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Exceptionally Productive

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I’ve been quite busy getting work finished for our first ReadWriteThink content report of FY06. We added several Web sites to the Web Resources Gallery:

I composed a lesson plan, which actually includes a List of Ten. The 9–12 lesson Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age includes a list of Modern-Day Interpretation Projects (It’s a PDF). I plan to add it specifically to the Lists page, but I’m just listing it here for now. I have some additional ideas to add to the list of interpretation (e.g., create the cell phone address book of one of the characters, complete with icons and custom ringtones). There may be a second list of interpretations eventually. While the lesson plan uses Romeo and Juliet for the examples, I’ve written the Projects so that they use the word “text” rather than name the work that is involved—that way anyone can use them with any “older” text.

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NCTE Inbox

Stories behind Historical Documents

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This week’s Ideas section in NCTE’s Inbox takes advantage of Independence Day (because that was the easiest thing to do). It focuses on “Looking for the Stories behind Historical Documents.”

I’m still not sure what is causing the blogger template to do such odd things, but I went in for the quick fix and just put everything into a more cooperative, large table. I’d rather have it work properly, but this will do for now.

I’m sure it’s a perverse statement on my morals, but I love this Wonkette blogging of the president’s speech tonight. Okay, what I really like is 8:05. It’s so deliciously evil.


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Odd layout problems

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There’s something odd going on with this layout on Firefox/Win. I first saw it last night, but won’t have a chance to try to figure out what’s going on for a little while. Bear with me please. Thanks.

Journal

It’s not a toilet seat

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The Washington Post has a story today on computers as nostalgic collectibles: “Geek Chic: Old Computers As Collectibles” (bugmenot login: youareidiots@mailintor.com / password).

And okay, I readily admit that I have some old technologies lying about because I just like old technologies. But the article libels my cute Mac iBook: “He keeps his circa-1999 iBook — the one that looks like a toilet seat — in the basement, next to one of those tiki lamps that repel mosquitoes.” It’s not a toilet seat, Jose Antonio Vargas, and I hope you get boils on your butt for your evil lies.


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