personal
Flickr? I don’t even know her.
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Lately, I’ve taken to reading Scott McLeod’s blog. Maybe because I dont’ update my own blog often enough.. I’ll post my comment to his post about all the things he gets from twitter, youtube, flickr, facebook and ning. (ps… here’s my flickr. )
The social web is about people and connectivity, right? So […]
Manifest
Sunday, July 6th, 2008People who spend most of their non-working hours online surfing and chatting to no really useful end forego exercise, activity, time in nature, time with friends and family. Studies show that kids who spend all their time playing video games (on and offline) tend to do more poorly in school and, at the extreme ends, […]
looking in the mirror
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008unplugged
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Here’s an admission: sometimes…. surfing the net and social networking makes me feel guilty. It makes me feel the same way I feel about watching TV … I feel so guilty that if the phone rings and I’m watching it, I turn the sound down.. not so I can hear you, but […]
midwife syndrome
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Quick! a child wants something. Stop everything and help. Hurry! A parent feels the need to think about their child out loud. Clear your schedule.
I’m about halfway through my profession, and I realize (somewhat suddenly) that the choice to be a giver is NOT the […]
Transparency
Monday, October 29th, 2007I remember reading a bunch of blog entries by Miguel Guhlin on transparency. Most of the time I felt like it was a bit naive to think that you could really keep all your choices, reasons, opinions and feelings above deck. Education is a highly political environment and you just never know. […]
Bye Bye JJ
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Thanks to the people who emailed or responded to my post about my run in with my dog. I appreciate your kindess and support. The black eyes have gone down and the swelling is receding. The scar will be there. I can’t tell yet whether it will be raised or just […]
Ripping your face off
Sunday, October 14th, 2007My dog bit my face yesterday. Actually, it’s not my dog… anymore. I was with my husband and he was laying on the couch. I took my dog and lifted him up onto my husband’s chest and I sat down on the floor next to them both and tried to give love to my dog […]
skepticism unblocks creativity
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Never underestimate the power of belief, faith and certainty to put the complete cabosh on creativity.
Huh? Faith… isn’t that what we’re all seeking? Well…. maybe not. Here’s a great article from LifeHack that promotes the idea that skepticism and critical faculties have more benefits than certainty. He makes the good […]
I missed Blogging Day!
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Reading Blue Skunk Blog, I discovered that August 31 is blogging day and that bloggers remember that day by recommending five blogs. I also read Doug’s list of things he did in August… very impressive. I think what I’m going to do is recommend five non-edtech blogs and consider […]