My first day off of a four-day weekend. We need more Monday holidays. Even though I took vacation today, I ended up doing a bit of work. It’s impossible not to really. Makes more sense to answer some e-mails then…
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Daily Work: It’s Murder! Plus Calendar Work and DIY Repairs
This morning there was no evidence of the crime scene from yesterday. In truth, the yard looked very plain and empty with the tarps and tents and cars and flashing lights all gone. Looked like any other house. I don’t…
Daily Work: ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan and Calendar, NCTE Podcasting, and Police
Today is my younger brother Noel’s birthday. I am celebrating by eating cookies without him, given that he’s 11 hours away. I was in on a brainstorming meeting this morning for ways to use podcasting on the NCTE Web site.…
In the News: Elmore Leonard: 10 ways to “remain invisible” in your writing
Elmore Leonard: 10 ways to “remain invisible” in your writing | 43 Folders—How depressing. We spend so much time working on voice with students, and here is a list of ways to squelch it. Valuable in ways, I’m sure. Actually,…
In the News: NPR : Commission Mulls Standardized Testing in Colleges
NPR : Commission Mulls Standardized Testing in Colleges—this was a nice story, but I was bothered by the arguments that the various people who were interviewed gave. The problem with standardized testing is that standardized testing doesn’t work. It’s not…
Daily Work: The Fun Part and Gender Issues in Computing
Story on Focus 580 this morning about Gender Issues in Computing, which also was generally about women and math/science. One day I really need to write down my math stories. It’s probably important to write them down, but I never…
In the News: Personal Safety for Bloggers
Blog Stalkers – Personal Safety for Bloggers: ProBlogger Blog Tips: Mostly obvious to me, but the list may come in handy later. We have a blog lesson plan coming along that may benefit from the link. If not, I’ll have…
Daily Work: Burning Out (DVDs)
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…
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…