Posted in Science, environment, social network on Sep 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
This weekend while on my way to the Common Ground Country Fair I read a bumper sticker (not new, just a reminder) that says “The Best Things in Life are not Things”.
Last night I read a post from Chris Lehmann (principal in PA) about considering a new economic model that gets away from the “growth” [...]
Posted in MLCI, Professional Development, Science, education, environment, social network, web2.0 on Sep 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Youth and the Natural World
This looks like a great companion to all the technology workshops that I attend. It is nice that this is happening in Maine and that Gov. Baldacci is trying to to bring attention to this issue.
After reading Last Child in the Woods, which from a teaching point of view the first [...]
Posted in PLC, Science, blogging, environment on Sep 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
For those of you who read “The World is Flat” Thomas Friedman and were taken with his predictions on the future of the economy for the world and the roll that technology will play in that “new world” this might be of interest to you.
His latest title is, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need [...]
Posted in Science, education, environment on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day. It is an interesting experiment to see what impact a focused effort to blog on one topic will do.
As we look at the environment in our education here at school I am reminded of the presentation that Paul Kando did about “The Inconvenient Truth” for us. It has left my [...]
Posted in Science, blogging, education, environment on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day. It is an interesting experiment to see what impact a focused effort to blog on one topic will do.
As we look at the environment in our education here at school I am reminded of the presentation that Paul Kando did about “The Inconvenient Truth” for us. It has left my [...]
