filtering through prism
sprinkled glass shadows scatter
splashing across floors
[an original haiku by Holly Dilatush; February 27, 2009]
We recently hung a beautiful prism that is diamond-shaped, and actually holds distilled water, on our diningroom window. When the sun hits it, it sends myriad rainbows of varying sizes all over the diningroom and into nearby areas, [...]
[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Philipp Klinger's photostream: Gotham City http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/]
[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Paulo Brandao's photostream: frozen light in a snow weekend, Manzaneda http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrandao/]
One of the students I’ve been tutoring has agreed to let me share one of her essays. Please read and enjoy:
Starry Night… [by [...]
One of the suggested post-reading activities from a recent assigned reading task included this:
“Develop a list of your personal writing rituals and how they help (or hinder!) your writing.”
I was inspired to draft my own list:
Holly’s Personal Writing Rituals
* Open a window (whenever possible, have fresh air) [alternatively, sit on our [...]
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Please visit the above link and view the short video. It’s one of the first videos I’ve created with my new wonderful ‘toy’ (Flip Mino HD digital video recorder) — and tells you about the debut of “Poetry Corner” and “Storytelling Corner” events at TESOL 2009 in Denver CO next month!
comments? questions? reactions?
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Please listen, hopefully enjoy, and please leave me a comment or ask me a question — either here or on the Voicethread; I look forward to hearing from you!
Holly
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PhotoPeach! http://photopeach.com is one of my new favorite sites!
I’ve been quite busy learning through participation in online courses exploring the use of images — and exploring the pedagogy and andragogy of using various tools in the classroom/with learners completing projects.
Here’s a PhotoPeach I created about items I like to collect.
driftwood and yard photos on [...]
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