NPM 2010: Prompt 0
photo credit: Frederic della Faille Every journey begins somewhere. Where will this one start for you?
Read More NPM 2010: Prompt 0Month: March 2010
NPM 2010: Here We Go Again
Last year, I published a photograph every day of National Poetry Month as a way to generate some prompts for folks who maybe wanted to write poetry, but needed a little push. I think it went pretty well, and I got to read and write some pretty good poems, so I’m going to do that […]
Read More NPM 2010: Here We Go AgainLeadership Bootcamp – You Come, Too.
One of the projects that I’ve been working on this year, but I’m sure I haven’t spoken about in this space, is the TIE/ISTE Leadership Bootcamp, a conversation about how communication practices can affect change and serve to support leadership in schools. It’s an interesting event and a pretty good conversation, and still pretty new. […]
Read More Leadership Bootcamp – You Come, Too.The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-29
Beginning a day of meetings in about twenty minutes. Should move quickly. https://www.custom-cable.co.uk/blog/official-pharmacy-canada/ Happy Monday. # Looking at the CDE crosswalk comparisons between current and new content standards. Should be interesting. # Omen: "Curriculum" is misspelled on every page of this document. Oh, bother. # If I'm a technology company, I'm thinking about how to […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-29The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-22
@bhwilkoff Happy birthday, Ben. Many happy returns. # Saying schools need to "change," without articulating what, why, and/or how, is pretty close to wasted breath. # @TheJLV It'll help. in reply to TheJLV # Spoke to both Senator Bennet and Senator Udall's Washington offices requesting that they sign on to the Dear (cont) http://tl.gd/gql87 # […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-22The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-15
Following up in a bit with Rep. Markey's office. Just to make sure they got my message. http://bit.ly/9BEmPY # Had a nice chat with Rep. Markey's office. Will hear back later in the week. # @cribchronicles @schinker You should at least scan the document for key terms and phrases like "duct tape" or "barbituates." in […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-15Update: @EDPressSec Called Back
Just a short update – a little earlier today, I received a phone call from Justin Hamilton, one of the press secretaries behind @EDPressSec. He is in the process of getting some answers to some of my questions and asked me to pass along that he and the Department of Education ARE indeed paying attention. […]
Read More Update: @EDPressSec Called BackUS Dept of Education Press Office Won't Talk to (Bud the) Teacher
I continue to ask of everyone I can speak with in Washington and in Congressional and government offices alike: What is the rationale for eliminating funding for the ? It is a simple question, or it seems to be. But I can’t get anyone to answer it beyond broad strokes of “local and state redundancy” […]
Read More US Dept of Education Press Office Won't Talk to (Bud the) TeacherThe Week in Tweets for 2010-03-08
So begins the end of my leave. With my kids and Dr. Seuss. That's about right. # @techsavvyed I'm a twelve monther. So this has been double special. in reply to techsavvyed # @jennamcjenna Say more. in reply to jennamcjenna # The Department of Defense chooses behavior over blacklists; maybe that's okay for schools, too. […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-03-08An Open Letter to my Elected Congressfolk: Please Support the NWP
I sent slightly different versions of this letter to my legislators this afternoon. (I didn’t ask my senators to sign on to a House letter, for example. Nothing substantive.) If you support the , I hope you have done, or will do, the same. I would have written sooner – but this all happened as […]
Read More An Open Letter to my Elected Congressfolk: Please Support the NWP