December 19, 2007 – 7:18 pm
Imagine an American future in which all news is Fox “news.”
It just got closer - read below.
If you’re an American, please consider practicing the easiest form of citizenship in the history of the republic - a click and a message to your congressperson, 2 minutes max.
This is so intimately tied to education, and to so […]
November 29, 2007 – 6:13 am
I’m off to Bangkok for the Apple Distinguished Educator 2007 Asia Institute in 24 hours, so I’m crazy rushed: sub plans for 3 missed classes, packing, the usual teachery stuff (gradebooks and other banes), prepping a presentation for how 1:1 is working (and sometimes not working?) at our school. (I really look forward, more […]
By Clay Burell
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Also posted in 1to1 laptop, Project Global Cooling, citizenship 2.0, creativity, global collaboration, lessons, mac, politics, religion, school reform, science, student 2.0, teaching
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Tagged ciimate change, creativity, education, global warming, morality, school reform
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November 10, 2007 – 8:33 pm
Wow. It’s been a heady 24 hours. My site went down on Friday night around 10pm, and at midnight my neighborhood lost internet service. When I woke this morning, it was still down. It came on at 11 a.m., and I had a new experience: my Blogging Parent Letter: Choose Your Privacy […]
By Clay Burell
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Also posted in blogging, creativity, global collaboration, language arts, lessons, politics, professional development, project-based learning, school reform, student 2.0, teaching, web2.0, writing
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Tagged blogging, education, high school, language arts, lesson, privacy, project-based learninng, school reform
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October 13, 2007 – 6:05 pm
Here’s an 8-minute promo movie I made for my school over the last few hours. I share it in case anyone wants a resource that talks through a couple of class projects we did last year in my grade 9 history and English classes - and shamelessly boasts about how special my school is […]
By Clay Burell
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Tagged 1001flatworldtales, 1:1, collaboration, podcasting, textbooks, video, web 2.0/ read-write web, wiki
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October 5, 2007 – 2:01 am
Kent: Now, banish’d Kent,
If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn’d,
…Thy master, whom thou lovest,
Shall find thee full of labours.
–King Lear I.iv.5-8
Photo Credit: “Iron Team” by 3blindmice on Flickr (via Everystockphoto.com)
What. an. intense. week. or two.My last post was a rant against what I perceived to be […]