Continued work on the character letter to the editor lesson today. But more importantly, I copied an episode of South Park from the TiVo to my laptop. Got angry because I needed new software. Bought and downloaded software. And then…
Category: Personal Journal
Daily Work: Rethinking Problems
Lots of ongoing work on lesson plans and such today. I handed off the March calendar and our phase 2 entries for an editor to run through. Decided how to handle the 1984 Macintosh lesson plan, and continued work on…
Daily Work: (or Not Work Acutally) Sick Day
I missed the Staff Appreciation Luncheon today because I was in bed feeling pretty iffy about my life. Some days, I just can’t get out of bed. Most days, even if I do get out of bed, my entire day…
In the News: What Makes a Memoir?
As I was driving to work this morning, the local NPR station was talking with Philip Graham, Professor of English at the University of Illinois, and Antonia Leotsakos of the staff of Pages For All Ages Bookstore about book recommendations…
In the News: Book Publishing
Blurb Home: Washington Post review of a demo of the product explains that you go from “Blogs to Books, using a ‘Blog Slurper.’” The service is still in beta testing. It looks like an interesting product, but it’s not publishing…
Windows Resources: Free themed fonts – Lifehacker
Free themed fonts – Lifehacker—such a shame that I didn’t have The Matrix font when I was working on the dystopia lesson plan. Maybe one of these will come in handy in the future though.
In the News: Bush: Boost math and science
eSchool News online – Bush: Boost math and science—this initiative is why we’re internally focusing on what has been titled the “STEM learning pathway.” STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In any other world, we’d be talking about reading…
In the News: E-mail Tone
Email tone isn’t understood as much as we think – Lifehacker—of course the issue that isn’t being addressed here is how e-mail and telephone rhetorical skills compare to letter writing, memos, and so forth. There’s a move to damn what’s…
Web Resources: 30 Boxes Calendar Beta
30 Boxes calendar beta live – Lifehacker: This tool has possibilities for a shared calendar for IRA and NCTE as we both work on ReadWriteThink. We currently have a shareware app that lets us upload dates. This looks slicker. I…
Daily Work: Cleaning, Cooking, Book Writing
Steelers Win! :) We can all be so proud of my accomplishments too. I managed not to take a nap. I scrubbed the stove, loaded the dishwasher, took the trash to the street, and have the laundry almost done. I…