Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
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Read More Wicked Evil Blog SpamSeptember’s English Journal is all about poetry. What’s great is that the EJ website is showcasing, for a limited time, the "10 Watershed Articles" on poetry from EJ. It’s a collection of articles that span EJ‘s lifetime, all about teaching poetry, as named by two of September’s contributing authors. If you’re into […]
Read More EJ’s Watershed Poetry ArticlesThe proposal submission form is up over at the K12Online Conference blog. If you’re a K-12 classroom teacher, or someone who works with K-12 classroom teachers, and you’re doing something interesting with technology that’s making the classroom a better place to be for our students, we need you to share the good stuff […]
Read More TIme to Submit Those ProposalsI was asked by a PR firm working for CNN to remind y’all that CNN’s website will feature the coverage from 9/11/2001 tomorrow: Dear Mr. Hunt, Tomorrow is going to be a rough day — the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. As an education writer and observer, you know […]
Read More Broadcasting HistoryDouglas sent me a link to TrailFire, a new tool that adds a neat wrinkle to social bookmarking — annotation. From his post on the subject: I am not usually taken in by these social bookmarking things, but I have to admit I am finding this incarnation of 2.0 widgetty goodness quite […]
Read More Blazin’ a TrailIt’s only a few weeks into the school year, and I know that I need boosts to keep my energy up. Two such boosts are recent additions to my learning network. Thought I’d share. The first is one David Warlick mentioned recently — the Geek!Ed! podcast. The four folks that do this […]
Read More Some of My InputIn November of 2004, I won an iPod at the NCTE conference. That was a good thing, as I don’t know that I would’ve spent that kind of money on myself, especially for a "gadget." Within a month or two, I was listening to podcasts. Within six months, the radio was off and […]
Read More So Long, Fair Friend(Via Josh) Google has now put together a News Search specifically for archived news from the last 200 years. According to TechCrunch (and my quick scan) the information available is spotty, but I was blown away by a few quick searches. I imagine this is a resource worth exploring further. Wow.
Read More Google News — The Good ‘Ol DaysIn this podcast, my first in a while, Darren and I discuss going back to school, what we’re up to with technology, and our thoughts about some plans that we have. The podcast ends with Darren’s announcement about the K12 Online Conference. As always, we’re both interested in hearing your thoughts, […]
Read More Podcast: Beginning the School YearI’m pleased to report that I’ll be giving one of the keynote presentations for the first "K12 Online 2006" conference/convention/virtual meetup/really neat-o mashup of smart folks sharing interesting things. Please read the rest of this post to learn more and to see how you can participate. Thanks in advance to the conference organizers […]
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