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Reading McLuhan with a cup of coffee beside me on the table.Hiked with the girls to a waterfall this...

Jul 31st

.@injenuity “Prediction and control consist in avoiding this subliminal state of Narcissus...

Jul 31st

“Any medium has the power of imposing its own assumption on the unwary.” McLuhon -...

Jul 31st

Home.

Jul 31st

“Newton, in an age of clocks, managed to present the physical universe in the image of a...

Jul 31st

Headed out for some time on the Arkansas River. Then grilling. Then some porch sitting. Little hike...

Jul 29th

Grilling. Post-river bliss.

Jul 29th

Why so few classroom teachers in there?

Jul 29th

Now for some MarioKart.

Jul 29th

Watching the sun drop behind a mountain from the deck of a fine mountain cabin. Rough life....

Jul 29th

Read the rest of that EJ issue while listening to the rain. Powerful essays up front. Not so much...

Jul 29th

Eight minutes to yum. http://twitpic.com/bythg

Jul 29th

Interesting. I still think it’s the wrong device, but the right attitude about implementation....

Jul 28th

Today’s mountain appetizers - chili cheese Fritos. Beautiful views. Tasty snacks. All is well.

Jul 28th

Punky’s in Buena Vista. Yum.

Jul 28th

Some light reading for this trip. All about options. http://twitpic.com/bru32

Jul 28th

Cookies: Discuss. http://bit.ly/12GX0h (via @whitehouse)

Jul 28th

Important conversation between Smagorinsky and Hillocks in the July _English Journal_....

Jul 28th

They sell a pizza here called “Godzilla.” Darn right we ordered one.

Jul 28th

Are words thoughts or actions? I think you’ll agree that the answer is clearly “it...

Jul 27th

Home from camping. Mostly lovely weather, a bit of rain. Beautiful Colorado. Teagan’s first...

Jul 27th

Emptying out the camera so that I can fill it up again. On the road to Buena Vista in the morning.

Jul 27th

I rather like this one. “A Clearing in the Woods” by Thomas P. Lynch http://bit.ly/u1Ud6

Jul 25th

Still appreciated, though. What else’ve we got?

Jul 25th

Still open to your suggestions, though.

Jul 25th

Darn the cold. I’m going into the woods anyway.

Jul 25th

Lots of quick Frost-ian “The Road Not Taken” suggestions - which is ironic for a couple...

Jul 25th

Need a good “I’m off in the woods”-y poem to stick in my Out of Office message for...

Jul 25th

I asked her to make sure to pack me one, too. When in Rome.

Jul 25th

Powering down for the next two days. See you on the other side.

Jul 25th

Loading up the minivan. With pillows. To go camping. My age advances.

Jul 25th

Grabbing some firewood. Wife’s packing pillows. Pillows. For camping?

Jul 25th

I’d feel bad that I didn’t know that the handle to te pan was in the little cup, but the...

Jul 25th

.@tracyrosen: Good one. http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww260.html

Jul 25th

Race to the Top. Seems like maybe the wrong folks’re in the best position to run and win that...

Jul 25th

Watching a 9-12 year old on her cell phone at the restaurant dinner table. During dinner. With her...

Jul 24th

I think Flipchartapalooza was a success. Useful. Still need a better way to share flipcharts in...

Jul 24th

Such a day.

Jul 24th

Good morning, tweets. Two days of Flipchartapalooza kick off this morning. Should be fun.

Jul 22nd

My good friend was just commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the National Guard. Huzzah.

Jul 22nd

Busy morning. Flipchartapalooza is now showing up on iPhone spellcheck. Is that a good sign or a bad...

Jul 22nd

This, too. http://bit.ly/18m1km

Jul 22nd

Networks, are, of course, media.

Jul 22nd

Plenty of good questions in the comments of my “Reading Social Networks” post....

Jul 22nd

I’ll be adding this into the mix at some point - “Interrogating Media.”...

Jul 22nd

The Weather Channel says Fort Connlins got over an inch of rain in a half an hour. Man. Hope...

Jul 21st

TORNADO WARNING http://is.gd/1FULC SW Denver… extreme west Central Adams.extre… Read...

Jul 21st

Hang in there, storm drain. You’re doing fine.

Jul 21st

Holy hail, Batman.

Jul 21st

Wow. No rain to crazy hail and torrential downpour in under seven minutes.

Jul 21st

Ani likes the bears. and organizing them. http://twitpic.com/b24cq

Jul 21st

New post: “Reading Social Networks” http://bit.ly/wfZzR

Jul 21st

Brain hurts. In a good way.

Jul 21st

Listening to the rain and thinking about rhetorical analysis of moving targets....

Jul 21st

How do you read social networks? http://budtheteacher.com/blog

Jul 21st

Reading Social Networks

Jul 21st

Lesson Plans on Promethean Planet

Jul 21st

Rats. Good teacher. Fine writer.

Jul 20th

Frank McCourt, author of “Angela’s Ashes,” dies at 78; obituary coming soon at...

Jul 20th

I still have a couple of page of _Teacher Man_ to finish. And have for years. I have trouble ending...

Jul 20th

Just took the girls through a quick tour of http://wechoosethemoon.com We like the movies.

Jul 20th

Wasn’t expecting rain tonight. Loving it.

Jul 20th

This didn’t go like I thought it’d go at all. But it was still quite useful....

Jul 20th

Good morning, tweets. Headed out to do some work with new elementary school teachers in a bit....

Jul 20th

Seven Things I Might Not Otherwise Write Here

Jul 20th

CITE Journal Article

Jul 20th

COMMUNITYGUIDLELINES | Vail Colorado |...

Jul 20th

Underland Press

Jul 20th

Some important questions in that post. And the comments. http://bit.ly/qWNVo

Jul 19th

All those nooks and crannies. The English muffin’s prime marketing tool is literally air and...

Jul 19th

Howard Rheingold explains 21st Century Literacies http://bit.ly/1o8HN (via @BoingBoing)

Jul 19th

Huh. EtherPad as a live chat tool. Multiple threads in multiple places, rather than one linear...

Jul 19th

Listening to radio static while I work. http://wechoosethemoon.org Creepy and other-worldly.

Jul 19th

Prime marketing feature, I guess I should say.

Jul 19th

The books on my nightstand look like the late stages of a Jenga game. Or a Harry Potter set piece.

Jul 18th

Seriously. Walter Cronkite. What a guy.

Jul 18th

Walter Cronkite (RIP) was a great journalist and a great broadcaster; those are different—but...

Jul 18th

My favorite story in the book - the fictitious football game. Priceless.

Jul 18th

How much reading and writing instruction is a socially agreed upon fiction?

Jul 18th

Rereading Chapter 6 while I get some exercise in. http://twitpic.com/aryu8

Jul 18th

Breakfast with the girls. Mommy’s out of state. Performing a wedding. Weird week.

Jul 18th

.@learningdonna’s tweeting poems today. Nice.

Jul 18th

Good reminder. http://twitpic.com/as6y5

Jul 18th

Interesting piece on how language may influence thought. http://www.newsweek.com/id/205985

Jul 17th

Delightful. Ani danced until there was no more dancing to be done. Was a pleasure to watch.

Jul 17th

Near Denver? Free performances of Merchant of Venice in the next few weeks:...

Jul 17th

The Podcast: EtherPad & Collaborative Writing

Jul 17th

The Innovative Educator: ALL TEXT MESSAGING...

Jul 16th

Steak & eggs for the Apollo 11 astronauts “this morning.” http://wechoosethemoon.com

Jul 16th

http://wechoosethemoon.com/ 55 minutes until launch.

Jul 16th

My wife got “ordained” today so that she can officiate a friend’s wedding this...

Jul 16th

I love the idea of history as theater here. http://wechoosethemoon.com

Jul 16th

RT @acarvin Follow @ap11_capcom and @ap11_spacecraft for a Twitter play-by-play of the launch...

Jul 16th

New Podcast: EtherPad & Collaborative Writing. http://budtheteacher.com

Jul 16th

It happened 40 years ago, and I’m still getting nervous and excited....

Jul 16th

Can I just say that I really, really dislike video conversion? Lots?

Jul 16th

I hope the translunar injection maneuver is a go. http://wechoosethemoon.com

Jul 16th

Learning lots today about encoders and containers. Painful learning. But learning.

Jul 16th

QuickTime races. Who’ll win? http://bit.ly/PaH63

Jul 16th

Trying to get Learning 2.0: Writing Matters down on paper.

Jul 16th

But first, a WP break.

Jul 16th

YouTube - United Breaks Guitars

Jul 15th

Social Mediation | Cosmic Variance | Discover...

Jul 15th

Purchased a http://premium.wpmudev.org/ subscription today. See lots there to like.

Jul 15th

28 hours until I publish whatever’s in there. Feeling up to it? Feeling revisory? You’re...

Jul 15th

Was NotK12Online of value to anyone at all last year?

Jul 15th

I guess I’m thinking I can accomplish the goals of the thing in a different way.

Jul 15th

Is it me or are these long summer days actually quite short?

Jul 15th

Family rock out to Joey Scarbury’s “Believe It or Not.” Because we can.

Jul 15th

Course submission for Promethean user groups is complete. Now awaiting approval.

Jul 15th

It’s wrong to turn off your music so that you can hear the loud conversation occurring on the...

Jul 15th

I didn’t think so.

Jul 15th

Always nice to talk to @bhwilkoff. Smart dude.

Jul 14th

Discovered just the plugin I need for WPMU. Behind a pay wall. Probably need to pay. Looks that...

Jul 14th

zengestrom.com: Why some social network...

Jul 13th

Exploratorium: About Us

Jul 13th

Spotlight on DML | Creating the Next...

Jul 13th

dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive »...

Jul 13th

Batch Create » description - WordPress MU...

Jul 13th

Many things to like about this. http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/ Relive Apollo 11 in real time. (Hat...

Jul 13th

Neighbor kid I don’t know singing a song I also don’t know. It sounds really, really...

Jul 13th

Suppose we wrote from time to time in a way that our students could see us at work. That would be...

Jul 13th

Quick note in the chat here. http://etherpad.com/aG3NK5UuB9 Now back to...

Jul 13th

Headed back inside. Enjoy your day, tweets.

Jul 13th

New Post (But not so new): “Teagan’s Blue Crayon” http://budtheteacher.com/blog

Jul 13th

Rough life.

Jul 13th

Birthday dinner at Rodizio’s. Was a little disapponted, but the company was excellent. Now...

Jul 13th

It’s just another manic Monday.

Jul 13th

John’s on to something here: http://bit.ly/huWq0

Jul 13th

All the family is now home. Quiet. I like that.

Jul 13th

There. Now maybe it’ll get stuck in your head rather than mine.

Jul 13th

Happy Monday, tweets. Hoping to solve my LDAP dilemma this morning. Wish me luck.

Jul 13th

Teagan’s Blue Crayon

Jul 13th

Yum.

Jul 12th

Fin. http://twitpic.com/a2b2z

Jul 12th

Progress. http://twitpic.com/a2aaj

Jul 12th

Sizzle. http://twitpic.com/a28it

Jul 12th

You ever just stop and think about how big, and I mean really, really big, the whole world is?...

Jul 12th

Teachers say “amazing” too much. The word loses all meaning when everything is amazing.

Jul 12th

Exclamation points are also overused. If everything’s an exclamation, then nothing is.

Jul 12th

Made a lemony good sauce with the fish. Lemon garnish. Teagan ate the garnish. Just the garnish.

Jul 11th

For that matter, ketchup itself is weird. http://twitpic.com/9wm0m

Jul 11th

When the fish hater is out of town, the fish lover can serve fish. Yum.

Jul 11th

Ketchup taps are weird.

Jul 11th

Of course, why help people make the case that learning is easily measured?

Jul 11th

No clue what I’m taking about? A little discovery reading for you. http://www.go… Read...

Jul 11th

More broad.

Jul 11th

One reason I am more and more liking the word “composition” rather than...

Jul 11th

Didn’t look at the Etherpad today. Until now. Folks’ve been busy. Time to start pulling...

Jul 11th

http://etherpad.com/aG3NK5UuB9 I very much like Stephen’s reminders that writing is in the...

Jul 11th

“Social Media is not a monolith. It doesn’t tell you what to do. There are no...

Jul 11th

Wal-Mart has Twitter conversation guidelines. I kind of like them....

Jul 11th

In laws coming in. Half birthday party for Ani tomorrow. Should get interesting.

Jul 11th

Registering Ani for soccer after her party today. They’ll take the van away without a kid in...

Jul 11th

I Remain Certain . . .

Jul 11th

WPMU Ldap Plugin » Documentation

Jul 10th

Including @AASL standards in your lessons? Congratulations, you just violated th… Read More:...

Jul 10th

The girls are home from Grandma’s and sleeping peacefully. All is almost right with my world.

Jul 10th

Clint Eastwood movie or documentary on free speech and the 1st Amendment. A difficult choice.

Jul 10th

Recording both. Watching the documentary. Piece on Ward Churchill and McCarthyism. Trying to keep an...

Jul 10th

Fighting LDAP in Moodle. Please, LDAP. I need you to work. (Any suggestions, tweets? Been through...

Jul 10th

So many good questions. Play. Tinker. http://etherpad.com/aG3NK5UuB9

Jul 10th

I can’t make, drink, or think of coffee without thinking of Ishmael Wong. Good guy....

Jul 10th

Just what kind of car did I buy, I wonder? And what does this button do? http://twitpic.com/9sevs

Jul 10th

Lots here. In a day or two, it’s time to start revising. Right now, just get it down....

Jul 10th

.@WillyB: I’m going to call them movers. And sell them for lots of money. They’re going...

Jul 10th

When Teagan wakes up, she begins calling out to her sister in the next room. Cute, but drives Ani...

Jul 10th

About doingText - doingtext

Jul 9th

STFU, Parents

Jul 9th

Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.

Jul 9th

If I ended this little experiment tonight, I’d be happy - but I’m looking forward to...

Jul 9th

Enabled Postini on My Bluehost account. Soooo worth the money already.

Jul 9th

Just confirmed with our new executive director that blogging about work is ok. “Of...

Jul 9th

New wheels. http://twitpic.com/9qtcl

Jul 9th

.@PaulV8 Not yet. Except in the sense that many of us all learning how to use it at the moment.

Jul 9th

Join us, if you want to. We’re writing. Together. http://etherpad.com/aG3NK5UuB9

Jul 9th

Let’s pretend that you’re going to make the case for connected learning. What is it that...

Jul 8th

NECC generates more questions than answers for me… New post: “SCIENCE :...

Jul 8th

Homemade French Toast Casserole in the office today. Dangerous.

Jul 8th

Continuing to struggle with creative ways to compensate people for their time.

Jul 8th

.@juliafallon: Yes. It. Is. Excellent find.

Jul 8th

Oh. Try moving a tab in Firefox 3.5. You get a little preview. Now if only the web worked properly...

Jul 8th

Challenge: Large international education conference comes to your town. Chance to do something...

Jul 8th

RT @karlfisch: It’s time to stop complaining and do something.

Jul 8th

Thanks, tweets. Useful thoughts.

Jul 8th

Seriously. How cool are these? (iTunes link)...

Jul 8th

Frequently Asked Questions - FreeReading

Jul 7th

How blogs changed everything | Salon Books

Jul 7th

The Interview Question You Should Always Ask...

Jul 7th

Or maybe “We Blog.”

Jul 7th

Perhaps “Bloggers Blogging.”

Jul 7th

Creating a Gallery at the NCTE Gallery of Writing. Thinking it’ll be for educational bloggers....

Jul 7th

Ani made a fort today. I’m jealous. http://twitpic.com/9jfyu

Jul 7th

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best....

Jul 7th

Brainstorming with @karlfisch and @mporterlps. Always leads to trouble.

Jul 7th

Giving myself an hour with this blog post. Going to build a decent front page for St. Vrain Blogs....

Jul 7th

RT @joemcbreen: Interactive whiteboard/slate/clickers - any surface - thoughts? http://bit.ly/PfDE9...

Jul 7th

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, “What are we busy about?”...

Jul 7th

Please welcome, if you’ve not already, @joemcbreen, Executive Director of Instructional...

Jul 7th

Wish I had more time to explore this right now - perhaps you do....

Jul 7th

Thinking about the merits of “free money” versus the strings it comes with. (Debating a...

Jul 7th

Just caught up with @dkuropatwa; reminded him to embrace his inner Liza. I’ll let him explain...

Jul 7th

It’s a breezy front porch day. I like breezy front porch days. So do the girls....

Jul 6th

Pizza run.

Jul 6th

I guess we can throw away that last can of dog food now.

Jul 6th

I missed my chance to predict the “there are bloggers who are real jerks” posts from...

Jul 6th

Netflix - Let’s not pretend that it’s my connection. I know that you don’t want to...

Jul 6th

Listening to _Thomas Jefferson_ by Ken Burns via Netflix. I love the instant PBS section.

Jul 6th

Bills.

Jul 6th

Back on the porch. That kind of day.

Jul 6th

My burger was pink and warm and wonderful in the middle. Huzzah.

Jul 5th

Burgers on the grill in a while.

Jul 5th

Ruining a good burger because someone believes “well done” is a tasty option. Not my...

Jul 5th

Teagan doesn’t mind the rain. Neither do I. http://twitpic.com/9c4h1

Jul 5th

Soon to be yum. http://twitpic.com/9bvor

Jul 5th

Full rain in Fort Collins. Thunderstorm. Fun.

Jul 5th

Burger magic to begin shortly.

Jul 5th

When it comes to fire or explosions, people pretty much turn into idiots.

Jul 5th

Fireworks.

Jul 5th

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson...

Jul 5th

Playing Farkle and listening to the rain.

Jul 5th

Haggling over the cost of a minivan. Whatever @courosa and @bhwilkoff do, I have to follow suit.

Jul 4th

I actually AM buying a car formerly owned by a little old lady from Pasadena. Who followed traffic...

Jul 4th

I’ve been here for four hours.

Jul 4th

Waiting. Finance manager. (My credit’s so good she might ask to borrow some money from me.)

Jul 4th

Everybody wants free things. Let’s not get silly about it, though. Okay?

Jul 4th

There’s a big difference between “they won’t let me” b/c of policy/rules and...

Jul 4th

Worried about violating a rule/guideline? Fine. Seek clarification. Waiting for someone else to do...

Jul 4th

“Let” does not mean “held my hand and walked me through the entire thing.”...

Jul 4th

Catalyst Notebook Blog :: Layoffs in central...

Jul 3rd

The Educational Technology Site: ICT in...

Jul 3rd

Why Schools Should Break the Web 2.0 Barrier by Will Richardson -a great piece....

Jul 3rd

So ends CyberCamp. For now.

Jul 3rd

Dinner tonight on a screened in porch by a little creek. Trees and birds. Beautiful.

Jul 3rd

CFP Social Media in Education http://bit.ly/tVYBc (via @hrheingold)

Jul 3rd

I like visiting these friends because they hang important family writing as wall art.

Jul 3rd

Meta-Analysis: Is Blended Learning Most Effective? http://snipurl.com/lmpw0 [thejournal_com] (via...

Jul 3rd

CyberCamp ends today. Mixed feelings about that - pleased with folks’ work, but also ready to...

Jul 3rd

Some pretty interesting evidence of learning emerging on the CyberCamp blog. And a sense of...

Jul 3rd

How do we sustain that? (I’ve only been asking that question for four years or so.)

Jul 3rd

We’re live at CyberCamp for the last time for a while. Roger’s talking Social Studies....

Jul 3rd

About Us - Roots & Shoots : Empowering youth...

Jul 2nd

Ms. the Teacher’s going to an IB training next week. They’ve sent her a summer camp...

Jul 2nd

Discovered the Library of Congress early movies collection in iTunesU today. Wow.

Jul 2nd

Drafting a blurb. I love that it’s almost a genre. And that one can ask someone else to write...

Jul 2nd

.@foundersthree You’re welcome. Library of Congress has some phenomenal resources in there.

Jul 2nd

Turns out Richard Simmons and I share a birthday. Who knew.

Jul 2nd

It took two clicks to get from Richard Simmons’ Wikipedia article to this children’s...

Jul 2nd

Including “pajamas, robe and slippers” and a leotard for exercising. And a musical...

Jul 2nd

.@kchichester: Kazoo is a good idea. I don’t know about a light’s out time. But I...

Jul 2nd

IRPA - A Nation Deceived

Jul 1st

Ended my day with Papert. Thanks, @garystager, for it and for your words today. Useful. Links...

Jul 1st

So ends a fiscal year. Tomorrow, we will also have a new organizational structure and new...

Jul 1st

Can’t we just support the emotional needs of all children, rather than only the neglect or...

Jul 1st

Looks like fate decided my GTA thinking. Full day training on the 5th of August.

Jul 1st

We’re live at CyberCamp again. Meg and Laree discussing their work with our Virtual Campus....

Jul 1st

Returned to _Invention of Air_. Struck tonight by the economics of science, research.There’s...

Jul 1st