Well, I’ve been tagged by Janet Cleary. Thanks Janet. First, the rules: First, the Rules: 1) Post these rules before you give your facts 2) List 8 random facts about yourself 3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them 4) Leave a comment on their…
Communication. It’s something that most people don’t usually think about and when they do they believe they’re pretty good at since, well, it’s how the world moves. In the f2f world, spoken communication is only one way we get a message. The body language of the person, tone of voice, inflections, speed of speech and other…
I’ve just returned from a week of holidaying and relaxing. I was away from access to all technology and that was good. I enjoyed not going through my gmail, RSS feeds, email, Classroom2.0, twitter, blogs and online information. Now that I’m back, I’ve spent time sifting through these and getting caught up which, to my…
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…
