The Blog of Ms. Mercer

This session has a couple possibilities, so let’s make it a surprise?

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I’m sorry, that circuit is busy
Okay, here is the point where I need to recognize commentors on my blog and say thank you for helping me make connections, and for helping make my blog a better place.
First up, Ken Rodoff, who blogs at the why of it all. He laments that he is one of [...]

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I began to realize that my old mobile phone (limited to texting, and calling, 0-9 keyboard, no camera, no MP3) was not hacking it in the last 6 months. I began to look longingly at mobile PDAs, etc. I also hated going out to a fun and photograph worthy event with son, and having this [...]

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I will not be able to participate on a daily basis, or anything close to that as the school year winds down, but I did want to take some time to reflect on some of my online conversations, since there are some interesting and complex discussions underway…
It started with Clay Burrell’s post, Muhammad Ali: A [...]

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I’ve been slow posting this here in the hurly burly that has been my life lately, but here is an excellently received interview with my husband. Due to my pig-headedness, he is not “Mr. Mercer” (I made him keep his “maiden name” when we wed 21 years ago), but is Mr. Terry Preston.
I am not [...]

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Dangerously Irrelevant: Contest: Six-word motto for your nation’s schools? has lots of great entries. Here are some of my favorites:
USA:
Unhealthy Relationship With The Status Quo
or
Organizational Tortoises: Evolving in Revolutionary Times
or
Rudderless in the Sea of Change
Take your pick. I think they are all appropriate.
Posted by: Dave | February 06, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Another solution to a [...]

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I will be taking off for the San Francisco Bay Area for the Classroom 2.0 LIVE meetup. I’m looking forward to meeting folks, and learning lots of fun stuff.
I will be life UStreaming the wrap up session from 3:00 p.m. PDT on Friday and Saturday on Ed Tech Talk.

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I was asked to create a PowerPoint to show off what I’m doing in the computer lab to parents. There is a ~monthly meeting the principal has with parents. I said I thought I could do a short video (2 minutes) about as easily as the PowerPoint.
Rather than start work on that over break, I [...]

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Larry Ferlazzo is questioning whether online relationships can every achieve the same level of meaningfulness (and I suspect intimacy) as face-to-face ones. Here is my argument in the affirmative….
Tonight, my school had a meeting of the Hmong Parent Group. We had parents there at every level of English literacy you can imagine, Hmong students from [...]

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