The Week in Tweets for 2011-12-26

• Snow. #
• Mileage reports. Fun. #
• New post up over at the museum: I Can't Draw (Well). But I Believe in Drawing. http://t.co/kjjqWEvv #
• @briancsmith On paper, since August. The blog just launched a week or two ago. So not long at all. in reply to briancsmith #
• @russgoerend Write it. Then we'll figure out what to call it. in reply to russgoerend #
• What you might do is to trust teachers and hold them to a high standard. Or, you could do this instead. http://t.co/4WIgHctK #
• @ Thanks, John. #
• @briancsmith I alternate weeks with a smart principal from Denver. I like the space and it's a good creative stretch. in reply to briancsmith #
• @russgoerend Those're good questions. Good luck. in reply to russgoerend #
• Cleaning out my inbox. Take that, email. #
• Put some pork tenderloin in the crockpot this morning. Onions and brown sugar. A little vinegar. Looking forward to it. #
• @melaniemcbride Sure. But do we need to recognize the informal stuff to begin with? in reply to melaniemcbride #
• Venturing into Google Apps Scripts. Wish me luck. #
• @followmolly The manual. http://t.co/8Pi1g0wC in reply to followmolly #
• That teacher I wrote about the other day? The thoughtful preschool one? She's blogging now, too. http://t.co/yI1QKgni #
• @TraciLHaley in reply to TraciLHaley #
• @TraciLHaley Sent you a direct message with the info. Hope your daughter's better soon. in reply to TraciLHaley #
• I'm kind of starting to get Google App Scripts. Now if only I had more need to apply them. #
• @wfryer Canon's Vixia models are good. We use them here in the office. in reply to wfryer #
• Accidently fell into a "this is what edublogging is really all about" comment thread. Yikes. Double yikes. Jinkies, even. #
• @injenuity I followed a link. And read some stuff. And backed away. Very slowly. in reply to injenuity #
• @injenuity I'm trying to be a better me. A better me wouldn't pass along something that's a waste of folks' time. in reply to injenuity #
• Surprise lunch date with my sister. Cool. #
• Tonight's agenda: take a swing at a massive pile of reading that's been accumulating this week. Wish me luck. #
• @kylepace Happy Birthday, Kyle. Hope it's a good one. in reply to kylepace #
• @melaniemcbride Show and tell is one of my favorite forms of professional development. in reply to melaniemcbride #
• Sweet potato fries. Two nights in a row. A Christmas miracle. #
• @melaniemcbride That's tricky. But yeah. in reply to melaniemcbride #
• Tonight, a _Mister Rogers_ episode from 1972. A variety show. It holds up. Delightful. #
• @a_mcsquared Mostly their tutorials. But I've played with some other JavaScript tools before. That helped. in reply to a_mcsquared #
• @a_mcsquared You might also take a look at something like Codecademy. Skills will transfer. in reply to a_mcsquared #
• Fiddling with a new Twitter client. New New Twitter for iOS isn't as good as I'd like. Anyone else using Tweetbot? #
• @ehoefler I like Tweetbot so far – it contains the information I need in contextually useful places. in reply to ehoefler #
• Virtual Campus cleanup today. Our district Moodle installation is home to hundreds of courses and almost 20,000 accounts. Cool. #
• @a_mcsquared You're most welcome. in reply to a_mcsquared #
• @sarahpom It really is the best show ever. in reply to sarahpom #
• One downside to catching up on email today is that I get an out of office reply back for every message I send. Small price to pay. #
• First video project of a few for today is now rendering. Sweet. #
• @shareski Go get 'em, Dean. in reply to shareski #
• Giving a presentation on how to give presentations. Need a title. What have you got, tweeps? #
• Whoa. Inbox Zero. I hear that's a thing. #
• Lots of good suggestions for titles, y'all. I'll ponder and let you know. #
• Seriously, you guys. No email in my inbox. I'm back at work on the 9th. Can you help me keep it empty until then? #
• @msstewart Yeah. That's the other inbox. Still digging through that one. My apologies. in reply to msstewart #
• @msstewart Actually, that sounds good, too. in reply to msstewart #
• @podpiper That's my favorite so far. But the audience wouldn't like that one. in reply to podpiper #
• Vacation, I have begun you. #
• @donalynbooks @kcaise @msstewart How might I be of service? in reply to donalynbooks #
• @kcaise I don't have students, but I use it for pretty much everything and as a presentation and resource sharing tool. in reply to kcaise #
• @kcaise @russgoerend uses it to document lots of classroom stuff. You might want to ask him. in reply to kcaise #
• @kcaise if I were in a position to, I might require it as a school tool. in reply to kcaise #
• Snow. How I wish you could've seen Quinn running around, face forward, looking up and shouting "Got one! Got one!" Her face was joy. #
• @chrislehmann So say we all. in reply to chrislehmann #
• Snow still coming. Two inches worth so far. #
• @Louannreid That IS weird. in reply to Louannreid #
• @Cindy_OA Brilliant. in reply to Cindy_OA #
• The 12/13 Radiolab has a short piece on the Feltron annual report that's very good. Cc: @ddmeyer #
• The driveway is shoveled. The snow is still falling. Beautiful. #
• Looks like Longmont got hit way harder than Fort Collins. Sorry, Longmont friends. #
• @mrami2 It's a solid client. I use it. in reply to mrami2 #
• @russgoerend Keynote? in reply to russgoerend #
• @russgoerend It's good. Like you, I don't use most Apple software. Preview's great. Keynote, too. in reply to russgoerend #
• Good thing I had that spare can of Spam Lite in the pantry. Good burrito filler. #snowlunch #
• @russgoerend Nice. in reply to russgoerend #
• @russgoerend There's lots there. in reply to russgoerend #
• Cleaning out my basement office. Just found an original Game Boy. With Tetris. #
• @JMGubbins Perfectly. I, of course, had to test it. in reply to JMGubbins #
• So Colorado "won" Race to the Top the same way I "won" watching dodgeball games in middle school because no one picked me for a team. #
• @davechilders This is a good point. in reply to davechilders #
• At the gym earlier, I realized I'm reading eight different books right now. That might be too many. #
• Gave Ani Toontastic to play with earlier. Best. App. Ever. She's been writing and drawing and acting for the last hour. #
• And now, Ani is teaching Ms. the Teacher how to build stories with the app. #
• @rogerschank @garystager TC Press has said they've been on ebooks for a very long time. in reply to rogerschank #
• @jerridkruse It's a story scaffold with a library of characters and scenery. in reply to jerridkruse #
• @jerridkruse iPad. in reply to jerridkruse #
• About to grill in the snow. #
• Pretty quiet in the backyard, save for the sizzle of the chicken. The garden's blanketed with a deep coat of snow. Resting. Peaceful. #
• @stumpteacher I've lived in Colorado for almost twenty years. Every snow's still a wonderful gift. in reply to stumpteacher #
• I am the worst Words with Friends player in the world. Absolutely rubbish. #
• @stumpteacher Bet you can guess my username. I will likely lose – but I won't let you win. That's the sad part. in reply to stumpteacher #
• @GailDesler Just started. But seemed okay. in reply to GailDesler #
• @stumpteacher And, in this case, I strive for it. in reply to stumpteacher #
• @BiancaH80 I suspect you'll win. Sadly. I'm budtheteacher there if you want to find out. in reply to BiancaH80 #
• @JenAnsbach Water's good. Mix it up by adding ice. in reply to JenAnsbach #
• We might have a Toontastic problem. In a good way. #
• Christmas Eve oatmeal with Quinn. http://t.co/GjDyKYFS #
• @emergentmath Isn't it? My daughters are completely enamored. in reply to emergentmath #
• Through a technical error, I lost access to _The Information_ for several months. Irony abounds. Rediscovered it today. Delightful. #
• @kc_lewis No. The Gleick book. http://t.co/U1zMbgBT in reply to kc_lewis #
• Taking a break from being at rest to say this – (see next tweet) #
• The goal of fiddling w/ learning contexts shouldn't be to formalize informal learning. It should be to push the formal towards the informal. #
• And now back to holiday mode. #
• @bonstewart Family church then Chinese food with our best friends. Then presents. Ms. the Teacher always did Christmas Eve presents. in reply to bonstewart #
• @shareski Smule's Magic Piano isn't quite what you're looking for, but it's an interesting app. in reply to shareski #
• New rule: If the description of your coffee drink won't fit on the cup, you have to announce to the store how you learned about it. #
• Related: if the barista has to take a breath in the middle of the drink announcement, you've got to buy a round at the coffeehouse. #
• Snow on the ground. Sun in the sky. Mister Rogers_ in the background in the pre-baking kitchen. It's a good day. #
• It's you I like. 
  It's not the things you wear. It's not the way you wear your hair. It's you I like. . .

  I (cont) http://t.co/ugfC3ib9 #

• Not watching the Broncos game. It appears that's a good thing. #
• @matt_wimberly Ouch. Merry Christmas to you and yours! And keep an eye on Sean. in reply to matt_wimberly #
• As we are putting these out, Ani asks me if Santa's real.
  "Of course he is."

  "I know, Daddy," she says. http://t.co/9bP8N6DT #

• @BiancaH80 Good deal. Looks great. Merry Christmas. in reply to BiancaH80 #
• Now watching _Home Alone_. Mostly because we can. #

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