Apace of Change

Greetings from Asbury Park Atlantic City, NJ, where my family is on vacation for a week.  Coincidentally, I just noticed that today is my blog’s first anniversary, so here’s a link back to that first post from 2 August 2007.  I’m taking advantage of a rare quiet moment when everyone but me is napping to [...]

I’ve been actively involved on Twitter for almost a year now, and I have a lot to thank it for.  I’ve been introduced to some fantastic folks via Twitter, some of whom have even made guest appearances in my classes.  I’ve developed a PLN around Twitter that has heavily informed not only how I use [...]

As I’ve said before, I’m a fan of anyone bad enough to start their name with an indefinite article.  Jose at The Jose Vilson asked for some help with his Ginsberg-inspired poetry meme, so here’s my contribution (read his post if it isn’t evident how I’m helping).
I’ve announced it through Twitter and Facebook, but not [...]

Christian Long’s summer vacation is off to a bang with the development of the first meme of the season, in which he asks:
What was the “worst job” you ever had that ironically helped prepare you to one day become an educator?
I’ve been extremely fortunate in that I’ve never had any terrible jobs, but for the [...]

I’ve said before that I really try to maintain focus on education, technology and psychology here, as I really don’t want this to become another e/n blog, but every so often something happens outside of this sphere that warrants mention.
Consumerist was one of the first blogs I started reading, and I’ve since developed a strong [...]