Check out my album on picasa . What do these pictures tell you about me? Do they suggest that I don't want unveil my real identity? Or do they suggest that I haven't yet taken the time to check out the copyright restrictions on these images? Yes to both! The fact that there are not yet pictures from the picasa site might suggest that I have had difficulty loading images. While I am waiting for the downloading / retrieving to happen, I am blogging!
What do I think of Picasa? I think that I might explore using it, as a real person. I have tons of holiday pictures that I have not gotten around to sorting and sharing. I just might post them to this site and amaze my friends with my newfound expertise. More importantly, I will amaze my spouse and children!
But the thought of pictures and the saying that they are worth a thousand words, made me think of my students and how I communicate with them. I began this post with the question "what do these pictures say about me?" Maybe, I should have asked, "What do they not say about me?"
When we write to our students, what do our words say? Does Good Job! really mean that or does it mean "I have nothing else to say?" The cute little picture of a smiley face :) - what does it mean?
All of this rambling is a round about way of getting to the issue of "voice" and writing with voice. How do we incorporate voice into our writing? Does it come naturally or is it something we have to work at it? Our tour guides on this journey write with voice. Does it help that I know both of the guides personally? Is it that personal connection that makes it seem like they are right there speaking to me? Is it the personal connection that makes it possible for me to discern the writer? If that is what it takes, how do authors do it? How do newspaper columists do it? How do distance education teachers do it? Is voice important in written communication? I think so.
What about you, my readers. What are your thoughts and opinions on voice? Can you hear my voice? What is it saying? What is it not saying? Is what I have to say, better said with pictures?
All seriousness aside, listen to my voice?
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So, how do we actually incorporate voice with pictures? Is it possible? And what voice? A picture of a hotel room -- is that a wonderful sight? Perhaps so, but what about the person who has been locked in the room due to rain or whatever... for this person, that same picture is not nice or pleasant...
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