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Day 44: It will all work out Originally uploaded by lorda. This has been a week when I’ve needed to repeat this phrase to myself over and over again. Both of the kids got the flu. There was ice and snow. There was lots of work to get done. There has been no food in…
Hooray! I love this article about how we need to stop focusing on teaching handwriting. There are many other ways to get words onto a screen. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
I’ve felt out of sorts for the last couple of days without any symptoms of something specific. I felt run down, cold, almost feverish, but no sign of congestion or actual fever. I’ve chalked it up to a 40 degree drop in temperature–truly caused by the weather. Although I went to work yesterday, I just…
Here’s some links I’ve collected, but not written about. Educause’s attempt to keep the anti-piracy provisions out of the latest education bill. Sadly, they were unsuccessful. (via Gardner) Bryan links to his podcast on digital storytelling. He’s always worth listening to. Liz Losh writes about Wesch’s video and responses to it. Haven’t had a chance…
As it happens, my institution has published a news story with quotes from many of the faculty about how they feel about students publishing their college work online. I have to say I have mixed feelings about what many of them say. I have to respectfully disagree with what the final respondent says: “All you…
Yesterday, I read an article in the Chronicle by James Lang where he urges teachers to dispel the myth that freshmen will be transformed by their first year of college. Faculty tend to believe that students will have their minds opened and change their worldviews (usually in response to their own classes). He says this…
One thing we discussed as we prepared for our talk at ELI 2008 was that we should all confront our own personal fears and some of us did that. Barbara talked about fear as a faculty member using blogs to teach of being exposed, making a mistake, or generally looking stupid in front of her…
Valerie’s comment below got me to thinking even more, especially about this little tidbit: Among other things, this means that if you are a two-earner couple, if you are going to get the kid-rearing job done adequately, at least one parent needs to have a job with some serious flexibility. She goes on to explain…
I have been thinking about writing this for a couple of days. And then I ran into Aspazia’s post commenting on the Dear Cary letter from Salon about mom identity crisis. Let’s just say I can relate. Those of you who have met me personally or who are long time readers will know that I’ve…
I left this really long comment on Alan’s blog and thought it deserved its own space. We all discussed this to some extent while at the conference and obviously, I had a lot of thoughts. Thanks Alan, for spurring them again. Here’s the comment: I have a love/hate relationship with conferences. On the one hand,…
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