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Dear Apple, Remember when Safari wouldn’t crash every five minutes on my iPhone? Me, too. That...
Oct 1st
One last time. http://www.letters2president.org/ There’ll be something like 16,000 letters...
Oct 1st
How many of you clicked on http://www.letters2president.org/ , even though I started with an...
Oct 1st
Writing Our Future: Letters to the Next...
Oct 1st
Got my copy of the first EJ in five years that my wife and I don’t have a piece in. Feels...
Oct 1st
The House is having trouble with its web presence. Because the people are actually using it....
Oct 1st
Even the German spam I get is for … well, you know. Some words just pop right out at you.
Oct 1st
Re-tweet from @twoodwar: “Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.” - Nabokov
Oct 1st
Re-tweet from @skylinelibrary: “The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.”...
Oct 1st
How do you “return an e-mail message” to someone? Are those e-mail disclaimers all...
Oct 1st
Whoa. Gapminder continues to get more and more interesting. http://gapminder.org
Oct 1st
Ever get the day of the week wrong? Yeah. Me, neither.
Oct 1st
Hmm. Also an invite to a DEN regional conference. Wondering, if I’m not a Discovery Streaming...
Oct 1st
Took a quick glance at my NCTE presentation schedule. Plenty of fun stuff!
Oct 1st
Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation planning meeting today. Trying to figure out how to move...
Sep 30th
Quick hi went well. Eager to hear more about folks’ impressions of their first day of NJPLP....
Sep 29th
About to say good morning to my friends and colleagues at NJPLP.
Sep 29th
Out & About: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 28th
Off to cheer on my wife as she runs a 10k. Bringing a cheering section along.
Sep 28th
Out & About: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 28th
Feeling brave. Going to explore a Laconi.ca installation.
Sep 28th
Teaser’s up. http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=249
Sep 28th
Clearly we need filtered Internet if a presidential candidate dropping the s-bomb gets us all...
Sep 28th
Willow Springs Neighborhood Association, Sep 25, 2008:...
Sep 27th
Online Literacy Is a Lesser Kind -...
Sep 27th
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Sep 27th
Lehrer reins in two dodgy answers. Well done.
Sep 27th
I guess “political” is relative. http://tinyurl.com/3nyu97
Sep 27th
Beginning to watch the debate. Jim Lehrer is the man. Pulling no punches with the first question.
Sep 27th
Coming Soon
Sep 27th
DVRing the debate. Family ice cream can’t be time-shifted.
Sep 27th
Spending the day embedded at one of our elementary schools. Should be fun.
Sep 26th
Willow Springs Neighborhood Association, Sep 25, 2008:...
Sep 26th
“Prosperity belongs to those who can learn new things the fastest.”
Sep 26th
“A part of us remains wherever we have been.”
Sep 26th
Two keepers from the family fortune cookies tonight. One futury, the other sentimental. Both to...
Sep 26th
Synchronicity. Just heard “WTF” in an NPR story on texting in schools. FCC?
Sep 26th
After two meetings, a quick lunch, and a few phone calls, I’m back to the mileage report....
Sep 26th
Excel. Line graph. 2 data points. Want data in rightmost cell to be graphed first. How do I tell...
Sep 26th
Hmm. Is “shizzle” a “bad” word?
Sep 26th
I know the meaning. I guess “Is WTF a ‘bad’ word?” is kind of the same...
Sep 26th
Compiling mileage for the last quarter. I’m frightened.
Sep 25th
Ever forget what year it is? I just did. Think my cold’s not yet gone.
Sep 25th
Wish I was going to K12 Open Minds. For so many reasons. http://www.k12openminds.org/
Sep 25th
“Daddy, it’s starting to be fall on the trees.” Ani’s an observant kid.
Sep 25th
Busy day - working with middle school librarians and teachers on some new multimedia carts...
Sep 25th
Two elementary schools and a district level training on some new equipment today. My children lose...
Sep 25th
8:30 - 8:45am - Mingling/Networking/C... -...
Sep 24th
Not
Sep 24th
This(CCK Weekly Chat #2) is a really important conversation. Worth your time....
Sep 24th
“Participation in a real way in real society …isn’t simple …” but is...
Sep 24th
New post: “Not.” http://budtheteacher.com/blog
Sep 24th
Must think more about “dead connections.”
Sep 24th
“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” - Marvin...
Sep 24th
Listening to CCK weekly chat 2 as I start for home.
Sep 24th
Language is still my favorite technology. Ever.
Sep 24th
My district’s PD models. There are some good things here. http://tinyurl.com/3r2bbj
Sep 24th
Looking at data on effectiveness of “professional development.” Not so effective. Unless...
Sep 24th
“You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.”...
Sep 24th
Heading to a class on how to teach classes. Always good to be thoughtful about how I teach.
Sep 24th
Just had a lightsaber fight with Teagan. Pure joy. Thank you, Phone Saber!
Sep 23rd
I had no idea - or had forgotten - that @mahlness had started an XO Ning. Joined....
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
Is it pretty much ALWAYS bad practice to try to avoid parental permission/notification?
Sep 22nd
The Lie of Community - K12Online Teaser
Sep 22nd
Not sure if this was a good idea. But I did it anyway. K12Online Teaser....
Sep 22nd
Oh. XO’s got a GUI for updating in build 760. Cool. http://tinyurl.com/4rqmek
Sep 21st
The Monkees’ “Last Train to Clarksville” is a song for kids? Hmm …
Sep 21st
Louis Armstrong on the kids’ channel? Nice.
Sep 21st
Updating Madeline’s XO to Build 711. We’re getting going agian with our learning next...
Sep 21st
I wish I’d thought of the name “Sippy Cups” for a kid’s band. Slick.
Sep 21st
Justin Roberts is frequently played, too. I like that dude’s style.
Sep 21st
Good conversation brewing @plugusin’s regarding Sen. Obama’s vision for classrooms....
Sep 21st
So the iTunes Genius Sidebar is the MiniStore with a cooler name?
Sep 21st
Sweet Jehoshaphat. As I type her name, she emerges again.
Sep 21st
Laurie Berknerr, I’m sure, <3’s Sirius Kids. They play her every third song.
Sep 21st
Just had a haircut. Was told I’m too young to have such bushy eyebrows. Thanks?
Sep 21st
Checking in on the pre-conference conversations at the NCTE Ning. Join up if you’re...
Sep 21st
Happy Saturday, tweets. Headed to gymnastics a little later. Then a wicked serious game of Settlers...
Sep 20th
Lisa Loeb has a kid’s album. Sweet.
Sep 20th
At gymnastics. Going to try to do some writing.
Sep 20th
Ani likes chicken wings. Lots. Teagan, not so much. But, hey. She’s pretty much a baby -...
Sep 20th
I guess I should delete my old blog. Still getting links there.
Sep 20th
Oh, and yaaarrr. Can’t forget to talk like a pirate. Think they like parrot wings?
Sep 20th
Following high school students on Twitter often adds a level of extra excitement to my day. And a...
Sep 19th
I grow weary of “It isn’t about the technology, it’s about the learning.”...
Sep 19th
Good day, me hearties. I fear that the pirate voice that I hear most often is that of Captain...
Sep 19th
New blog post: The Funky Hybrid. http://tinyurl.com/3qydbr
Sep 19th
The Funky Hybrid
Sep 19th
MediaShift | PBS
Sep 19th
Obligatory “Twitter’s changed” tweet. Insert witty remark here.
Sep 19th
“I’m not writing it down to remember it later. I’m writing it down to remember it...
Sep 19th
Listening to a This American Life piece on scambaiters. Where’s the line between helping and...
Sep 19th
Ad in Twitteriffic for Field Notes Brand notebooks. Like their tagline. http://fieldnotesbrand.com
Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
Willow Springs Neighborhood Association, Sep 18, 2008:...
Sep 19th
So when, do you think, will Google open a school?
Sep 18th
My high school still smells the same as it did 14 years ago. Brings back memories. That’s both...
Sep 18th
You wish @myrag had a blog, too. Cool stuff with Google Apps. Systemic change-y type stuff.
Sep 18th
Never joke about Wordle. Or Twitter. It’ll come back to bite you.
Sep 18th
Today was Constitution Day. Hope you mentioned it at school. It’s the law....
Sep 18th
Epson has an online community? And I’m a member? I think social networks just jumped the...
Sep 18th
Today’s (prose) poem: The US Bill of Rights. http://tinyurl.com/3maguw
Sep 18th
Huh. I’ll be following this. Go get ‘em @jimgroom. Help us all learn to survive....
Sep 18th
Listening to @myrag talk about her high school’s “Wired” course. Too cool. I wish...
Sep 18th
Animoto knows I’m mocking it. Not playing nicely with me.
Sep 18th
Only 711 podcasts left to download before my dadblamed phone is back in business. I’m grateful...
Sep 18th
Seems like Gov. Palin and I have something in common. (Not lipstick.) Confusion about what’s...
Sep 18th
Just made my first Wordle. Made a joke that got really, really out of hand.
Sep 18th
I will probably be struck by lightning.
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
Dear iMovie, It’s hard to click and drag what I want to click and drag. Why’d you do...
Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
The Edjurist - Information on School and...
Sep 17th
Is Will Wright's new game, Spore, about...
Sep 17th
Any wise Yahoo Pipers out there? Seeking your counsel.
Sep 17th
Just booked my flight for NCTE. Back to San Antonio.
Sep 17th
It seems criminal to me that we would ever need to train a child to fill in a bubble. But we do need...
Sep 17th
Listening to some school librarians discuss the TRAILS assessment.
Sep 17th
Just debugged a Moodle Uh oh. Sweet.
Sep 17th
Thinking about how to frame my K12 presentation on “The Lie of Community.” Lots of...
Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
Oh, and ignore the tense changes in the previous tweet. Clearly, I’m bad at framing...
Sep 16th
Here’s a little more info about NotK12Online. Sure hope you’ll participate....
Sep 16th
Just tested Comotiv. Alternative to Elluminate. Looks handy. Anyone out there using it? Pros? Cons?
Sep 16th
Pretend you’re going to put a bunch of delicious tag feeds into one mondo feed. And you used...
Sep 16th
phaedrus » Blog Archive » My Basic Toolbox
Sep 16th
Where We Stand
Sep 16th
Lots of cool responses to “Donuts with Dads.” I read with my girls daily - does that...
Sep 16th
Just saw a teacher’s advertisement for “Donuts with Dads.” I dig the idea, for a...
Sep 16th
Need to answer this question: How much storage space should I need for Moodle for the district for...
Sep 15th
Why do folks fight for close parking at the gym?
Sep 15th
Oh, and the Genius has been collecting information from my library for the last ten hours. Should I...
Sep 15th
Helping an elementary lab manager put Twitter on her tech blog for her students.
Sep 15th
I only saw the first quarter of yesterday’s Broncos/Chargers game. I’ve got it...
Sep 15th
Okay - @mwesch “context collapse” has shown up on my radar three times this week. Worth...
Sep 13th
It’s Saturday, so you know where I am. That’s right. Gymnastics.
Sep 13th
Um. Apparently, iPhonese for “dinner” is “Donne.” My bad.
Sep 13th
Home from a nice Donne out with my family. Ran into a former student. Nice.
Sep 13th
It’s raining. And I am wearing a tie. In Colorado, neither of these things happen very much.
Sep 12th
Today’s 366 photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/budtheteacher/2849660724/
Sep 12th
Okay. So today’s an interesting day. Tomorrow will be, too. Lunch and a speech from Roy Romer....
Sep 12th
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Sep 12th
Sep 11, 2008: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 12th
I guess, at some point, once all the pages are selected and the problem sets chosen, the teacher can...
Sep 12th
Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should. Just saying.
Sep 12th
Listening to a training. Advantage of digital plans, according to presenter, is that teacher only...
Sep 12th
Crazy rusty orange sunrise this morning. Beautiful. Changing color as I type. Almost yellow now....
Sep 11th
Okay. What was worth reading today?
Sep 11th
And that’s Wednesday. Finally sitting down to check e-mail. Whew. Got to meet with my XO...
Sep 11th
Sep 10, 2008: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 10th
Sep 10, 2008: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 10th
Today’s (prose) poem: “Small (dance) steps to independence” by Rob Wall....
Sep 10th
Really? It’s still only Tuesday?
Sep 10th
Longmont, Sep 9, 2008: Uploaded with AirMe
Sep 9th
Re-tweet: @pgoerner is seeking suggestions of books with faces on the cover for a display he’s...
Sep 9th
Enjoying a free cup of coffee in between school stops. Thanks, Starbucks! (Free coffee for educators...
Sep 9th
About to talk with some 9th graders about their digital footprints. Is their anything online about...
Sep 9th
Good Tuesday, tweets. Paperwork this morning, teaching about digital footprints later today.
Sep 9th
Some pretty interesting cyberbullying going on on that news article. Ironic, or just sad?
Sep 9th
Wikispaces did it. And will continue to. Good on them. http://tinyurl.com/68ml62
Sep 9th
You ever get the feeling that folks don’t care so much about you being right so long as...
Sep 9th
Follow up to the Windsor MySpace debacle, as reported by @willrich45: http://tinyurl.com/6yejxp...
Sep 9th
Dearest Bluehost, why do you deny me access to my stuff?
Sep 8th
A quiet weekend offline for the most part until now. What’s good?
Sep 8th
Drafting a blog post. And waving to Ani through the window. Mostly waving.
Sep 6th
Excellent piece on microblogging and weak ties in the NYTimes Magazine on Sunday....
Sep 6th
At gymnastics with Ani. Watching the grownups watching the kids.
Sep 6th
“Education is the civil rights issue of this century.” - John McCain
Sep 6th
You know you’ve gotten out of the blog commenting habit when it takes so long to dash off a...
Sep 6th
Starting to watch McCain’s speech.
Sep 5th
Just saw a dude streaming Cindy McCain’s speech, laptop held high. I guess the laptop is the...
Sep 5th
Thinking about a “digital footprint” presentation I’ll be giving to 9th graders...
Sep 5th
Listening to the convention as I start the drive home.
Sep 5th
Talk about a broken metaphor.
Sep 4th
I have a great deal of respect for McCain, but does every speaker need to remind us of the arm...
Sep 4th
I found this to be an exceptionally well written and mostly dead on take on NotK12Online....
Sep 4th
Putting the RNC on pause for a bit. I dig the DVR.
Sep 4th
I also dig PBS, where the speakers actually are the folks who do most of the talking.
Sep 4th
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Sep 4th
Configuring my second iPhone. A replacement due to a bad GPS & microcracks. Restore is pretty...
Sep 3rd
Discussing a coming technology professional development audit by McREL. Wondering what they’re...
Sep 3rd
Re-tweet from @garystager: CMK to do a pre-Educon event. Sweet. http://tinyurl.com/6mb5rn
Sep 3rd
Re-tweet, via @wbass3: NCTE Conference Ning is now open. Go ahead and sign up, y’all, if...
Sep 3rd
I knew buying a closed platform was a short-term deal with the devil. I just didn’t realize...
Sep 2nd
Good morning tweets. Starting blogs with 9th graders again today. Too cool.
Sep 2nd
Realizing that, with Chrome, if it works, Android just got a great deal more interesting. And,...
Sep 2nd
Paying bills. Yuck.
Sep 2nd
Home from a weekend in Monument. Nice to be home.
Sep 1st
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Sep 1st