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Entries from July 2008

You Set the Tone

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to Ginger Lewman for sending along a link to the following video related to The Kid That No One Wanted: A Positive Behavior Primer by Brad Engel:

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I haven’t read the book as of yet, but the message of the video reminded me of the attitude [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized · behavior · low-income · open source

Summer Reading Isn’t Always Relaxing

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Ahhh… nothing like a diving into a book during summer break to relax between school years. Not this time.  Five chapters in to Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire by Rafe Esquith and my brain is already spinning with ideas for adjustments I want to make in the new school year.  This book is one [...]

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Tags: behavior

Time for a Change

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

If something isn’t working for you, you have some choices.

ignore it
complain about it
figure out if you still need it
change it

Since the first two don’t do much in the long run, that leaves the last two.  Long story short…I still wanted/need a blog and now I’m here with Edublogs.  Sometimes a fresh start is a good [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

NECC – It’s Not About the Technology. It’s About the People.

July 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The National Education Computing Conference (NECC) is finally over. The excitement had been building for months. With tools and sites like Ning, Twitter, Diigo, Plurk the excitement reached a fever pitch in the last few days leading up to the big event. I was lucky enough to be there this year, but it meant digging [...]

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Tags: NECC2008 NECC