Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Last year at NCTE, we began a conversation, Three Reports from Cyberspace. We thank Jeff Golub and Jim Strickland for organizing the session, and Helen Wierenga for being our responder. And, we thank all of you, because what happened during the session was, quite simply, amazing ((I don’t use this word often. But it was […]
Read More Reports From Cyberspace – An InvitationAre you wondering how Secretary Duncan will honor the National Day on Writing? Me, too. http://bit.ly/bsr55l @edpresssec # @bhwilkoff @lesliemaniotes Y'all should record that conversation. in reply to bhwilkoff # @bhwilkoff Just the one? in reply to bhwilkoff # At UCAR for a workshop with the NSDL on online resources for science education. should be […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-10-25Lately, I’ve found myself, quite by accident, thinking a great deal about what an “online school” might look like, were I to have the opportunity to be involved in the creation of one. I’m watching this process unfold in my school district, and it’s started some wheels a’turning. And this is thinking that, while I’ve […]
Read More It’s Blurry. But It’s Still a Visionphoto credit: Don Solo I talked to a former student today. She’s going to be an archaeologist. Awesome. What do you want to be when (if/until) you grow up? Write about that. The gallery I’ve created is here in case you’d like to submit what you write.
Read More #NDOW: Prompt 3photo credit: HA! Designs – Artbyheather Do you remember being little? And getting from place to place? How did you do so? What was your ride? Where did you go? The gallery I’ve created is here in case you’d like to submit what you write.
Read More #NDOW: Prompt 2UPDATE – Tim points out in the comments that this video first went online back in April. Which is cool. I sometimes reuse my good work, too. Over the weekend, I how he would be honoring the National Day on Writing. This morning, the ED.gov blog had a short video mentioning the Day on Writing. […]
Read More Secretary Duncan Honors Favorite TeacherI’ll try to post a prompt or two today, on this , just in case you need an idea or two to get you started. Here’s one: photo credit: schaaflicht It’s a day to wear purple, a day to say “no more.” But more important, it’s a day to make change. The good kind. Write […]
Read More #NDOW: Prompt 1Tomorrow is the second annual , a day all about, in the words of NCTE: In light of the significance of writing in our national life, to draw attention to the remarkable variety of writing we engage in, and to help writers from all walks of life recognize how important writing is to their lives,October […]
Read More You Can Write If You Want ToFog clung to the low spaces this morning, hiding the day from the ground. Beautiful. # Today's poem: "Their Bodies" by David Wagoner http://poetryoutloud.org/poems/poem.html?id=24503 # RT @CSLewisDaily: Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already # Department of Learning Services meeting. Looking […]
Read More The Week in Tweets for 2010-10-18Dear Teachers College Press: I’m an awful big fan of your work. I mean a really, really big fan. Of the five or six books on my desk at work right now, three of them are yours. I made arrangements to order another of your titles just before I headed home for the weekend. ((And in […]
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