Miss her!
Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, says it dawned on him last spring. The semester was ending, and as usual, students were making a pilgrimage to his office, asking for the extra points needed to lift their grades to A’s. “They felt so entitled,” he recalls, “and it just hit me. We can blame Mr. Rogers.
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Intro – Rube Goldberg Machine | April 29, 2010 – OK Go | ColbertNation.com
Fantastic.
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The question on researchers’ minds is whether all that texting, instant messaging and online social networking allows children to become more connected and supportive of their friends — or whether the quality of their interactions is being diminished without the intimacy and emotional give and take of regular, extended face-to-face time.
It is far too soon to know the answer.
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OMG! Adorbz of the Day: 5-year-old Cake fangirl goes the distance (from her cuteness to my heart).
[noob.us.]
This kid is going to own her high school.
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Blue Jays eating straw…
Here We Go Again (Moving to Tumblr)
After Posterous’ non-cool move with affiliate links, I’ve decided to move my blog over here to Tumblr.
I’ve had this blog on WordPress.com then a self-hosted WordPress plan for a long while then over to Posterous, a few static page iterations and now here on Tumblr.
I’m tired of moving it, so let’s hope this one sticks. Based on Tumblr’s past moves, they seem to be in this business for more than just quick bucks or exponential (spammy) growth.
I like that.
So, we’ll see.
Now I just need to figure out how to get all that content off of Posterous and over here. Looks like it might take some API spelunking.
Fatherhood and Teaching
I have found that one of the most difficult things about being a high school teacher is being a high school teacher with two small children. It’s not that having two small children makes it harder to get work done at home, which they do, or that my teaching and coaching keeps me away from them more than I would like, which it does. Those aren’t really difficulties as much as they are inconveniences. No, the thing that makes this job difficult for me is seeing all of the possible outcomes for my children.
Such a great post that sums up many of the feelings I’ve had about being back in the classroom again this year…
This is the first year I’ve been a teacher since having children. Now that we have #2 (2 girls… ahhh! and no, her name is not Commander Riker, although that would be awesome) on the way, I’m sure this feeling of anxiousness about the future of my children will only amplify.
I just daily try to keep in mind the lessons I learn and observe from the many good parents of my students as I navigate this utterly terrifying and always wonderful world of fatherhood.
Old News in the Classroom
The News Archive Partner Program provides a way for Google and publishers and
repositories to partner together and make historical newspaper archives discoverable
online. As part of Google News, the News archive search function provides an easy way
to search and explore historical archives.
via news.google.com
I’ve used this feature a couple of times in the past week with my 8th graders… they did seem to really enjoy seeing historical newspapers presented this way.
I remember being so excited to find a copy of a “moon landing” paper from ’69 at an antique shop when I was high school, so I had to buy it.
Funny how some things never change.
Anyway, this is a great resource for teachers in all areas/grade levels.