PONderings

I just stumbled across a podcast from School Library Journal that speaks to providing PD to busy professionals in regards to Web 2.0. Helene Blowers created a tool through a blog entitled Learning 2.0 that encourages users to explore Web 2.0 tools on their own.
This model is described in Blowers’ podcast. In learning through this open and collaborative [...]

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Thank you to Chris W. for sending me the link to Terry Kelly’s music video A pittance of time. This moving song encourages to take just a few moments out of our busy lives to remember those who sacrificed everything for our country.
The song is available in English and in French.

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As a closet science-fiction aficionado, I’ll respond to the metaphor contained in Rob’s response to my first post.
The metaphor of the mission of Jedi Knights, particularly of master Jedis such as my green-skinned wrinkled Yoda, refers to maintaining harmony through the universe. Not a bad ambition, is it? It is true that two characteristics related [...]

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Erik Erikson proposed that at certain points in a person’s life, there are a number of crises that need to be resolved. I guess I’m finding myself firmly entrenched in Stage 7: Develops interest in guiding the development of the next generation. I’m at the stage in my teaching career where I’m frequently questioning the [...]

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