Last night I upgraded to wordpress 2.7. I have never had trouble upgrading before but there is a first time for everything and as the saying goes, tech happens. First thing make a back up – done with no trouble. Next begin uploading what I need to my hosting server. This is where trouble began. I could FTP some files but not others. I would receive a notice that I was not an authorized user and did not have rights. …
This evening I attended the 2008 Edublog Awards. The event took place through a variety of tools Second Life ®, Skype, and Ed Tech Talk. The Eddies began 5 years ago and though there has been some dissension about the merit of these awards I enjoy them. They have helped me find new voices and expand my learning network. I also believe that they allow edubloggers to say thank you and recognize their fellow edubloggers. To that end I would…
The following is a post by Becky St. Onge who is a fellow collaborator and learner. Aesop proclaimed “In union there is strength.” Margaret Meade said we should “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Vince Lombardi maintained that “individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” For centuries…
Teach 42 shared a video the Networked Student in Plain English. I think this is also an excellent example of the networked teacher. This illustrates very well how I work within my learning network and how we can continue to be life long learners in any area that we have interest. I believe teachers need to be similarly network to enhance their learning and to learn how to effectively use these tools to support student learning. I will be sharing…
I spent a wonderful 3 days at Sturbridge, MA. The pre-conference day of discovery was a fun event and Dennis Swain out did himself inspiring the teachers in attendance on how to use Discovery Education Streaming. He also brought with him some wonderful STAR educators to share their expertise. The next 2 days were devoted to the MassCUE annual conference. Our first keynote speaker was Wesley Fryer. He spoke to the differences in today’s students, the importance of 21st century…
Getting ready to attend MassCUE this week. Tuesday I’ll be going to the pre-conference Day of Discovery. There will be about 10 teachers from my district attending this event. Discovery always does a great job of inspiring teachers. I am really looking forward to what they have to offer. The main conference follows, Wesley Fryer will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday and Hall Davidson will be the keynote speaker on Thursday. I will be presenting on Wednesday. I never…
Today is day 3 of the challenge 30 Days to being a better blogger. Today we were to thank those who linked to our blogs, helping make those connections that make the web the web. I thanked the 2 individuals who most recently linked to my blog. If you get the change please take a look at what they have to say. IMC Guy and To Learn Twice. Yesterday we were to add some tools to look at the statistics…