from my first year of blogging". I started it more than two years ago and after 3.5 years of blogging I still haven't finished it. <br /><br />I'm not really sure what that proves but, despite the summer from Hell, I'm still starting more articles, posts and books and from time to time even finish and post a few and despite the fact that increasingly they are going to other sites, due to economic circumstances, the thing that I still love best about what I do is clicking that 'publish' button on my blog. I'm not sure why. Whether it's because I'm sticking my head above the ramparts and saying what I think or feel is important, or whether it's because I've built another step onto my personal publishing empire, or whether it's some kind of ego trip and believing I've done my bit to push education and thus humanity another step further in what I believe is the right direction, I don't know.<br /><br />I have to say though, as far as the comments go, to be honest I don't much give a sh_t. <br /><br />I think that's my short answer to what I've learned from 3+ years of blogging. I've had some really nice comments over the years, and that's great and I've had masses of spam and people trying to sell or promote themselves and that wasn't so great, but I have to say that if I never got another comment again, I wouldn't be too bothered and I'd still be out their publishing my stuff whenever I could. I guess at heart I'm just a blogger and that's what bloggers do.<br /><br />Happy blogging.<br /><br />Nik PeacheyNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-85757311485543105062010-09-19T15:27:01.905+02:002010-09-19T15:27:01.905+02:00Hey David,
Thanks so much for dropping by and say...Hey David,<br /><br />Thanks so much for dropping by and saying hey! I love it when visitors add to the conversation (always much nicer than the fleeting tweets that flitter by) especially, because I feel that the value you mentioned often exists in the value added by readers. <br /><br />I'll try to stick to the meat and potatoes this year!<br /><br />:-)KarenneKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-89241048716391486712010-09-19T15:24:38.511+02:002010-09-19T15:24:38.511+02:00Thanks so much Marisa - and congratulations for yo...Thanks so much Marisa - and congratulations for your first birthday and am looking forward to your second!<br /><br />You're right, it is an act: the effortless part... it's always been work, but work am glad to do!<br /><br />xxKKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-28953964657455958482010-09-19T15:23:30.091+02:002010-09-19T15:23:30.091+02:00Alex, sweetie.. you know it's not hits! Hits...Alex, sweetie.. you know it's not hits! Hits are for chumps - given the number of images I have on my pages... <br /><br />:-) Thanks so much for popping by with your congrats, I always credit you for getting me started!<br /><br />Know what you mean about not competing - such shock that these great writers would turn into great bloggers too - eh!<br /><br />Congrats, everyone is beating me at OneStopEnglish these days - boohoo boohoo :)))KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-2120923234686804372010-09-19T15:06:33.721+02:002010-09-19T15:06:33.721+02:00Congrats!
Your posts have "presence" ...Congrats! <br /><br />Your posts have "presence" and radiate a sense that you put thought and emotion into what you share. That is what makes them so "valuable". Numbers are great but quality even more so.... what those of old called, "grace".<br /><br />I'm not a big one for navel gazing or what Alex refers to as "blogging about blogging". I like meat and potatoes. But this post is definitely an exception. Enjoyed it and all the valid points/thoughts. <br /><br />I'm with you - there is no dearth of blogging on the horizon. Just change, there will always be a need for the voice of the people / teachers. That's what it is about for me - widening the speech pool. <br /><br />Again, great start to the 3rd year. <br /><br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-70015116433568581232010-09-19T14:41:12.114+02:002010-09-19T14:41:12.114+02:00PS, talking of Onestopblogs, came here via there a...PS, talking of Onestopblogs, came here via there and noticed that I am above you in the top ten for the first time in most of those two years! I'd never noticed the effect before, but I think you are right that I got there by blogging about blogging, which is possibly not such a good thingAlex Casehttp://www.tefl.net/alexcasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-30875833124392292632010-09-19T14:36:28.439+02:002010-09-19T14:36:28.439+02:00What better time than a birthday for some navel ga...What better time than a birthday for some navel gazine! Personally, it wasn't so much the number of comments on Scott's and Jeremy's posts that came as a bit of a shock, it was the quality of the posts. Being completely incapable of competing with that, been trying to stick to things they don't do, which of course includes navel gazing but really really should be (I keep telling myself) getting more worksheets up<br /><br />100,000 hits is amazing for a blog, and you can at least multiply that by ten for the blog posts that never would have got written or visited elsewhere without your help and inspiration.Alex Casehttp://www.tefl.net/alexcasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-34197819069755999022010-09-19T14:15:30.447+02:002010-09-19T14:15:30.447+02:00Happy second birthday dear Kalinago English and co...Happy second birthday dear Kalinago English and congratulations to you and your creator, my new-old friend, Karenne Sylvester. <br /><br />I recently celebrated my first birthday and it was all because of you I got involved in this wonderful adventure! <br /><br />I still aspire to your high productivity, your tireless blogging; even when your head cold has done its best to befuddle the old brain, you still churn out brilliant post which keep me motivated and I want to thank you for that! <br /><br />I wish you loads of more brilliant ideas and posts coming out of your fingers in the apparent effortless way in which you would have us believe you produce them - a sure sign of a highly skilled performer! <br /><br />With much love<br /><br />MarisaMarisa Constantinideshttp://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/noreply@blogger.com