November 2011
Oh. He did. http://t.co/bxWGGArP
I’d missed reading for fun. Important.
RT @IanTHadden: @DesignAgent007 “@karlfisch: RT @kishizuka: Douglas County Libraries Strikes New Deals With Publishers to Own Ebooks htt …
Just checked election returns. Oh, bother.
Wait, I Wrote a Thesis? →
Earlier today, I received final approval of the final draft of my thesis, “Wait, Am I Blogging?”: An Examination of School-Sponsored Online Writing Spaces, which I defended back in October.
Or, you know, this works, too. http://t.co/h8FBarNH
RT @mcleod: What someone gave my kid for #Halloween trick-or-treating! #gotpeanutbutter http://t.co/HggTYzUh
October 2011
So. NaNoWriMo. I see you there. Not necessarily going to play along. But you’ve got my attention. Just saying.
Tea service for my daughters includes ice cubes. One each.
Caught physicist Brian Green on @scifri talking about multiverse theory. What a fascinating world we live in. Mysteries abound.
RT @MrChase: Things I Know 250 of 365: This school almost made me cry http://t.co/lkRdMCUq
RT @writingproject: Reminder: Registration for the 2011 NWP Annual Meeting closes on October 28: http://t.co/ss3HoC4M #nwpam11
RT @kevinmarks: For those who wanted personal testimony of tech harassment yesterday, @arrington @anildash here’s Some from @skud http: …
But Suppose They Don’t Care →
I had the opportunity today to visit with a class at one of our high schools. It’s a neat class where students are exploring the digital world that their schooling happens within. They’re looking…
Big blog post in my head. Or two or three. Need to get it or them out.
RT @chrislehmann: New Post (at last!) — Parenting, Fear and the Crook of Our Arms — http://t.co/tpjAycIa
So long, Buzz. http://t.co/Frt6Ja9K
Sometimes, I suspect that it’s as much what a teacher doesn’t say as it is what he or she does say. Tricky work here.
Evernote’s new teaching forum. http://t.co/B87nnidX
Week 3 Overview for #p2puedwriting is posted. Just in case you were waiting on it. http://t.co/Qe2En1vt
RT @Larryferlazzo: Next wk,I’ll post 3-part Ed Week series responding 2 “Can Tchrs Be Friends w/Stdts?” incl. pieces by @RickWormeli @Th …
Ani went with _Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots_ from the Bailey School Kids series. In case you were wondering. http://t.co/cbgvtA4c
So. Adobe Captivate. What do I need to know?
A teacher nearby has me attached to her student writing Google Doc Collection. 1st graders. Watching them write is a treat. #whyiwrite
RT @neilhimself: Because I can lie beautiful true things into existence, & let people escape from inside their own heads & see through o …
RT @heoj: So awesome! RT @lpahomov: Weekly staff PD at SLA currently has everybody responding to the #whyiwrite prompt.
RT @dogtrax: Thoughts from WMWP on Common Core http://t.co/xZUsBLx4
RT @wfryer: A few hours remain till the proposal deadline for #k12online11 - Please submit a session idea if you haven’t already!…
The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-17 →
@mssassytude @CBethM DC has relaunched their catalog. All number 1s. Grabbed a digital copy of _Green Lantern Corps_ #1 Not bad. in reply to mssassytude #
@teach42 As Lion has…
Looking forward to tomorrow’s 3:30pm MST webinar w/ @ricktanski and Michael Arsenault on building their online school. http://t.co/JGD8a2EK
RT @AdviceToWriters: Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how. DONALD BARTHELME #amwriting #writing # …
Signed up for Audible today. So now there’s pressure to use my credit in the best possible way.
RT @steveoc: Working my butt off trying to finish multimedia for http://t.co/we8jpA34 Hope more educators sign up. The course starts Monday.
Ended my day by catching the tail end of a DLC teacher research meeting. Sweet.
Just tried fiddling with everything I knew to fiddle with to get a thin client booting up. Turns out it wasn’t plugged in. Man.
RT @msstewart: Pirates or kids with library cards http://t.co/0prZ83LM Made me think of @budtheteacher :)
RT @DenverArtMuseum: See the CU study about online job hunting cutting unemployment time? http://ow.ly/6QrjY We’re hiring. http://ow.ly/ …
Spaghetti and meatballs on this chilly and rainy day. Yum.
Saturday. Coffee. Some reading. A little exercise. Errands with the children. Checking in on our writing course. Going to be a great day.
Brought home a novel that @SVVSDLibraries saved for me. Been saving it for when I finished the thesis. Looking forward to reading it.
At least I made an impression: “he came across as rather creepy to me.” http://j.mp/re3llO
RT @shareski: @budtheteacher You’d be proud of me. http://t.co/oktToNyK sent this out to a bunch of colleagues.
Last action in this meeting - condemning the facilitator for poor agenda.
RT @DanAgins: @budtheteacher I named my ip@d “almost obsolete.” I often wondered if apple would engrave that on the back for me when I b …
The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-03 →
@micwalker Thanks. in reply to micwalker #
Being called “thoughtful” by @audreywatters is like winning a writing prize. Good point about Facebook subscriptions. …
Homemade burgers and fries. Thesis comfort food. Then back to the madness. Final push in the next 36 hours.
Took Ms. the Teacher to dinner as an early birthday celebration. Boy am I fond of her.
RT @jnetman1: Just posted instructions for network deployment of #ubermix at http://t.co/qZulCCBG Management types should be pleased :)
Seriously. Did you read this yet? http://t.co/9xY8CfAJ
September 2011
Sometimes you should do something that’s just worth doing, not because there’s a badge waiting for you when you’re done. Lots of times.