Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

I generally try to avoid re-posting many links in favor of writing original content, but I know I’m not the only one juggling work, family, and graduate school. For those in a similar boat, check out Lifehack’s post this morning on "How to study with a full-time job." For example:
Most commutes (with the exception of […]

As I logged into my Google Reader account this morning, I thought Scott may have been sleep-posting while on a hunger-induced midnight run to the kitchen, but I read the rest of his post and wanted to briefly throw out some thoughts of my own.
I think the missing piece in my organization will continue to […]

Wednesday was week 2 of the "Internet Study" that I have been helping to co-teach. After the last meeting, one of our English teachers started a blog and has been encouraging her students to post responses to poetry.  She wasn’t at the meeting, but her student teacher was there and shared some interesting observations which […]

I was a bit unsettled by how it felt yesterday when I came to work only to find my Gateway laptop couldn’t / wouldn’t acquire an IP address in order to get onto the network. I poked my head out of the office to ask if I was the only one with the problem, but […]

Kelly Christopherson at Educational Discourse tagged me with my first meme.  I won’t let you down!
Relative to your leadership role…
What’s working well?

It’s easy to get bogged down pushing papers, slicing and dicing data, and dealing with student discipline issues. I made a New Year’s resolution that I would spend more time in classrooms with […]

I’ve always been an advocate for technology in the classroom, but it
wasn’t until recently that I began heavily reading and researching its
effects and purported effects on student achievement.  I started
reading blogs, current research, and eventually started my own blog.
Along the way, I picked up a couple of interested teachers with whom I
am continuing to work […]

I like my blog.  I’m glad I started it. 
But it’s stark.  I need some flare at the top of the page. 
I have some great pictures in my library that are just dying to be made into a page banner.  You know - 900 pixels across and maybe 300 vertically.  I don’t have or […]

Indulge me in a geeky post, would you?
I anxiously kept hitting "refresh" on the FedEx tracking site until I was sure my new MacBook was safely at my house.  And then it sat there.  Mocking me until I was able to get home, enjoy our usual evening routine, and finally get the little one to […]

Scott is pointing us to a bunch of great, new edublogs lately (Thanks! ) and I enjoy reading the writings of others who are relatively new on the scene.  Yesterday he pointed us to Snacks and Staff Meetings.  Brian’s post on the 10 things he didn’t learn in his masters program
inspired me to cobble together […]

Picnik - Web-based photo editing tool that can connect to your Flickr account.
Web 2.0 - The Machine is Us/ing Us - Very well-done video that’s making the rounds right now.
Zoho - In a word: Wow!  The best of Google Docs & Spreadsheet, PowerPoint, and Wikispaces in a free, browser based Web 2.0 application.  Notebook functionality […]