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On the Yahoo Groups list for classblogmeister Lorraine from New Zealand shares her reflection templates to use in blogging. She was inspired by reading Konrad's post and has created a post/article reflection and a comment reflection. Her link led me to a great wiki that contains excellent info on their collaborative learning community. I really like this wiki. Thanks Lorraine for taking the time to share! Keep up the great work! And as you know, one link leads to another – here's her blog. It's a good read, too! One post was about the danger of embedded links. Look at the comments to see how our community responds! Here's her follow up post on this issue. And of course I have always been a fan of SlideShare. Look how they address the dilemma here. I second Lorraine's "thumbs up" to SlideShare.
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Learning from others
Research frustrations, joys, and further thoughts
iBreadCrumbs is a free online tool that helps users record and share research. What is really cool is that this tool was developed by two college graduates, Reuben Fine and Rey Marques. They had become frustrated by the inefficiency and redundancy of gathering research. See Campus Technology for further reading about this intriguing tool. It is interesting tool that I will be following. I'll be curious to see how professors and others conducting research will use this tool. If anybody knows of similar tools, please let me know.
Reading about this tool prompted me to think about how much I am learning this past year. It is ever frustrating to not immediately share my "inconclusive" thoughts. The problem is that these "inconclusive" thoughts need to be reflected upon and studied from different perspectives. You examine different areas comprehensively and then have to step back and mull it over. Most times, this type of reflection points you to a totally different pat or way of needing to take a closer look at what is happening. You begin again.
There are many frustrations that surface for me daily. I still don't know just what I can share and what I can't as I learn. One corner of this community urges me to just get it out there, another says no, finish studying what happened so there will be accuracy and validity in the findings. Results are inconclusive at this stage. Basically I agree with that but I find myself in an arena where I am constantly unsure of the rules. I don't want to be a risk taker at this point. Too much is at stake. Yet being silent is so hard! I know I don't have enough knowledge or experience in this area to judge. Yet I do judge but I am quiet for now with that judging. I have to keep learning so my conclusions on my view of research will "feel right" for me to follow. I d rail at the amount of time research takes, the closed aspects of the research process, the way it ends up not being readily available to every interested party, and it even appears that you lose ownership (I'm talking about ownership to share verbatim) as far as just sharing it "word-for-word" after it is published!
Then the publishing aspect itself is quite a time consumer as you submit articles, wait a month or two, get accepted or rejected, revise, head off to another publisher, work on several pieces at once, etc.
Now those are some of my frustrations but I have much, much joy being involved with this research. I know it is going to be something I will be proud to have a part in contributing to our community. I don't think I have ever examined anything in more depth. I wish teachers could have opportunities to participate in this kind of learning but realize how impossible this would be for them currently, mainly because of time constraints and few opportunities during the work day to truly invest in their own learning. This could send me off on another rant about treating teachers as professionals but I'll get to that on another post.
Digging deeply into the accumulated data has given me a new lens with which to view the learning that occurs through blogging. It is inspiring. It has forged a path full of twists and turns that lead to further learning, further examining, and further questions. It is exciting and so very worthwhile. It leads you down a trail of focused thinking on what matters. I think that's the joy of doing research – making those discoveries and having your thinking pushed in incredible ways.
Meanwhile I have read some of the most fascinating and interesting research around, and that I can share so I will do that in future posts.
This is the kind of learning in which I'd like to see our students have more opportunities. They need to be able to do a little research on their own learning and feel that their choices on learning and their strengths are being honored. We need to guide and encourage that. We spend too much time in our classrooms telling students what they need to learn. We direct and we supervise. We need to empower them by getting them involved in making choices and decisions for some of their own personal learning in schools. They need time to learn what matters to them and go off on a journey where they construct the knowledge and have joy in the journey. Meaningful learning will occur as a result of their making those choices and decisions. Meaningful learning will not occur just by following directions on what to learn being decided totally by others.
K12 Online Conference 2008
Amplifying Possibilities
I love the above theme for this year's K12 Online Conference 2008. I am duplicating the call for proposals below so read it carefully and get on board! I will surely miss Lani Ritter Hall as one of the conveners but welcome Dean Shareski on board. So I extend a warm thank you to Lani, Dean, Darren, Sheryl, and Wes! The dedicated and hard work of the conveners (past and present) is so very much appreciated!
This conference is second to none and really exhibits the spirit of what our community is all about – sharing, caring, seeing possiblilities, providing top notch professional development, stretching, imagining, promoting, modeling, networking, and truly pushing us to new understandings.
I like the "tweaking" of the strands – great focus! So read the "call for proposals" below and remember….
the possibilities are limitless!!
We are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the third annual "K12 Online Conference" for educators around the world interested in the use of web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year's
conference is scheduled for October 20-24 and October 27-31 of 2008, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of October 13. The conference theme for 2008 is "Amplifying Possibilities." Participation in the conference (as in the past) is entirely free. Conference materials are published in English and available for worldwide distribution and use under a Creative Commons license. Some changes in the requirements for presentations are being made this year and are detailed below. The deadline for proposal submission is June 23, 2008. Selected presentations will be announced at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, USA on July 2.
As in past years, K12 Online 2008 will feature four "conference strands," two each week. Two presentations will be published in each strand each day,
Monday through Friday, so four new presentations will be available each day over the course of the two weeks. Including the pre-conference keynote, a total of 41 presentations will be published. Each twenty minute (or less) presentation will be shared online in a downloadable format and released simultaneously via the conference blog (www.k12onlineconference.org,) the conference Twitter account, and the conference audio and video podcast channels. All presentations will be archived online for posterity. A total of 82 past presentations are currently available from K12 Online 2006 and K12 Online 2007.
If you are planning to submit a proposal, please review archived presentations from past years to determine what you might offer that is new and builds on previous work. A variety of live events will also be planned during and following the weeks of the conference.
Week 1
Strand A: Getting Started
Everything you wanted to know about getting started with web 2.0 technologies for learning but were afraid to ask. The presentations in this strand will focus on specific, free tools for newcomers. Whether you have one classroom computer or a laptop for every student, digital technologies can provide new opportunities to connect with other learners, create new and exciting knowledge products, and engage students in an expanded learning process beyond the traditional "boundaries of the bell."
Teachers first introduced to Web 2.0 tools are often unaware of the new
possibilities for teaching and learning afforded by the Read/Write Web.
Presentations in this strand will amplify and model what is possible in terms of pedagogy, student creation of content, and collaboration. Practical classroom implementation ideas will be emphasized. Presentations will focus more on the ways new tools can be used to engage students in learning, rather than focusing exclusively on how specific tools are used. If you've ever felt like everyone else knows more than you about teaching with technology and you need help getting started, this is the strand for you.
Strand B: Kicking It Up a Notch
You've been using blogs, wikis and other technologies for awhile but perhaps
haven't seen them transform your classroom and the learning environment for your students in the ways you think they can. This strand amplifies ways new technologies can be used to transform classroom and personal learning. Rather than merely replicating traditional, analog-based learning tasks, how can digital technologies permit teacher-leaders to "infomate" learning to add greater interactivity, personal differentiation, and multi-modal exploration of curriculum topics?
Fresh new approaches to using Web 2.0 tools for learning and authentic
assessment will be highlighted. Presentations will explore innovative ways Web 2.0 tools can be blended together to help students create, collaborate, and share the knowledge safely on the global stage of the Internet. Maybe it's time to share your insights and experiences with your teaching community. Join these sessions to gain insights on amplifying the possibilities of learning in your classroom and/or your professional practice.
Week 2
Strand A: Prove it
Although some teachers are excited to "amplify possibilities" using computer
technologies, Web 2.0 tools, and 21st Century learning strategies in their classrooms, how do we know if these innovative instructional strategies are really working? Since information technologies and emerging brain research continue to rapidly evolve and change, it is challenging as well as vital to find current, meaningful research to undergird the learning initiatives we are using in our classrooms. What are "best practices" for teaching and learning with the new participatory media? This strand will share research results from the field that support students in using knowledge to communicate, collaborate, analyze, create, innovate, build community and solve problems. In addition, successful methods for developing and/or delivery of action research projects or research-based instruction in today's digital world will be explored. In some cases, participants may be invited to participate in ongoing or beginning research on Web 2.0 tool use, constructivist pedagogy, or other 21st Century research issues.
Educational research about emerging professional development strategies, contemporary learning theory, systemic school reform, and other current themes of educational change are also appropriate for inclusion in this strand.
Help us to examine such research questions as:
- What does research in learning science, instructional design, informal
learning, and other fields tell us about today's learner and their success?
- What design features must teachers incorporate into their instructional activities to support meaningful learning?
- What is the role of assessment in today's changing classroom? How should assessment be structured to meaningfully assess student achievement in the context of the modern classroom?
Strand B: Leading the Change
Innovative approaches to teaching and learning using web 2.0 tools are often
utilized by a limited number of "early adopter" teachers in our schools. This strand seeks to amplify ways educators in a variety of contexts are serving as constructive catalysts for broad-based pedagogic change using Web 2.0 technologies as well as student-centered, project-based approaches to learning. Presentations in this strand will both showcase successful strategies as well as amplify critical issues which must be addressed for innovative learning methods to be adopted by teachers, librarians, and administrators on a
more widespread basis. These issues may include (but are not limited to) issues of copyright, fair use and intellectual property, Internet content filtering, student privacy and safety issues, administrator expectations for teacher utilization of Web 2.0 tools, pilot initiatives utilizing key Web 2.0 technologies in different content areas, and innovative ways students and teachers are providing just-in-time support as well as formal learning opportunities for each
other focusing on Web 2.0 tools. Successful approaches for both large and small schools, in rural as well as urban settings, will be included. This strand will explore and amplify a menu of practical ideas for educators in diverse contexts who want to continue amplifying possibilities in our schools.
This call encourages all educators, both experienced and novice with respect to Web 2.0 learning tools, to submit proposals to present at this conference via this link. Take this opportunity to share your successes, strategies, and tips in
"amplifying the possibilities" of web 2.0 powered learning in one of the four conference strands.
The deadline for proposal submissions is June 23, 2008 at midnight GMT. You will be contacted no later than July 2, 2008 regarding your proposal's status. The conveners reserve to right to reposition a presentation in another strand if they believe it is best placed elsewhere. As in past years, conveners will utilize blind review committees to evaluate all
Presentations for K12Online08 must conform to the following requirements:
- Presentations must be a single media file of twenty minutes or less in length.
- Presentations must be submitted in a downloadable and convertable file format (mp3, mov, WMV, FLV, m4a, or m4v.) Presenters wanting to use an alternative format should contact their respective strand convener in advance.
- Presentations are due two weeks prior to the week the relevant strand begins. (Week 1 presentations are due Monday, October 6, Week 2 presentations are due Monday, October 13.)
- Presentations must be submitted only one time and on time. Early submissions are welcomed! Repeat submissions (with changes and additional edits) will not be accepted. Presenters should proof carefully before submitting!
- All presentations will be shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.
The following are optional but encouraged presentation elements:
- Prior to September 13th, presenters are invited to submit a "teaser" (maximum video or audio file length: 3 minutes) about their presentation. This can be any type of online artifact and does not have to be downloadable. Examples may include videos, animations, posters, audio interviews, etc.
- In addition to marketing the presentation, teasers can be designed to encourage and solicit community input related to the presentation topic in advance of the presentation submission deadline.
- View teaser examples from 2007 at http://k12online07.wikispaces.com/Teasers
- Supplementary materials supporting presentations are welcomed. These can be wikis with supporting material links, linked examples of student projects, school district exemplary initiatives, social bookmarking collections, and/or other related content.
- Follow-up projects and/or live interaction opportunities for conference
presentations which further amplify the possiblities of the
presentation topic may be included. (This can include sharing and building of content prior to, during and after the conference.)
As you draft your proposal, you may wish to consider the presentation topics listed below which were suggested in the comments on the K-12 Online Conference Blog:
- Special needs education
- Creative Commons, Intellectual Property, Copyright and Fair Use
- Student voices
- Community involvement
- Games in education
- Specific ideas, tips, mini lessons centered on pedagogical use of web 2.0 tools
- Overcoming institutional inertia and resistance
- Aligning Web 2.0 and other projects to national standards
- Getting your message across
- How web 2.0 can assist those with disabilities
- ePortfolios
- Classroom 2.0 activities at the elementary level
- Teacher/peer collaboration
- Authentic assessment
- Overcoming content filtering issues
- Navigating "open web" versus "closed web" publishing of student work
Prospective presenters are reminded that the audience of the K12 Online Conference is global in nature and diverse in their educational context. For this reason presentations and presentation materials which address issues from a variety of perspectives are welcomed.
Acceptance decisions will be made based on RELEVANCE, SIGNIFICANCE, ORIGINALITY, QUALITY, and CLARITY. Borrowing from the COSL 2008 call for proposals:
A submission is RELEVANT when
- it directly addresses the conference and strand themes
A submission is SIGNIFICANT when
- it raises and discusses issues important to improving the effectiveness and/or sustainability of 21st
Century teaching and learning efforts, and
- its contents can be broadly (globally) disseminated and understood
A submission is ORIGINAL when
- it addresses a new problem or one that hasn't been studied in depth,
- it has a novel combination of existing research results which promise new insights, and / or
- it provides a perspective on problems different from those explored before
A submission is of HIGH QUALITY when
- existing literature is drawn upon, and / or
- claims are supported by sufficient data, and / or
- an appropriate methodology is selected and properly implemented, and / or
- limitations are described honestly
A submission is CLEARLY WRITTEN when
- it is organized effectively, and / or
- the English is clear and unambiguous, and / or
- it follows standard conventions of punctuation, mechanics, and citation, and / or
- the readability is good
The first presentation in each strand will kick off with a keynote by a well
known educator who is distinguished and knowledgeable in the context of
their strand. Keynoters will be announced shortly.
- Darren Kuropatwa is currently Department Head of Mathematics at Daniel Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known internationally for his ability to weave the use of online social tools meaningfully and concretely into his pedagogical practice. Darren's professional blog is called A Difference (http://adifference.blogspot.com). He will convene Getting Started.
- Dean Shareski is a Digital Learning Consultant for Prairie South School Division in Saskatchewan, Canada. Dean is an advocate for the use of social media in the classroom. To that end he works with teachers and students in exploring ways to make learning relevant, authentic and engaging. He also is a part time sessional lecturer for the University of Regina. He is celebrating his 20th year as an educator. Dean blogs at (http://ideasandthoughts.org). Dean will convene Kicking It Up A Notch.
- Sheryl Nusbaum-Beach, a 20-year educator, has been a classroom teacher, charter school principal, district administrator, and digital learning consultant. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty member teaching preservice teachers at The College of William and Mary (Virginia, USA), where she is in the dissertation phase of completing her doctorate in educational planning, policy and leadership. As the cofounder of the Powerful Learning Practice Network she helps schools and teachers from around the world use community as a powerful tool for systemic change. You can find out more on her website at www.21stcenturycollaborative.com. She will convene Prove It.
- Wesley Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller and change agent. He summarizes his ongoing work with educators and students in social media environments with the statement, "I'm here for the learning revolution." His blog, "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" was selected as the 2006 "Best Learning Theory Blog" by eSchoolnews and Discovery Education. Social media sites to which Wes contributes are listed on http://claimid.com/wfryer. Wes will convene Leading the Change.
If you have any questions about any part of this call for proposals, please contact one of us:
Reshaping High Schools
The current issue (May 2008) of Educational Leadership is
terrific. The theme is "Reshaping High Schools."
Bob Wise, former Governor of
West Virginia and the President of the Alliance for Excellent Education, kicks
it off with an article "High schools at the Tipping Point" which zeroes in on
the choice the United States faces:
"Do nothing to fix a broken high school system and watch our
competitiveness further decline, or summon the political will to demand change."
"Put Understanding First" by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
addresses the high school curriculum and how it should start with the long-term goals of schooling: meaning making and transfer of learning
This publication is packed with many other good articles. Be sure to read it!
Reflection: Time Out to Think
Kim Douillard shares her National Writing Project "Reflective Friday: Time Out to Think."
Kim is a codirector of the San Diego area writing project. She sums the lesson up with the following:
My students have pushed me to "go past done" when it comes to thinking
about their learning. Rather than depending solely on educational research or
learning theories to tell me what they are able and not able to do, I turn to
them for answers. They have shown me that in a multiage class such as ours,
they can benefit from reflective activities during the school day. They have
shown me that reflection is not just for adults, not just for university students,
or pre-service teachers. Reflection helps us to remember, to make connections,
and to make thoughtful, informed decisions. Reflection is a process for living.
Kim was prompted to action when she heard a teacher-researcher from Alaska talking about the volume of information that teachers are supposed to impart to students and about the lack of time in the school schedule for thinking. Kim developed a schedule for Fridays that really incorporated time to think and reflect. You can see the detailed schedule for the day in her document but it includes brainstorming, activity time when students let their subconscious minds reflect while their bodies are moving, recess, writing, free read time followed by sharing with questions and discusssion, portfolio work and goal setting, thinking time, dialogue journal, recess again (Yea!), writing time and silent reading, read aloud. Now this sounds terrific! Think how well it would fit in with our blogging.
Kim gives great examples and charts the types of thinking and how they change. There is much to absorb and think about in this and it reminds me once again how important it is that we blog about it and take time to comment/talk/share with the students. This is one of the best articles I have read about really giving more ownership of their learning to the students. Kim reiterates that:
Students who set goals and evaluate their progress have more ownership of their
learning. Through realistic, short-term goal setting and evaluation, students
recognize their successes, become aware that they are responsible for their
own progress, and are more motivated to work toward the goals they set.
I have plenty to reflect on from this article. Thanks Kim, for sharing! If you have not browsed through all the terrific resources from The National Writing Project you are missing out!
Photo Credit: Flickr Photo from BaSak's photostream
Reflection Think-Aloud 1
I'm going to try to start a series of think-alouds on various aspects of blogging that I feel are relevant to classroom blogging, areas where I want to do a better job next year when I return to J. H. House to do another blogging project with a classroom teacher. These think-alouds are going to be places where I do quick writes that will hopefully help me on this journey. Perhaps I can then put them together later (after I have done some reflecting) in a wiki or some other source.
Reflection by students on their learning is key and I have posted about this before.
Blogs are great spaces for students to reflect on what they are learning. I remember an instance in my classroom years ago when I asked a student to tell me what was going on inside his head, what was he thinking? He just gave me with a blank look and did not understand what I was asking. Many times we assume students are doing certain things as they are "thinking" . We need to figure out ways to check this more often with our students. If we talk with students more we can help them learn how to do some "self-talk" inside their head that will help them learn from their current experiences and in the process help them build a model of how they might want to learn from future experiences. We could help them with questions that they might want to ask themselves. If we listen and acknowledge and respond to their answers, it could help them understand the internal audience that they could speak to when they are ready to reflect about their learning. I believe we need to give our students many opportunities to practice this.
We need to encourage our students to tell the story of what they are learning – not just a regurgitation of the facts but one where they explore how they might use these facts or share how they have applied those learning of facts to something that is going on in their lives. Students need help putting their experiences into words.
A previous posts on reflections:
(Revisit some of the questioning "possibilities" in this post.
Write down the most pressing question that is on their mind after a
lesson. If they don't have one have them imagine what another peer's
question might be? Then the next day have them comment to one of their classmates' questions.
Re-state something said during class discussion and add something to the conversation.
Could there be another point of view on resolving a problem or an issue? Develop it.
Pose one multiple choice question and one essay type question for the
material we covered today. Which one would assess learning better and
why? This could make for a great classroom discussion on assessment.
Imagine yourself as the expert of this subject. Predict what will change in the next five years and give your reasons.
If you had only a few minutes to summarize the lesson today what
would be the best way to do that so someone would remember what you said?
Can you give an example of how we could check to be sure if the information we are using is accurate?
State what is unclear to you about what we discussed. Have another student try to clarify for you.
Write down a "think aloud" about something you are interested in
learning about that you believe is relevant and is related to what we
are studying in class.
I need to think about adding to this list. Think more on what might work best.
Feedback is welcomed!!
Photo Credit: Sunset & flowers by Powi…(ponanwi)'s photostream
A comment to ponder
Hi James,
I wish i understood why all classes aren't AP classes. It
doesn't make since to me. I'm in fifth grade and I can't get a
challenge. How many AP classes are you in? I will probably not have
any. Even though I am at the top of my class, I'm going to a private
school next year. It costs $12,000.00. They don't give homework, there
is no "No Child Left Behind" and no standerdized testing. How awsome.
Would you like to go there and why?
I pulled this comment from one of my elementary students who had made a comment on one of my high school student blogs. This is what kept ringing in my head….
They don't give homework, there
is no "No Child Left Behind" and no standerdized testing.
Hmmmmmm, maybe we're not smarter than our fifth graders.
Bloggers who make a difference
Harley is one of my favorite bloggers. He puts a lot of joy in classrooms and really gets kids actively engaged in learning. Recently he posted about the process of making maple syrup for a group of fifth graders in Georgia. He had read some of the analogies that the fifth graders were creating and he incorporated that into his post. What great reinforcement for these kids! They got to think and apply their learning in such a fun way and many of them tossed analogies back to Harley. Harley's first post brought 53 comments from the students and his second post now has 41 comments! I'm betting we will see even more comments. Plus many of the students went on to create their own posts as they excitely shared all that they were learning. Wow! Talk about connections!
I love blogging with kids! I love the connections, the joy, and the thinking that abounds. Just think of all the neuroscience that is getting applied here:
Making it relevant….
Harley made the lesson personally interesting and motivating to the kids.
Giving them a break….
Blogging like this gives kids a break from the normal routine and it was a pleasurable activity that reduced stress and let them experience novelty.
Creating positive associations……
Kids developed associations by practicing creating analogies with a positively reinforcing strategy. (See Fifth Grade Webwriters Are #1)
And the best one, allowing independent discovery learning! These kids will no doubt remember and understand this experience becaue they had a part in figuring it out for themselves. There were choices of places to go to learn and they got to use their imaginations in the process.
Harley is not only a great blogger but has the makings of a neuroscientist too! Thanks Harley for putting all that joy into learning.
I also owe a tremendous thank you to Lani whom I had the good fortune to meet through a comment on one of my classroom blogs back in 2005. We have collaborated and learned much since that time and she personally has put a lot of joy into my learning and reflecting. Lani truly makes a difference in the lives of many….
When the fun stops, learning often stops too
Judy Willis wrote an article on "The Neuroscience of Joyful Education" that begins with this quote:
Brain research tells us that when the fun stops, learning often stops too.
This should be posted in every classroom. She goes on to say that "A common theme in brain research is that superior cognitive inpiut to the executive function networks is more likely when stress is low and learning experiences are relevant to students." Now I have to ask how stress free are our classrooms in which count downs to testing and focus on testing is the top priority – the end all, be all? Judy Willis points out that classrooms need to promote novelty, eliminate stress, and build pleasurable associations linked with learning. She says plan for the ideal emotional atmosphere by making it relevant, giving them a break, creating positive associations, and guiding students to learn how to prioritize information, and allow independent discovery learning.
All this got me thinking about joy in the classroom and how much joy I have seen blogging in the classroom with kids. I'm thinking in particular of the J. H. House kids as I have spent most of my time blogging with them. My next post is going to feature one of my favorite bloggers who has put a lot of joy in a few classrooms over the past few days.
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What a treat! I was sinking as I thought more about the damage high-stakes testing is doing to our schools so it was so uplifting to read Sara Kajder's article, The Book Trailer: Engaging Teens Through Technologies in this month's issue of Educational Leadership.
It tells the story of students creating a two-minute video using still images, transitions and special effects (generated with MovieMaker or iMovie software), voiceovers, and a soundtrack. Students present the central characters, themes, or issues of the book visually and through written and voiceover narration. All trailers have to include the title of the book, the author's name, and a presentation that is both authentic to the text and that works to "hook" readers. I also require students to submit their trailers with a piece of writing that explores the choices they made, with an analysis of the book that shows that they made decisions on the basis of the text, and not just by using the aspects of technology that would best captivate an audience.
Sara goes on to say that….
But technology is not the goal. Student writers and readers are at the center of our instruction. And we, as mindful teachers, must thoughtfully and deliberately prepare all of our students for success by critically exploring the new technological tools and then using the ones that can help us and our students to powerfully convey what we think and know.
I can't think of a more exciting time to teach, as we're immersed in new possibilities for working with words and with one another. When we teach creatively with emergent tools in mind, we stand a better chance of engaging reluctant students by giving what we teach real meaning. Each day is an invitation to examine, play, invent, reinvent, and join in the conversation.
Read the whole article. I've posted previously about Sara here and here.


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Home departments Natural Areas Natural Areas Annual Report for 2004
A lot of work goes into providing a safe, enjoyable visitor experience in natural areas. Natural Areas Program staff build and maintain trails, parking lots, fences, and other site features and provide other services as necessary to maintain the City's natural areas. Highlights of 2004 include the following:
In 2004, the City inaugurated the on-line Community Natural Areas Journal, an on-line opportunity for the public to share natural area experiences. While visiting City of Fort Collins natural areas, people see and hear a variety of wildlife, witness stunning sunsets, are awed by prairie wildflowers in the springtime, and so much more. On the Journal, citizens can read about others' experiences in Fort Collins natural areas and share their own.
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By 2025, the Renewable Energy sector has the potential to produce 1/4th of the projected energy needs of the US, according to a report by the Prometheus Institute. This represents about 635 gigawatts (GW) of new energy capacity, and is dependent on a number of favorable factors and government policies. A number of renewable energy experts contributed to the report, and provided a consensus that indecisive government support for renewables has been detrimental to the advancement of renewable technologies. The report recommends the United States develop a comprehensive strategy to become a global leader in the RE industry. Wind turbines are most likely to be the greatest contributor of future energy potential, with about 39 percent capacity. Read More
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Anyone who argues in favour of small government, and who doesn't these days? (apart from supporters of big government, who seem always to get their own way) insists on the need to reduce the size of bureaucracies. Public service departments have become bloated, advocates of downsizing say - usually with the implied rather than stated supplementary assertion that if the bureaucrats in them are not actually freeloading on the taxpayer they are not giving value for money either.
Well, step out the door in any urban area, particularly an inner-city one, and you'll see evidence of one branch of bureaucratic endeavour that, if judged only by the ubiquity of its signage, is giving the taxpayer 100 cents worth of activity for every dollar in its pay packet. The bureaucratic departments charged with the maintenance of our roads seem never not to be at it. At national, state or local level, OzRoads, CitThru, StreetSmart, SmoothTraf – whatever pzazzy name their most recent departmental rebranding has come up with – appear, from the number of roadworks signs wherever you look, to be powerhouses of public action for the communal good.
But this is prestidigitation. That CAUTION. ROAD WORKS AHEAD sign you can just about make out a hundred car lengths ahead as you sit in motionless frustration in a traffic jam doesn't mean road works at all. The road can stay in potholed neglect till the cows come home for anything that sign has to do with keeping it in repair.
Look up and what do you see? A cage of scaffolding enclosing a tower of offices or apartments rising skyward above the gridlock. The edifice, when completed, will of course be a building of benchmark-setting hideousness, especially if it's been designed by a cutting-edge architect, but that's beside the point. It could be Chartres Cathedral under construction and its intrusion would be equally objectionable. For the objection lies not in the esse of the new structure but in the apparent necessity that to bring it into being whole traffic lanes are blocked off, often in busy streets that even without obstruction (and with usually empty bike lanes deducted from their limited space) are not wide enough anyway for all the traffic they have to carry these days.
What that road works sign doesn't mean is Your Taxes at Work. What it does mean is that someone is making money and that your valuable time wasted sitting in a Sargasso Sea of stationary vehicles and getting into a state about running late is helping the profit pile up. So ubiquitous has this phenomenon become that it is something of a surprise when you find that the road works barriers denote real road works.
But why, you might wonder as you wait to inch forward, why would anyone put up signs saying road works when what is meant is "building works"? One can only imagine that this shameless attempt at deception is intended to put a cloak of legitimacy on piracy of public property. Road works, irksome as they can be to road users, are at least nominally carried out for public benefit. The works impeding your journey are not for the public but for the benefit of the speculative builders (or "property developers" as they prefer genteelly to label themselves) who induced the public authorities responsible to issue a permit to close the road or part of it to citizens entitled to move freely and unrestrictedly along it. Road works! These are private building works and their use of exactly the same signs that denote genuine road works must be the result of collusion between builders and bureaucrats. You could add that if they were road works, there wouldn't be any space for them anyway, so crammed are the blocked-off lanes with builders' trucks backing and plaintively beeping, little cabins like phone boxes containing clean sit-down facilities of approved hygienic standard, skips, stacks of concrete slabs and an intestinal tangle of trailing pink and grey cables.
What does it take to get a permit to block a busy street? I suppose in a society of exemplary moral probity such as ours it's not a matter of slipping a manila envelope of cash into the appropriate hand at the town hall. Besides, surely urban councillors are sea-green incorruptible (as Councillor Robespierre of the Paris revolutionary city council was said to be), or often Green anyway, and people like that can't be bought, can they? But, perhaps in a sense they can, by the prospect of twenty more storeys of ratepayers contributing to the municipal coffers.
As you peer into the sea of cars ahead, hoping to descry a faint flicker of forward movement, like climate-change researchers on an icebound polar vessel waiting for global warming to kick in and free them, you can fill the unforgiving minute observing the cast of the building site (the putative road workers) in their various capacities. There are the hard-hatted builders themselves, all bright in iridescent orange and not so much building as standing around in groups engaged in perpetual earnest conference or mobile phoning each other. Stationed like sentinels in the public way are a couple of additional brightly fluorescent functionaries, glowering indifference to the traffic snarl as they chew gum and hold lollypop signs with the — under the circumstances —redundant instructions, "Stop" and "Slow". The only absentees in this panorama of toil are the "developers" themselves in their natty imported suits. No doubt they're otherwise engaged planning new street-blocking "developments" in their corporate aeries on the top floors of characterless glass towers they've already "developed". As they pore over their budgets you'd think they'd be able to find a few dollars for some semiotic accuracy: instead of the yellow ROAD WORKS AHEAD barriers they've borrowed from the council or whoever why can't they have their own signs painted with THIS LANE IS BLOCKED FOR OUR NEW BUILDING? (Their PR department might recommend a fig leaf of ostensible concern for the inconvenience of the motorists blocked with it: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING IT.)
Usually at the site there is another sign, CRANE WORKING OVERHEAD. Its purpose is hard to discern. If it's a warning that the crane might drop something on you, or itself come crashing down, thanks but no thanks. Stuck in traffic like a fly in amber, how would you get out from under it anyway? But there must be drivers who read it and wish the crane would stoop down and pick them up and carry them out of the gridlock via an aerial route.
Streets are civilisation's arteries, the sine qua non of a community's functioning, its means of internal communication, as the Latin source of both words, communis, reminds us. Putting them to other uses, not only commercial, but allegedly charitable, or just frivolous — turning them into pistes for "fun runs" or swarms of cycle racers or for meretricious displays of identity politics — is inducing public sclerosis and perhaps private nervous breakdown.
To keep our civic arteries unclogged it might help if local planners adopted a rule that if you can't build something without overflowing the confines of the site and turning the surrounding streets into a builder's yard it's too big and you shouldn't be given a permit to build it.
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New rules requiring banks to hold larger capital reserves, along with regulation forcing financial firms to split their businesses up could have disastrous consequences for the global economy said Mr Geoghegan in a speech yesterday.
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Access Files Or Folder Using Mouse Middle Click With AnyMenuPosted in Portable Application By Rahul Sharma On July 6, 2012
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But many times Windows users want something more, they need quickly access to their favorite programs or files, what if your mouse middle click can work?
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Touch the Soil News # 117
Jon Lockhart with niece and nephews Bryce, Mee Mai, and Miles
Meet Jon Lockhart from Oakdale, Minnesota. Oakdale is on the eastern edge of the much larger Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area – a population center of 3.8 million people.
Lockhart explains that while Minneapolis proper has a thriving local foods culture, the St. Paul area and East into Oakdale is far less developed when it comes to a local food chain. Feedback that Lockhart is getting is that local food in his area is on a trend upwards.
Lockhart has an established wholesale propagation business raising and selling perennial and shrub plant starts. Lockhart began getting requests for vegetable plant starts which were followed by requests for actual 'local' produce.
Paying attention to the increase in requests for food, Lockhart began "Jon's Market Garden" in 2014. This year (2015) he is providing fresh produce to five families from two garden plots – totaling about 9,000 square feet.
Reading the books of Eliot Coleman and attending the meetings of the Twin Cities Agricultural Land Trust Lockhart is now working to increase his food-growing savvy. Along the way, a friend introduced Lockhart to SPIN food production guides and its related "Backyard Riches" program. Lockhart explains that the micro-greens regimen of the Backyard Riches program really helped him out.
John Lockhart preparing beds for his market garden
Lockhart is in the process of transitioning from being a plant propagator to an urban farmer. While today he still has his feet in both enterprises, he sees his future in growing food. While it is re-assuring that the demand is there, Lockhart also had a sort of economic realization: "I make more money selling fruit from a plant than from just selling the plant," says Lockhart.
Like many other entrepreneurs, one of Lockhart's challenges is capital – to grow his food growing enterprise to a size that is economically sustainable. One of Lockhart's strong points is his experience in growing plants – which is reflected in the neatness of how he prepares and raises his produce.
Lockhart is constantly keeping his eyes open for suitable parcels of land in his area for future expansion. As a general rule, Lockhart believes his community has a positive attitude towards urban farmers and supporting the purchase of local foods. Most of Lockhart's existing business has all come by word of mouth and friends.
Lockhart says that right now, he is the only urban farmer in the city of Oakdale, with a population of 30,000 and the adjacent city of Maplewood, with a population of 40,000. With all of the problems with water in California – the nation's fresh produce capitol – public feelings regarding access to more local produce may be on the side of Lockhart.
We all know that gardening for others requires planting a little extra to ensure you can meet your contracts. Lockhart donates any excess produce to the "Food Shelf," a local soup kitchen.
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Bonnie Cook, one of Lockhart's customers, was glad to share her experience:
"I purchased a full share of the CSA from Jon's Market Garden last summer and I was pleased with the quality of food he grows. I plan to continue doing it again every year. I was pleased with the quality and taste of the different variety's as well as things i've never tried before. His salad mixes were top notch along with the micro-greens he grew -they were better than anything I've ever had from the grocery store. "
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"Bar none, the best book on fire support in the English language and one of the most accessible works on tactics I have ever read."—Bruce Gudmundsson, author of On Artillery
The military of the United States is the world's strongest. Our armed forces are equipped with weapons of remarkable accuracy and unprecedented destructive power. In the Gulf War, allied forces used these weapons in what turned out to be a high-tech shooting gallery. The pinpoint accuracy… (more)
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Water quality Regulations, 2006 (Legal notice No. 121)
Water Quality Regulations apply to water used for domestic, industrial, agricultural, and recreational purposes; water used for fisheries and wildlife purposes, and water used for any other purposes. Different standards apply to different modes of usage. These regulations provide for the protection of lakes, rivers, streams, springs, wells and other water sources.
The objective of the regulations is to prohibit discharge of effluent into the environment contrary to the established standards. The regulations further provides guidelines and standards for the discharge of poisons, toxins, noxious, radioactive waste or other pollutants into the environment in line with the Third Schedule of the regulations.
The regulations have standards for discharge of effluent into the sewer and aquatic environment. While it is the responsibility of the sewerage service providers to regulate discharges into sewer lines based on the given specifications, NEMA regulates discharge of all effluent into the environment.
No person shall discharge any effluent from sewage treatment works, industry or other point sources into the environment without a valid effluent discharge license issued by NEMA.
Every person shall refrain from any actions, which directly or indirectly cause water pollution, whether or not the water resource was polluted before the enactment of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA), 1999
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the film direction of Jawon Dunn, Katie Keeling leads the cast of this feature film originally of USA, with original script in English (see subtitles), whose premiere was scheduled for 2014. You can watch Good Luck with That online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 80 minutes
Katie Keeling, Daniel Guess Jr., Erica Sellers, Chelsea Pennington, Landry Dunn, Hannah Johnson, Jason Downey, William Griffith, Kay Day and Brian Gaughan.
80-minute film (full movie) directed by Jawon Dunn.
The original audio of Good Luck with That has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Jawon Dunn.
JW Boone and Jason Downey.
Jawon Dunn and Eric Snider.
This film was produced and / or financed by Here's to the Nights Productions and August Productions.
Composed by Stereo Skyscraper.
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Without commercial breaks, the full movie Good Luck with That has a duration of 80 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Noble blow for Hammers
Alan Curbishley has revealed that Mark Noble will be out for a fortnight after undergoing a hernia operation.
By Lewis Rutledge
Last Updated: 08/11/07 2:20pm
Alan Curbishley has revealed that Mark Noble will be out for a fortnight after undergoing a hernia operation.
Freddie Ljungberg, James Collins and Dean Ashton are all back in training following injury and Curbishley hopes to be able to call on the trio soon.
But the West Ham manager admits it is frustrating to lose Noble, who has been one of his team's standout players so far this season.
The midfielder had to be substituted in last week's Carling Cup victory over Coventry and then missed the Premier League clash with Bolton on Sunday.
It was hoped that surgery would not be required but there was no other option and Noble now faces a spell on the sidelines.
"Freddie Ljungberg has trained, James Collins has trained, Dean Ashton is in training, so we are hopeful that they get through okay in the weeks to come," Curbishley, celebrating his 50th birthday, told Sky Sports News.
"But Mark Noble has had a hernia operation. He came off against Coventry feeling really sore so he's out.
"He's not going to be around for a couple of weeks.
"So we get a couple back and one goes out. That's just life at the moment."


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"The Complete Retiree's Guide to Social Security" Helps Older Americans Make the Best Financial Decisions as Retirement Approaches
Brian Vosberg CFP®, ChFC, CLU, EA, wealth manager, shares his unique expertise in new book, uncovering little-known facts about maximizing Social Security Benefits
Feb 25, 2014, 12:01 ET
GLENDORA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Brian Vosberg has just launched a new book designed to give retirees and near-retirees the necessary information to get the most out of social security benefits. As founder and president of Vosberg & Associates (www.VosbergAssociates.com), he calls upon years of hands-on, professional experience to help people avoid outliving their money. "The Complete Retiree's Guide to Social Security" is available now on Amazon.
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"Timing is everything when it comes to social security benefits," explains Vosberg. "Waiting until full retirement age (FRA) to collect will provide you with 100% of your benefits; waiting longer will give you even more. Keep in mind, though, that this decision is final."
Retirees are often unaware of the many options they have when it comes time to collect their benefits. They may believe that filing on themselves and filing on their spouse are their only choices, when in fact most people have 12 or more options. Vosberg's book discusses the pros and cons of each of these filing methods, identifying the scenarios where one method is clearly preferable to another.
"Benjamin Franklin said that death and taxes were the only certainties in life, but retirees have the right to minimize their tax burden. Unfortunately, many older Americans don't take this into account, assuming that social security income is forever and always tax exempt. That may be the case at first, but certain situations can lead to the IRS eyeing as much as 85% of Social Security as taxable income," explained Vosberg.
"Penalties can also apply when an individual works while drawing Social Security. Retirees must carefully weigh the risks and benefits of various income choices; that's one of our specialties at Vosberg & Associates, and it's what I hope readers can glean from 'The Complete Retiree's Guide to Social Security.'"
In his ten-plus years of serving a diverse group of clients, Vosberg has proven time and again his aptitude for seeing opportunity where others see only threats. "The retirement income gap is certainly one of the greatest challenges older Americans face, especially when they've put off planning until the 11th hour. Fortunately, even then, there are tools available to ensure a secure, stable income throughout retirement. Social Security provides that kind of security for all Americans, so long as they know how best to use it."
Vosberg boasts the necessary credentials to position himself and his firm as a resource for financial planning, investment and retirement situations. He holds Series 6, 7, 24 and 63 securities registrations, a California insurance license, a real estate broker's license, and is an enrolled agent with the IRS.
About Brian Vosberg
Brian Vosberg is President of Vosberg & Associates, an independent financial planning and wealth management firm. He has committed himself to helping individuals and their families realize their investment and financial goals. Brian has built his firm by combining a sound asset class investment methodology with comprehensive financial planning. He listens to his clients to understand their needs and goals and creates financial strategies that are suited to their individual situations.
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Mandanda unaware of interest
Steve Mandanda insists he hasn't heard anything from AC Milan after he was linked with the club.
By Giscard Gourizro
Last Updated: 29/04/09 11:40am
Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda insists he has not heard anything from AC Milan after reports in France and Italy linked him with a move to the San Siro.
It has been speculated that the Rossoneri are keen to find a young replacement for their three veteran shot-stoppers.
Currently on Milan's books are 35-year-old Dida, first choice Christian Abbiati, 31, and Zeljko Kalac, 36.
Mandanda at 24 would be the ideal acquisition for Milan but Marseille are likely to fight any approach for a player who has established himself as France's number one this season.
"I am not aware of any interest from Milan, who are a great team," he told France Football.
"They have quality keepers such as Dida and Abbiati, but you never know. It is good to be linked with them. They are a great team."


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Franken Destroys Premise For Focus On The Family Study, Schools Conservatives
During this morning's Senate DOMA hearings, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) destroyed Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery's argument that children are better off with opposite-sex parents by demonstrating how Minnery misrepresented an HHS study. The study — which Minnery cited to oppose marriage equality — actually found that children do best in two-parent households, regardless of the parents' gender. Watch it:
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Killens Pond
Located just below Dover, Killens pond is DE's mid-state gem. Tight fairways winding between pine trees are countered by a few still challenging open holes to make this 18 hole beauty. Three tees and two pin positions on most of the holes allow for a huge variety of difficulties. The red tees to the short pins is ideal for newer players, while the blue tees to long pins offers a great challenge to more advanced golfers.
Course Length:5,036 ft. – 5813ft
Number of Holes:18
Course Par:54
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Residence "Arcelle". In the centre of la station, in a busy position. In the house: lift, storage room for skis. In Winter: please take snow chains. Shop 20 m, grocery 10 m. Sports centre 20 m, slopes 100 m.
2-room apartment 29 m2 on 1st floor. Beautiful furnishings: living/dining room with TV (flat screen). 1 room with sliding door with 1 sofabed (140 cm, length 190 cm). Sleeping alcove with 2 beds (80 cm, length 190 cm). Kitchenette (oven, dishwasher, 4 ceramic glass hob hotplates, electric coffee machine). Bathroom, sep. WC.
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text: Post buying my TJet, i barely use my bike. Its a Yamaha R15 Blue color registered in Pune (MH 12). The bike is in excellent condition and i am planning to sell it. I had purchased the bike in 2008 while i was residing in Pune. I have relocated to Mumbai recently and brought the bike with me. If anyone is interested, i can get the bike over to Pune for a look. Details of the bike below: Variant: Yamaha R15 Registration Location: Pune Year: 2008 July Engine Size: 150 Kms Covered: 10,000 Color: Blue Fuel type: Petrol Reg. State: MH (MH 12 XXXX) No. of Owners: 1 Road Tax: Individual Insurance: Comprehensive till 07/2011 Valid Warranty: Standard Service history: Very detailed Reason of sale: Not using the bike anymore. Bike has the following Yamaha accessories: - High Power LED park lights - LED turn signals - Billet clutch & front brake (Blue) - Billet covers for brake master, fork center bolt, handle bar end, engine bolt. (Blue) - Tank Guard (Carbon fibre pattern) - Seat Cowl (Blue) - Tail pipe end billet (Blue) I still have the original units which were replaced (old indicators, brake & clutch levers) Accidents: None Scratches & dents: Very minor ones on the vinyl stickers from parking areas. One tiny dent on the tank due to one moron who didnt know to park his bike properly. Insurance: Paid upto 2011 Service history: All services done through Yamaha Factory shop. Expected rate: 70,000/- I believe this is an extremely reasonable price