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December 4, 2008

Dear President-Elect: PLEASE Keep the BlackBerry!

Dear President-Elect Obama, First of all, congratulations and good luck. I've been following the entire election and your every move on my SmartPhone (when I'm not in school) and I realize that you've got a lot going on so I'll...

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December 2, 2008

Primary Documents and Where to Find Them

How many of you have used the Library of Congress Collections for your curriculum, content and most importantly your students?...

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November 25, 2008

Increasing the decision-making capacity of your team

If you lead a team, the good news is that you don't have to do it all yourself! Here are 10 tips which I have found to be very helpful in creating a collaborative and co-operative team ethos....

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November 20, 2008

"Pam, I Love You. Sorry, Julio"

This week, I'm re-posting an entry I made a few weeks ago at the Seedling's Ning Site after an event at the social networking site. For many, many years there was a bridge near my home where someone had spray-painted:...

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November 19, 2008

Teaching administrators about Wikipedia

Last year a middle school librarian in New Jersey received a lot of media attention for her anti-Wikipedia campaign: Linda O'Connor regards Wikipedia the same way former first lady Nancy Reagan campaigned against drugs. . . . She put up...

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November 16, 2008

Accept a Challenge and Try Something New with Your Network

The last time we bloggers at TechLearning wrote about going to dinner together was during the NECC extravaganza, where 52 of us signed up online to meet up at a restaurant in San Antonio, and we pulled it off!...

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November 11, 2008

Too Much Information

Is it possible to be a public person and still retain one's privacy?

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November 6, 2008

Teach from Home

Last week, my daughter was home sick, and it was my turn to stay home. My wife and I try to keep it balanced and fair with who misses work when this happens, but to be honest, she's missed a...

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November 5, 2008

Student-delivered PD: An idea whose time has come?

A collection of thoughts about P-12 professional development, with a (hopefully) whiz-bang ending… Big idea 1: Most current staff development is awful. We have known for decades what leads to powerful adult learning and what constitutes effective professional development. Yet...

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November 4, 2008

What does this all mean?

Often times in these posts you read about new technology tools designed to engage and motivate learners, as well as change the way we provide instruction. Today is an observation about how the technology goes underground and the content takes...

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