Welcome

Yvonne Caples wrote on April 30, 2005:

This site is a wonderful idea and I am excited to see it grow and blossom. Unfortunately, at my school (a high school in Las Vegas, U.S.) and I fear many schools in the United States, blogging sites such as blogger and live journal are blocked by school district filters and can not be accessed from school computers. I was very excited to use blogs with my students after the online class in January only to discover that the blogging sites cannot be accessed at school. However, I am having my ESL students create websites this month that display all of the work they have produced this year and hope that I can showcase the projects here at this site. Look forward to working with you all and congratulations on the wonderful site.

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Bee wrote on April 30, 2005:

So nice to hear from you Yvonne and what a shame student blogging and independent publishing is not allowed at your school. Nancy McKeand had the same problem.

Try to talk to the technical department, expose your reasons and arguments for blogging with the students. Although all blogging sites are filtered at my school as well, I had special permission to use Blogger (blogspot) and Bloki.

Send us word and an explanation about your students projects when they are ready.

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sergeiG wrote on April 30, 2005:

It’s a very good start dear Bee, Aaron and Rudolf. Keep on going!

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Bee wrote on April 30, 2005:

Thanks for the encouragement, Sergei! And we count on exciting projects like yours to fuel our site and start conversations and interaction.

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Alejandra Weser wrote on April 30, 2005:

Congratulations on the site, Bee, Aaron and Rudolf. A most inspiring welcome message, Bee. Just looking forward now to joining you in your projects.
Ale Weser
Argentina

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Chrissan wrote on April 30, 2005:

Congratulations dear Bee, Rudolf and Aaron on this rainbow project. Looking forward to being inspired and to participating in your new venture.

Chrissan
Sweden

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Bee wrote on April 30, 2005:

Thank you Ale and Chrissan! Inspiring and inspired by interacting, we and our students engage in change, learn and grow.

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Teresa wrote on April 30, 2005:

Dear Bee, Aaron and Rudolf,
I love the name of your project and its meaning (yes, I read the FAQ!), as well as the colorful and meaningful acrostic.
Congrats on a great idea!
Hugs,
Teresa

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Bee wrote on May 01, 2005:

Obrigada Teresa! Looking forward to your post about the project you are leading with your kids, with links and indications so that other teachers can be inpired by your work :-)

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Rosa wrote on May 01, 2005:

Congratulations, Bee,Aaron and Rudolf!
I love the template and the idea of offering students the opportunity to participate.Great project the ECML, I will be visiting regularly. Thanks!

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Kyi Shwin wrote on May 01, 2005:

Dear Bee, Aaron and Rudolf,
It’s really a very nice idea.
We’ll surely collaborate.
DEKITA will spark many excellent ideas too.
Kyi

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Bee wrote on May 01, 2005:

Thanks Rosa and Kyi for dropping by, all the way from Australia and Myamar. With people contributing from so many different parts of the world, creative ideas and associations will surely flow.

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Clau wrote on May 01, 2005:

Congratulations, dear Barbara, for your joint educational venture!
Best wishes for this most exciting ship and may all that sail (in) her
reach the horizon line in EFL/ESL learning/teaching and further
afield.
Thank you for letting e-teach know about it. I must add that
navigating through the site is a delight even at this early stage.
Bravo to the three of you!
All the best,
Clau Hepburn
France

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Graham wrote on May 01, 2005:

Congratulations Barbara, Aaron and Rudolph on the launch of what promises to become the creative hub for EFL/ESL student web publishing, and more. A wonderful idea, and a very attractive site indeed. Well done!

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Rita wrote on May 01, 2005:

Another clap to your “Dekita”, a promising project which no doubt will gain the success you three people deserve !!
My very best,
Rita

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julian wrote on May 01, 2005:

Conrats to Bee & the team – great looking site. Well done

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Daf wrote on May 01, 2005:

Dear Bee and team,

What a wonderful project. I am eager to see it growing :-)

A pity I cannot use html since I wanted to leave a voice message.

Warm hugs,

Daf

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Jean Michel wrote on May 02, 2005:

SUPERBE! Bravo Barbara and colleagues.
Congratulations sent from Montreal, Canada
Jean Michel

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Rudolf wrote on May 02, 2005:

Hello everyone, welcome to Dekita—and thanks for the kind words.

Daf—You can link to your file. We use Textile, which is a simplified markup language like Markdown or BBCode. Instead of an (X)HTML link tag, just use the corresponding Textile code and you’re golden.

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Aaron Campbell wrote on May 02, 2005:

Thanks for all the support and good vibes everyone!

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Susan Marandi wrote on May 02, 2005:

Congratulations, Bee, Aaron, and Rudolf! Kudos to you for a wonderful idea, and good luck with it!

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Dennis Newson wrote on May 02, 2005:

Bee & others,

I just read about this venture in a posting made to one of the lists I moderate.

I can feel and quite understand the excitement. I share it! There is a project I’m involved with that I’d like to feature, but I must discuss it with other members of the team first.

Our problem is that with students from Russia, for example, connectivity is not always good and often limited and expensive.

Still. I hope to be back.

Dennis

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susan burg wrote on May 02, 2005:

Bee, Aaron, and Rudolf I will have to explore this new blog!!
Susan

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Alyne wrote on May 04, 2005:

All I can say is “WOW!!!” I hope this newborn website will grow soon so that I can read more!
Congratulations to the three of you… and thanks Bee for encouraging my pupils!
Alyne
France

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Frédéric (France) wrote on May 04, 2005:

Great idea, I’ll be a regular visitor. So please keep going!

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Bee wrote on May 04, 2005:

To both Susans (in Italy and Iran), Dennis (in Germany) and my colleagues Alyne and Frederic (in France) un grand merci.
Dennis – let us know about the project and Alyne, we will have a look at that post. Congratulations on the good work you are doing with your students!

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Phil wrote on May 19, 2005:

Bee,

Another great project! I’m still not entirely sure how it would work for students, especially for my students who are not always very focused or self-motivated, but I’m keen to learn! I’ll try to keep an eye on what you’re doing and if possible to participate in whatever way possible.

Our school year is almost over, as far as class time with students is concerned, so now is the time when we are planning projects for nxt year. E-Twinning is a the Next Big Thing for European schools, but I’d still like to try out your blog project – if I can get a few of my students to pass to a higher level of project participation.

Cheers, —- Phil

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Bee wrote on May 19, 2005:

Hi Phil,

Good to see you back and feel free to take your students to respond to my 11th graders, 10th graders or to the many other student blogs mentioned on Dekita.org

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