http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org A blog on things Instructional, Technological, and Educational. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:07:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is cross-posted at my VSTE Ning Blog. Obe Hostetter's email to the VSTE ITRT Listserv got me to thinking (nice job Obe!). He shares some fantastic resources that all of us can use as we start this school year, that is for sure. The question that I've been wondering about, after ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/08/12/how-do-you-start-a-new-school-year/ The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier Should teaching be any different? It takes a lot of work to live, care, and love; it is a lot of work to reflect, articulate, imagine, devise, activate; it is a lot of work to prepare, design, deliver, evaluate to what extent it worked or ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/the-random-thoughts-of-louis-schmier/ It's Time to Reboot America. | Rebooting America This came via dana boyd's blog and I've started reading the introduction. What I think about in terms of this book (which can be downloaded here as a pdf file) is that it is our students that will continue to have the chance ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/08/03/its-time-to-reboot-america-rebooting-america/ Earthquake strongly jolts 'lucky' Los Angeles | Reuters The image above is of a seismograph reading and today there was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in the Southern California region. I was reading about it this evening online when I came across an article that talked about Twitter being a "news wire." ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/29/earthquake-strongly-jolts-lucky-los-angeles-reuters/ Bridging Differences: The Purpose of Small Schools Small schools are an attempt to re-create, intentionally, the best of the family dinner table, the town meeting, the public square, the legislative process, the team, and the academy of thinkers—with as much of the diversity of the larger community as we can corral ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/bridging-differences-the-purpose-of-small-schools/ Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com The above linked article is well worth the read. Will Richardson blogged about this article, which is how I found it. I found his blog post via Twitter, for those who are interested. Some of my thoughts, briefly tonight, are ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/literacy-debate-online-r-u-really-reading/ How did I get here? I came via Twitter actually. A tweet from Miguel Guhlin on online polling tools. Then I thought of how many of us are planning or already doing Professional Development activities for teachers and then considered the fact that understanding what teachers want to do and ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/22/share-more-wiki-%c2%bb-online-polling-tools/ Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Student and Teacher Blogging that Succeeds Blogging is way more about reading than it is writing. Dean hits the nail on the head with this one. Great post on what makes blogging succeed with students and teachers. Read it. :) Plus check ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/21/student-and-teacher-blogging-that-succeeds/ Man, my head is going to explode I think. This summer has been full of ___________ . I've had some fantastic discussion on my PBS Teacherline training discussion board and am enjoying some great emails with John Hendron about this whole thing called educational technology, standards, and professional development. Perhaps ... http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/18/exploding-heads/ http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/18/wordle/