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November 2009 Blog Posts (5)

They Left No Child Behind in their Quest to Teach

You never hear me fuss about religious schools, or charter schools, or

most types of schools I have even taught in DODDS Schools and in a

school for dropouts. Teaching is sometimes a challenge but the nuns who

taught me were up to every challenge. So, that is one of the reasons I get fired up

when people like Michelle Rhee make fun of older teachers and do not realize that

these people and others stood in places where no one cared to teach and produced… Continue

Added by Bonnie Bracey Sutton on November 28, 2009 at 1:46am — No Comments

The Virtual World of Second Life,, Blogging,,,and Pictures

the pictures included are some of my latest from Second Life

my avatar does not ever resemble the real life me - (more on that topic later)

always shapeshifts, is a nomadic explorer, adventurer, landscaper and gardener

one can move trees and mountains in the virtual world without tools and no danger of a bad back,,, (in rl this is possbile if one has bad posture at one's computer :) )

Ah my first blog… Continue

Added by karla on November 21, 2009 at 8:26am — No Comments

Building The Internet: An Interview with Vint Cerf

Vint Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, and is often referred to as 'the father of the internet'. Here he discusses how the internet was designed; the importance of 'net neutrality' and the human experience of the internet. What is less well know is that Vint provided early moral support for the founding of… Continue

Added by Reid Cornwell on November 15, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Supercomputing or not?

While everyone else is deep in 2.0 the Supercomputing is going on. Here is what we have put together for a conference. But I have limited attendance for this day. If you have friends who are in the Portland area I need your help.

The National Academy of Sciences has had hearings on STEM, on Science Learning and , gaming, simulations in education. A group of us, mostly EOT, NCWIT and others crafted a conference to further that message. This is a group of us who have worked together… Continue

Added by Bonnie Bracey Sutton on November 8, 2009 at 4:36am — No Comments

Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure

My guest column in the Washington Post, 11-04-09]

Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure

When "Race to the Top" fails, as it will, the main reason won’t be any of those currently being advanced by the corporate interests and politicians now running the education show. It won’t fail because of lack of academic rigor, poor teaching, weak administrators, too-short school year, union resistance, differing state standards, insufficient performance incentives, sorry… Continue

Added by Marion Brady on November 6, 2009 at 2:30am — 2 Comments