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I’ve been reading through/sorting through the many articles I have collected in digital form. I finally realized this morning that I was having trouble keeping them straight and so I’ve decided that I’m going to print them all out and sort them. And then hopefully use many of them in the writing I’m doing this…

With the upcoming holidays, I’ve been thinking about relatives. I have quite a few of them, especially since my parents divorced, giving me two sets plus inlaws to contend with. All my relatives live far away, the nearest being ten hours away. I see my dad and stepmother quite frequently since they are willing to…

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I’m finding myself dragging a little, looking forward just a little too much to Thanksgiving break and then to Christmas break. Part of this is simply the sheer amount of work I have right now that I know will be completed by Christmas. I certainly need the break. But part of it, too, is emotional…

Lots has happened since I last posted. There was lots of catching up to do after the election and I have quite a few irons in the fire in addition to regular work, so it’s been busy. The dissertation is chugging along, slowly but surely. I’m faced with another stack of papers to comment on,…

While there are still races too close to call, here in my neck of PA, we can claim victory. Rick Santorum, out! Curt Weldon, out! Yahoo! Just as an indication of how bit a deal this was, in my precinct, which normally votes 2 to 1 Republican, went democratic in every race. We had about…

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I end the weekend with a sense that I might just make it. I got the chunk of papers that I wanted to comment on done. I have more to do, but it seems much more doable now. I got 4 pages written on the *last* dissertation chapter. It will probably all be rewritten, but…

Since my dissertation directly addresses teaching and learning with technology, I’m constantly thinking about what the implications are of teaching in news ways.  Will Richardson’s post earlier this weekend got me thinking more about what I’m doing and what I think teaching and learning should be.  Will expressed some disgruntlement about the fact that people…

For obvious reasons. I am trying to remain calm and take things one step at a time. I have a plan. I think I’m going to be okay, but until things start to fall into place, I’m going to feel frazzled. Today, I travel down to our Government Building to get trained in election judging,…