cbd offers an explanation of how Del.icio.us and teaching go together. I wish I could get my head around del.icio.us completely. It just evades me. There’s something I just don’t get. The way the cbd explains it here made me…
Category: Personal Journal
Depression: Late or Not?
Finally, I’m caught up. Feels like a million entries I’ve edited or written in the last 24 hours. The most interesting observation through all this was a note on one day that I was horribly late for work, and a…
Daily Work: Sleeping, Napping, Cooking
Got up at 12:30. Went back to bed at 2:00. Got back up at 4:30. Am I lame or what? I had it in my mind that I would run errands to Home Depot and Office Depot (an emerging depot…
Depression: "Just Getting Started" (Are they serious?)
A friend said that he’s taking Cymbalta, so I went off to find out what it does. I found the tips on their When You’re Just Getting Started page fun. I’m very good at “Defer Big Decisions”—that can account for…
In the News: Charging for E-mail
Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail – New York Times—just what we need. What I find intriguing about the argument behind these charges is that spammers and other annoyances wouldn’t pay for the privilege of sending e-mail through AOL…
Daily Work: ReadWriteThink Science Fiction Lesson, Blogging, Napping
Got to work just 3 minutes after. A major accomplishment. Continued work on the science fiction lesson plan. Had it live by mid-afternoon. Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction through Paired Readings is live and ready for the teachers of…
Daily Work: Update, Upkeep (fortunately not upchuck)
It’s Groundhog Day, which means I am to regale my brother-in-law with “I got you babe.” We have no excuse for this tradition really. I had my update with Sharon, and went over my list of things I need to…
In the News: Who Writes Politician’s Blogs?
I was intrigued by Dear Folks: No Time to Write, which talks about politicians who supposedly start blogs and then don’t post anything. I thought it amazingly naive to think that all these politicians are writing their own blogs. Sure,…
Windows Resources: Surviving IT Lockdown
Geek to Live: Survive IT lockdown – Lifehacker—information that you hope you don’t have to use, but that you know you better save.
In the News: Framing Internet Use in Elementary School
I wish that I’d saved the RSS feed description on BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Net abuse ‘starts in primaries’. The article is about kids plagiarizing and what not. Misusing online resources. Bullying. Problems with “e-safety” (please. e-safety?)…