http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/ ELT Dogme Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:07 GMT Gavin Dudeney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14757 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14757 Dennis, Well, technology releases you from the 'tyranny of content' in the terms of content 'given' to you by coursebook writers, etc. because it gives you Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:54:00 GMT Dennis Newson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14756 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14756 As one gets older perhaps one becomes stupider. I don't think I quite understand the quotation Scott posted. ... Isn't the key point about (some) technology, Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:02:20 GMT Justin Ehresman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14755 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14755 Hi Guys, Have you all heard Sixth Sense? How do you think this could change language learning? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:09:16 GMT Betty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14754 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14754 Thank you Rob for your answer. I'm not sure the exact activity you described would work for this group, but the idea of getting the group motivated to "come up Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:21:41 GMT Scott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14753 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14753 "Technologies [sic] greatest gift is to release you from the tyranny of content. There is time for everything now. The real problem is that this now leaves Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:55:39 GMT Robert Haines http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14752 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14752 Emma, Two questions for you: 1) You wrote: "I'm afraid my leaving the laptop behind was not really a major pedagogical decision, rather a personal one as I Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:42:12 GMT Marianne Dorléac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14751 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14751 Hello Betty !   Well, first you surely know that the learning background is very important to learn a language. In France English has essentially been taught Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:20:59 GMT emmaherrod http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14750 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14750 Hi Dennis, Yes I totally agree with you. SL is so on my list of New Year Resolutions. I have an account but haven't really spent long enough on there to get Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:12:41 GMT Dennis Newson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14749 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14749 Emma, I really believe in the so-called Dome approach, but I'm also a keen citizen of Second Life, a technological place if ever there was one. I would have Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:18:23 GMT emmaherrod http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14748 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14748 Hi Rob - I will definitely let you know. I'm afraid my leaving the laptop behind was not really a major pedagogical decision, rather a personal one as I Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:57:58 GMT emmaherrod http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14747 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14747 Hi Jeff, I can only thank-you for your kind comments - I'm very touched by your thoughts on the post. I have to admit, prior to becoming a little more Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42:09 GMT Robert Haines http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14746 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14746 Hi Betty C. Thank you for your post. I wonder if you've encouraged the group(s) to talk about their frustration with English and each other. If not, that might Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:29:29 GMT Robert Haines http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14745 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14745 Hi Emma, Please do tell us how the lesson with the laptop goes. Curious to know why you forced yourself to leave the laptop at home. Rob ... [Non-text portions Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:19:34 GMT Simon Greenall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14744 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14744 Hi Emma, Like you, I bought my copy of Teaching Unplugged only last month, and read it carefully. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to try out the Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:19:25 GMT Betty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14743 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme/message/14743 I have just read and thoroughly enjoyed Emma's tale of her success with a dogme approach in a one-on-one class situation. I'm not teaching any one-on-one