My friend and colleague Lauren, who returned to teaching this year after working with administration at my school, has started a blog called New Teacher Assistance. Lauren’s self-proclaimed audience is new teachers, but we can all learn from her insights. Welcome to the edublogosphere, Lauren, and watch out — I might recruit you to help…
Check out Scott McLeod’s post on advertising at Dangerously Irrelevant. Ditto, Scott. I have been approached by companies wanting to advertise on this blog, although to be honest, not in quite the same manner, thank goodness. I loved Scott’s response. I don’t like advertising on blogs. If you want to do it, that’s fine, but…
It occurred to me this week that as my blog approaches its third birthday, quite a lot of content is buried in the archives that might actually be useful to new readers of the blog. Instructions for making a comparison/contrast graphic organizer that I like better than the Venn diagram. While not precisely useful, I…
At my school, I am often sought out for technology ideas. For instance, my school is really good about publicizing the things I do with blogs and wikis. When The Atlanta Jewish Times called the school looking to speak with educators about their use of technology, my colleagues made sure the reporter, Suzi Brozman, talked…
I have been using Bloglines to keep up with my RSS feeds for as long as I can remember. I decided to play around with Google Reader today to see if I liked it better, and I have to say I liked it a lot better. I like the way Google Reader enables me to…
English teachers, here’s one to pass on to your students. In celebration of his blog’s seventh birthday (quite impressive!), Neil Gaiman is going to post one of his books online for free for a month. Readers vote on which book they want to see. It might be fun for book clubs or classrooms to participate…
I have enabled Gravatars in the comments. If you don’t have one, you can get one by following the link I provided. Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar.” Your Gravatar will be associated with your e-mail address and will appear on every site that allows Gravatars when you leave comments. For instance, Education Wonks uses…
I know quite a few new and prospective teachers and bloggers read this blog based on feedback I’ve received. I wonder if you have yet experienced the Web phenomenon known as the “troll.” Truthfully, I haven’t had too many problems with trolls, though they have occasionally cropped up. I have a clear comments policy, I…
I have been reading Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat as part of an online PLU course. Really the course just gave me a good excuse for reading a book I had been wanting to read for some time. I am still finishing the second chapter about various flatteners that have brought us to…
If you are interested in reading my first post at the Faculty Room, “a cooperative blog presented by Big Ideas and published by Authentic Education,” it was posted today: “Born With a Desire.” Please read it and let me know what you think in the comments.
