Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Teagan @ ten minutes Originally uploaded by Bud the Teacher World, meet Teagan Elizabeth Hunt. Teagan, world. Y’all’ll get acquainted soon enough. It was a long day today, beginning early and finishing late. Teagan was born around 9:40am. Seven pounds, seven ounces. Twenty inches. Ten fingers. Ten toes. Two eyes and ears. One mouth. More […]
Read More Teagan @ ten minutesThe following announcement comes via Darren. If you read this blog, chances are you’ve something to offer the conference, and I strongly encourage you to submit a proposal. At the very least, prepare to spend some time with the conference — it’s a great opportunity. One of the best things about […]
Read More Announcing K12 Online Conference 2007The district just north south of where I live and just south north of where I work is going to begin offering e-mail accounts to many of its students if a vote goes well at a board meeting tomorrow night. That’s not a super big deal. What is is the reason why they’re […]
Read More Hooray for E-mailTurns out my first ever scholarly publication, an article on book clubs and preservice teachers that I co-wrote with my friend and teacher Cindy, is available for free online for a short time. She taught me to write for journals; I’m teaching her to blog. I think I came out ahead in the […]
Read More Blast from my PastIn this podcast, I begin by trying to explain a trend I’m noticing in my own blogging practice. Then I move into a discussion of being "in the zone" in a creative sense, emphasizing my work with the , and wrap up with some thoughts, and not very articulate ones at that, on […]
Read More The Podcast: Getting Stuck, In the Zone, with VisualsBen shares a frustrating experience he’s having with a collaborative partnership torn asunder by parental concerns in a different state. Lots to think about here, amidst the perceived parental overreaction, but I’m particularly interested in the comments from students on their collaborative wiki about the issue. They’re frustrated — but are communicating, too, […]
Read More Questions on CollaborationKevin’s poetry — and frankly, his ability to consistently crank out such creatively elegant stuff — impresses me. Here’s my favorite bit of his most recent poem: So here I am, now, turning her into a poem and then pushing her out the door of my mind on a raft of words into […]
Read More Such Good WordsDoes it happen to anyone else who’s been blogging for a time that no post makes it through one’s own self-filter, either out of concern for relevancy or job security or just plain fear? Or is it just me?
Read More It’s Funny, Almost SillyI’m working with a teacher that would like to take his students online for a short time. Quick. And there’s a rule in place that he cannot expose his students’ e-mails to public scrutiny, presumably because the IT folks in his area don’t want students to be left open to strangers contacting them. […]
Read More No e-mails. Please.