The BLC conference in Boston just wrapped up and I’ve been busy catching up on various feeds from my usual reporters such as Dean, Darren, Dave and Will. (DDDW 😉 ) I’ve been interested in how they have been able to keep those of us who are not attending informed of what was going on…
I’ve been looking at my blogroll and realize that it hasn’t changed since I first began blogging. I have spent time getting things organized on the blog and trying to find a voice for myself. I know that I often scan the blogroll of other bloggers but I just didn’t give much thought to my…
Douglas B. Reeves in his book The Learning Leader discusses The Law of Initiative Fatigue. The Law of Initiative Fatigue is my adaptation from the term originally used in the Harvard Business Review. The law states – When resources of time, money and emotional energy are held constant while the number of old, continuing and…
I’ve just enjoyed a fresh glass of lemonade. The summer has been a very hectic one. I’m doing way more work building houses that I thought I would be and this has really cut into the time I was expecting to be doing other things. I have not been keeping up with my reading or…
This past week has been very busy as I have been working in construction/painting fields, something I did before I turned to the profession of education. There have been some really long days which, combined with working in some warm temperatures, have left me with little energy for any type of work except reading. I…
I finally get to blog about Facebook – that social network that seems to gathering more and more users. Now, there has been some discussion regarding the split of users that participate in Facebook and MySpace. I find this interesting and wonder what this impact might have on education and how teens are dividing themselves…
Gaming is one of the things I like to do although, as my children have grown and my career as an educator has taken new dimension, I don’t get to do enough. I’m secretly waiting for my boys to get old enough for an x-box or Wii and then look out! I have always considered…