- Spending the day embedded at Blue Mountain Elementary. Who knows what the day holds? Should be fun. #
- @MrChase Oops. in reply to MrChase #
- NWP's Digital Is website is live. Should be fun to watch it grow. http://digitalis.nwp.org/ #
- My collection on connective writing from Digital Is #
- @intrepidteacher Why does that matter? in reply to intrepidteacher #
- @chrislehmann What'd you do? Can't find the piece. in reply to chrislehmann #
- Tomorrow, I'm going to the polls. I like the polls. #
- @bonstewart So. Not. Important. Or personal. in reply to bonstewart #
- Who cares who doesn't follow you back? Why does that matter? #
- Wow. That sure sparked a nerve or two. #
- @bonstewart The psychology of these places, spaces, and faces is fascinating. And sometimes worrisome. in reply to bonstewart #
- @donalynbooks Yes. Why? in reply to donalynbooks #
- Early to bed this evening. Off to Colorado Springs to @ricktanski's school tomorrow. Looking forward to learning more about his work. #
- This _Sherlock_ thing is really quite good. Bravo, PBS. #
- @donalynbooks Oh. Man. Glad you found it. in reply to donalynbooks #
- “What if every person in a school were continuously engaged in the work of learning?” http://instapaper.com/zhod9du11 #
- @bengrey Could you work some translation magic in the spreadsheet and then allow folks to view the responses, which would reveal the sheet? in reply to bengrey #
- @bengrey Ah. Can't help, then. Do share if you figure it out. in reply to bengrey #
- Spending the day learning with and from @ricktanski Neat process of external review of his online school in Colorado Springs. #
- He'll tell their story and immerse us in his community – and we'll offer some feedback. Interesting. #
- @RickTanski What an honor. Thank you. Learned lots. I'm sure I'll bug you with more questions later. Keep up the good work. Tell that story. in reply to RickTanski #
- Just voted. Good luck, candidates and issues I support. #
- Tonight's moment of Quinn. Special appearance by Teagan. http://twitpic.com/33di31 #
- Larimer County still has voters at the polls. http://www.co.larimer.co.us/2010election/ #
- @NewsHour Hickenlooper is the Democrat candidate for Governor. in reply to NewsHour #
- @chrislehmann I think we are going to stay Dem. in reply to chrislehmann #
- @chrislehmann @alfredtwo Don't you think ESEA will get stuck? Again? in reply to chrislehmann #
- I have a new Congressperson. Again. #
- Senate here getting tight. Conservative county – big one – slow to report. #
- @adinasullivan Great resource. Billy Collins made it when he was Poet Laureate. in reply to adinasullivan #
- So. Interesting election night in Colorado. Locally, we approved tax increases. And didn't go, as a state, for the "other" party. Huh. #
- Mill levy and bond for the school district where I live appear to have passed, too. #
- Making some changes to how we access Atomic Learning here in St. Vrain. More info coming soon as we make the change. #
- "Learning is a social act." http://www.acteonline.org/uploadedFiles/About_ACTE/files/Principles_for_Learning.pdf (PDF) #
- RT @dogtrax: RT @SpotlightDML: “Digital Is” Website Helps Educators Collaborate and Share Digital Writing Projects http://bit.ly/d6PeIf #
- @mrplough07 MIght that be a preservation method? Keeps teachers from burning out after a period of intensity? in reply to mrplough07 #
- Checking in with @nawalnader and @milobo. They're smart. They might let me build a class with them. #
- Teachers Teaching Teachers starts in a few minutes. Talking NWP's Digital Is. You come, too. http://edtechtalk.com/live #
- Now live with TTT. Talking Digital Is. http://edtechtalk.com/live Smart folks here. #
- @rgallwitz Not sure that it is. Apologies. in reply to rgallwitz #
- @kadding Hope you'll write about that. Please. in reply to kadding #
- @chrislehmann No. It happens. Enjoy it. in reply to chrislehmann #
- @kadding Thank you kindly. Looking forward to that. in reply to kadding #
- Well of course Steven Moffat is behind _Sherlock_. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series) #
- @jonbecker How does the organization model learning? How does leadership learn and communicate their learning? in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker They're important questions for educational organizations. Wonder why an org wouldn't be interested. in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker Those are questions of modeling, aren't they? in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker How does leadership model positive, non-bullying behavior? How do they model observation and evaluation as learning processes? in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker How does leadership model engagement? What does engaged adult learning look like? How do they know? in reply to jonbecker #
- Today's poem: "Enough" by Jeffrey Harrison. http://www.poets.org/m/dsp_poem.php?prmMID=21953 #
- @jonbecker Okay. But why not? in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker No. It's not. And yet. in reply to jonbecker #
- @jonbecker We are indeed. Powerful. Meeting tonight to workshop our research plans. @tomfullerton in reply to jonbecker #
- Another day embedded at an elementary school. Then a DLC Team Leader Meeting on our teacher research plans tonight. Busy, but good busy. #
- @tomfullerton @jonbecker That's the text we're using with our team leaders. Useful. _Inquiry as Stance_ by (cont) http://tl.gd/6qafo8 in reply to tomfullerton #
- @jgrmsmith It was never that simple. in reply to jgrmsmith #
- MBP just froze. Solid. That's probably not good. #
- @MaryAnnReilly Thank you. Kind of you to say. in reply to MaryAnnReilly #
- @SVVSDLibraries MacBookPro. in reply to SVVSDLibraries #
- RT @codepted: State Board of Education Hears Suggestion To Add Social Studies As Statewide Test http://bit.ly/cbj4r8 #
- St. Vrain needs a thoughtful instructional geek. Is that you? http://j.mp/a6NKPU #
- @ddraper Are you asking me? in reply to ddraper #
- @MrMacnology Thanks. Looking forward to it. Come to the pre-conference session and we will get some writing done. in reply to MrMacnology #
- I love that our CSUWP facilitators ask us to tweet our "what we've been up to" summaries. Mine's coming up in the next tweet. #
- Been thinking about how I'm going to take a thoughtful look at what we're blogging in the district. Think I've got a plan. #dlctweet #
- @pickledtreats The DLC is our Digital Learning Collaborative. Hence the tag. in reply to pickledtreats #
- Missed storytime. But teacher research work is going well. So that's good. Right? #
- St. Vrain needs a thoughtful instructional geek. Might that be you? http://j.mp/a6NKPU #
- @AndreaZellner That's okay. I find lots in the first few minutes of my own posts. No biggie. in reply to AndreaZellner #
- @msstewart True. I like storytime. in reply to msstewart #
- @ktenkely Facilitating teacher research groups in the district with @milobo. in reply to ktenkely #
- @bengrey @injenuity We are a little too well trained sometimes. Trained to do things like wait for Superman, for instance. in reply to bengrey #
- Lyle Lovett and making school lunches. Oddly, also kind of writing about lunches, too. #
- Also oddly – Ani told me the best thing that happened to her today was choosing school hot lunch. Huh. #
- .@alicemercer She's five. There should be more wonder in her day. More wonder in everyone's, perhaps. in reply to alicemercer #
- If wonder were present regularly, would it be any less wonderful? #
- @poh You know, come to think of it, you're right. There is some wonder in the cafeteria, isn't there? in reply to poh #
- @msstewart See what I mean about the lunches? Lots of material there. in reply to msstewart #
- Thursday folder time. Expectation. http://twitpic.com/33yuia #
- @PaulWHankins @poh I worked in the cafeteria to pay for plenty of my
lunches. I wore a paper cap and a hairnet. In junior high. in reply to PaulWHankins # - @injenuity What about it? in reply to injenuity #
- @injenuity Pardon the pun, but I'm not following. in reply to injenuity #
- Citrix app on the iPad. So I've got a PC on my iPad. Handy. http://twitpic.com/33yxsl #
- YouTube isn't great. But it runs okay. http://twitpic.com/33yyoq #
- @poh Awesome. Just delightful. Let her know that's just great. in reply to poh #
- .@PaulWHankins @poh @msstewart @rdngteach If only someone had an open Google Doc where these school lunch stories could be collected. in reply to PaulWHankins #
- @ryanbretag Right. in reply to ryanbretag #
- @kraybr No question. HTML5 version of YouTube runs better, too. But I wanted a source of flash to play with. YouTube was my first choice. in reply to kraybr #
- @kraybr No. Citrix can do it the same way Cloud Browser can – through a proxy. But Citrix gets me to a trusted proxy. in reply to kraybr #
- Sitting in a GAFE share fair with @dmagy. Learning from @bhwilkoff, @kadding, and others. Thanks to Englewood for setting this up. #
- @BrianJohnWeaver Not so much. Here's the agenda. http://bit.ly/bjN6g6 I'll share what I can. in reply to BrianJohnWeaver #
- Now, @bhwilkoff taking us through power use of Gmail. #
- RT @SVVSDNews: “Congrats – Mr. Dave Title, teacher at Niwot High – recongized by CU as an inspirational teacher.” -@SVVSDsupt #
- Discussion of nakedness in Google templates and gadgets. Google and school districts define "inappropriateness" differently. #
- @dmagy Not yet with the client – but you can access files via the website. in reply to dmagy #
- Qwest announces school grants for Colorado. http://www.qwest.com/coloradoteachers/ #
- @woscholar Wait until he drops you. And then adds you again. Then drops you. And adds you again. Happened to me. in reply to woscholar #
- It was really good to see @bhwilkoff today. Been entirely too long. #
- Thanks to @mporteres for a useful conversation on GAFE. And an excellent lunch visit. Well done. #
- Friday night. Doing dishes. Soon vacuuming. Living large. Rocking the suburbs and all. #
- @bhwilkoff Me, too. in reply to bhwilkoff #
- You know that moment when you find out that a good and important task went well? For someone you like? Yeah. Feeling that right now. #
- Playing with Scrivener 2.0. It's beautiful, but I can't quite grasp it. Probably should. Looks like good structure for longer texts. #
- I think my favorite writing tool at the moment is a desktop computer. Or maybe just this Bluetooth keyboard. #
- @ScottElias Yeah. I may. Played with version 1.0 and liked it enough to try again. But I don't sit at one machine enough. in reply to ScottElias #
- @kadding That might not be wonder. It may well be something else. Good to see you today. in reply to kadding #
- @twoodwar We opened ours and all kept our jobs. Oops. in reply to twoodwar #
- @ScrivenerApp In fact, I did watch a couple. Most helpful. Useful. Thanks. in reply to ScrivenerApp #
- First soccerless Saturday of Fall. I feel so free. #
- High school in our district is looking for a thoughtful instructional geek. Is that you? http://j.mp/a6NKPU #
- @dsilverman @jeffjarvis No. It's actually because they went to a monthly print subscription forever ago. That's when they died. in reply to dsilverman #
- @dsilverman @jeffjarvis I'm mostly relieved that their little content pamphlet is being put out of its misery. in reply to dsilverman #
- @chrislehmann Nice. in reply to chrislehmann #
- Looks like some thoughtful sessions at #edcampkc Hope folks are taking good notes. #
- @TheNerdyTeacher Wondering if Russ is going to talk about FERPA considerations with regards to Evernote and student data. in reply to thenerdyteacher #
- @darlingawe Both are cloud storage systems. Evernote is note/memory/remembering focused. Dropbox is just external storage. I use both. in reply to darlingawe #
- @MrsBMG @andreablanco @jorech Your teacher may well be an authentic audience. Saying otherwise is a gloss. in reply to MrsBMG #
- @russgoerend My wonderings are about the presence of student data on Evernote's servers. One reason I pay is (cont) http://tl.gd/6rc9d1 in reply to russgoerend #
- @russgoerend I'm not putting student data there right now – so I've not explored issues there as fully. (cont) http://tl.gd/6rca7i in reply to russgoerend #
- @DrDial @russgoerend @nashworld What's your rationale? in reply to DrDial #
- @DrDial @russgoerend My wonderings are about Evernote, as a custodian of the data. Practically, I agree with (cont) http://tl.gd/6rctao in reply to DrDial #
- @DrDial @russgoerend Also, the data isn't transmitted securely unless the Evernote user is a paying customer. (cont) http://tl.gd/6rctq9 in reply to DrDial #
- @drdial @russgoerend I should say, too, that I'm mostly wondering. I find Russ's Evernote practice to be good (cont) http://tl.gd/6rd042 #
- @russgoerend If you're using Premium, that eliminates one issue. How are you sharing with parents? (And I'd (cont) http://tl.gd/6rd1rm in reply to russgoerend #
- @shareski 400. Watch it. Spin the pan if your oven's heating unevenly. No longer than 15-20. Watch it closely. You'll know when it's ready. in reply to shareski #
- "He has bought fame and paid cash for it." – Mark Twain on Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy. #
- @msstewart Get over it and do an invitational already. in reply to msstewart #
- @JackieB Think the Google Docs equation editor will work when docs are iPad friendly in a few weeks? in reply to JackieB #
- Today's moment of Quinn. http://twitpic.com/34hm5o http://twitpic.com/34hm5v #
- @JackieB Ah. Good luck with your "testing." in reply to JackieB #
- Parenting secret – take your kids to the library during naptime. No one else is here. #
- @juliafallon Nope. Just timeshifting a little. in reply to juliafallon #
- @kadding I like your thinking. in reply to kadding #
- Ani found the computers today. http://twitpic.com/34ial0 #
- Her completed composition. http://twitpic.com/34icaa http://twitpic.com/34icae #
- @poh I just did. Thanks. in reply to poh #
- @poh You've now been invited to Ani's birthday party. in reply to poh #
- When the song of my life is finished, there'll be at least one verse about libraries. #
- @AndreaZellner Librarians are well prepared to handle such sensitive topics. With grace. in reply to AndreaZellner #
- @AndreaZellner Done. in reply to AndreaZellner #
- @dmagy @milobo I really like Dish Network. in reply to dmagy #
- @shareski I'll say a prayer for Grandma. Wish her well. in reply to shareski #
- I took joy in cleaning my kitchen. And then fired up some Marc Cohn to cook by. Then it hit me – I am, indeed, a grown up. #
- If that wasn't enough, I took a moment to carefully consider the age of my kitchen sponge. And then tossed it for a new one. #
- Watched the latest episode of _Teach_, the Danza show. He's not the best teacher – but the journey's an accurate one. Sort of. #
- As true as a reality show about teaching with a celebrity star might get. #
- @milobo I do Comcast for my Internet. Probably time to look again. in reply to milobo #
- It's a beef evening at our place. http://twitpic.com/34kdf2 #
- @TeacherReality On what are you basing that claim? in reply to TeacherReality #
- @karlfisch @jutecht I don't get why QR Codes as word replacements are terribly useful or innovative. Seems foolish at best. in reply to karlfisch #
- @MrChase You probably hate yams – the bright orange cousin of the sweet potato, which is yellow and delicious. in reply to MrChase #
- @jepcke I suspect we will see it in the next week or so. in reply to jepcke #
- @jutecht @shareski Jeff – your examples – naming the bones – were word replacement. in reply to jutecht #
- @jutecht Sure. But don't sell a temporary distraction as innovation. Seems to me that if you want a kid to be (cont) http://tl.gd/6s37dg in reply to jutecht #
- @jutecht Seems to me that almost all of the QR implementations I've seen create more problems than they solve. in reply to jutecht #
- @jutecht And I don't mean "hey, neat, let's revolutionize education" sorts of problems. in reply to jutecht #
- @jutecht I mean "oh, crap. Who put all this shrink-wrap on my Tylenol – it's keeping me from pain relief" sorts of problems. in reply to jutecht #
- @karlfisch @shareski @theother66 That point, I might agree with. Except that perhaps the automated thing isn't (cont) http://tl.gd/6s39pd in reply to karlfisch #
- @jutecht And the more I think about it, that might be an arms race that you'll never win. in reply to jutecht #
- Amazed at how the same information, from a different source, can be received so differently. I should know better. But it still amazes me. #
- So, to use RockMelt, I've got to give them my Facebook identity? No, thanks. I'm good. #
- Gone from research to self-help. Interesting. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Your-Life-Uploaded/Gordon-Bell/e/9780452296565/?itm=1 #
- Using Winerlinks now on the blog. I like the ability to deep link within posts. And that it's hidden on the front page. http://bit.ly/bzcG1Z #
- Click onto a post and look for the number sign at the end of each paragraph to see what I mean. http://budtheteacher.com/blog #
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