The Week in Tweets for 2011-05-30

@intrepidteacher @suewaters Best not to hope on such questions and answers when it comes to servers and such. Check and make sure. in reply to intrepidteacher # @teach42 At the time I asked the question, I was just seeking evidence/info beyond "awesome." Didn't expect a particular response. in reply to teach42 # @teach42 Most immediate […]

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An Aside

This is an actual aside.  Should appear as less prominent than an actual post.  Should be a space for comments, too.

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The Parenthetical

I’m spending more and more time in the spaces between the lines.  Or, at least, my thoughts are.  In my writing lately, I’ve been gravitating to the parenthetical, to the notes in the margins that surround the text. ((Perhaps my love of footnotes is a symptom.  Or part of the problem.  Not sure.)) Whatever it […]

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I Believe. You?

Cross-posted from Voices from the Learning Revolution, where I write sometimes. Recently, Justin Hamilton, @EdPressSec on Twitter, asked folks to state what they believe regarding education policy.  No, that’s not quite right – what he actually said was this: Specifically, he, after being a little bit mistreated by some folks who don’t understand civil dialogue, […]

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Shifted Learning Interview

Last Friday, I had the good fortune to spend some time talking writing and learning with John and Julia on the Shifted Learning Podcast.  We discussed writing process, tools and the National Writing Project, among other things.  It was a good visit, and I thought I’d pass along the audio. ((As I listened back to […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-05-23

Not sure I understand the motive behind mean spam. Odd. http://t.co/hYZOgz1 # We are looking for an instructional technology coordinator in St. Vrain. Come join us. http://t.co/eRfjeAa # @ChrisVacek Fixed. in reply to ChrisVacek # @sjciske Yep. Growing the team. in reply to sjciske # @sjciske Nope. Additional position available. in reply to sjciske # […]

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Letting (Them) Go

Richard Elmore: I wonder, finally, what would happen if we simply opened the doors and let the students go; if we let them walk out of the dim light of the overhead projector into the sunlight; if we let them decide how, or whether, to engage this monolith? Would it be so terrible? Could it […]

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Getting Lost

Damon Lindelof on Lost: We don’t live in a media culture anymore where you can write a show like Lost, where the people who care about it really care about it, and then say to them: ”We’re not going to talk to you about it.” via ‘Lost’: The Final Word | EW.com.

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-05-16

@jeffjarvis Footnotes. Please. All the moving back and forth is a pain with endnotes. in reply to jeffjarvis # Hmm. http://t.co/RPvGDWr # Thinking through a complex summary/synthesis task. I think we can. I think we can. I think we can. # @genghiskhanir Root it and you can have access to the Marketplace. in reply to […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-05-09

District i3 leadership meeting. # @chadsansing @cbethm @mrami2 What do you mean? in reply to chadsansing # @ddraper @wfryer I'd like to believe him. But his policy and practice don't match his words. in reply to ddraper # So the school district where I live is putting an IWB in every classroom. #concernedtaxpayer # @shareski […]

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