I’m heading out tomorrow morning for a 21 Century Literacies conference, but will be back in town on Thursday. Let’s connect.

Out paths have crossed a number of times in the past few years (EETT &, more recently, at the 2007 CLMA Conference). I am going to be teaching an “Advanced Technology” class (special thanks go to Ted for this assignment) at Mitchell Middle in Rancho Cordova this coming year — the focus is to be on Web 2.0 — unfortunately, until now, this class has not existed. As a result, I do not have a blueprint on a course outline. I have some ideas but would prefer to have them backed up with some concrete proof that my thoughts my actually work. Could you help me out and/or point me in the right direction so I can track down some already in use curriculum. Thanks so much!

Pete

Let’s schedule some other time. My email is jane.krauss@gmail.com
Best, Jane

I know I’m procrastinating on the meme you sent me. Sorry. In the meantime, back at ya’:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/05/11/meme/

Larry

Gail

I just wanted to thank you for stopping by my blogging and saying hello. I think we may have a lot in common and I look forward to meeting you out in the network. You mentioned you weren’t sure what happened to me, here is a brief re-cap of sorts:

http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/to-prospective-employers/

Hope to hear form you more soon.

I just wanted to make sure that you were invited to our education “Blogger Summit”. We hope you can make it and feel free to share this invitation with any other bloggers in the area that might be interested. The invitation is attached below.

Alex
ED In ‘08 Blogger Summit

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Strong American Schools is excited to announce the ED in ‘08 Blogger Summit. Conference details are as follows:

May 14th – 15th
Palomar Hotel, Washington DC
Registration is Free!

An opening reception is scheduled on the evening of Wednesday, May 14th. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served before the screening of a new documentary film on education, Two Million Minutes. A Q&A session with the filmmakers is set to follow.

Then join us for an all-day conference on May 15th. Nowhere else will you have an opportunity to meet and network with fellow education bloggers, participate in panels, attend workshops, and help tackle some tough questions on the state of education in America.

Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP today!

Register at http://edin08.com/bloggersummit/

We are a team of graduate students studying innovation and change at the University of Minnesota who are researching how much influence teachers do, or do not have, with regard to decisions concerning teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, and overall public education innovation. We are studying “forums” such as blogs, where people gather to share values. For a variety of reasons, we have been unable to find an easy conduit to initiate a discussion with teachers. As a result, we have turned to blogs, such as this one – an innovation in itself – to attempt to engage you in dialog.

We have set up The Education Innovation Blog, http://blog.lib.umn.edu/joh02855/innovationeducation
as a place where we hope to gather your stories, thoughts and opinions on innovation and creativity in education – both what would benefit you as a teacher and what would benefit your students. The blog includes a link to a 10-minute survey that we have developed. We hope this survey will serve as a starting point for discussions. We would very much appreciate your taking the survey and sharing this request with as many of your colleagues as possible. If you find this survey/blog interesting, please post it on your blog so other teachers can see it. ALL SURVEY RESPONSES WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL! The survey will close as of April 30th, however the blog will remain active and results and discussion of this project will be posted there.

Your postings to the blog will be public. If you prefer to remain anonymous, please post them to our e-mail address, 4educationinnovation@gmail.com, we will strip them of identifying information and post your remarks anonymously.
If you have any questions, please e-mail us at 4educationinnovation@gmail.com. Thank you, we hope you will choose to participate and assist us in our research!

Ben Cashen, Mike Fink, Kristi Mueller, Jen Trochinski, Sarah Waldemar, Wendy Wustenberg, Kun Yang

Fred Deutsch
Watertown, SD