Reflections on Teaching

Update at the bottom 
Tom Turner had a post on fliptrack which is a nifty program, so I tried it out:

Here is a comparison of some of the programs I’ve used lately:
http://fliptrack.com/
Has a download to PC but both programs are not very user friendly. No undo buttons or cut-n-paste that I could discern.
Photos from PC, Flickr, [...]

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Lots of talk about Kathy Sierra and poor nettiquette that has degenerated to possible criminal threats.  Tom Turner posts about it here.
I’m trying to crank down the snark factor in some of my posts since this happened. I think my snarkiness has been creeping up lately (example)
In addition to this, I was disturbed while watching this Bloggingheads.tv diavlog [...]

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Since it’s the start of testing in many states, the ire is rising. I won’t actually start testing until May (California tests late).
Tom’s post above is very heartfelt, and I’ve had my on musings on this subject. I think we have to have some accountability and assessment, I just wish is was more authentic than [...]

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Everyone is talking about how their state stacks up on this report.
The great state of Oregon
The great state of Minnesota 
The great state of Florida
Since I have 7 classroom computers (actually 9 with my two) and our school has a computer lab, we’re doing pretty good, even if my state isn’t. The part of the report that [...]

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From Seeking the Wisdom of the Ages Through Our Student’s Eyes he has a post on preventing dropouts. I chatted (briefly) with Tom about what I think of as “pre-dropout” behavior. There are problems that can preface problems in secondary school. First, to understand some of what I base this on is my experience teaching at [...]

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Thought I’d pass this on from PBWiki:
Hi,
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If you’re giving a presentation about wikis, we’ll ship you a free
PBwiki t-shirt, an easy-to-read PDF [...]

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How do I love thee computer, let me count the ways…

The processor which is oh so fast;
The wireless modem, leaving me free to dash;
The keyboard is kinda grungy;
and the mouse is awfully spongy;
Still you keep on chugging, laptop oh mine,
I’d better stop, I running out of rhymes.

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Here’s the place to do it.

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