Fun & Exciting Stuff

Our new planning strategy.

Using a tag cloud, the NY Times has created a visual representation of every President’s Inaugural address. Pretty cool. Definately gives you an idea of the main concern of each President.

I see something like this and wonder how far  behind we in Brigadoon really are.

Perhaps the most telling response on the subject of PLNs is from my student Hope, who says, “My iGoogle page is very helpful and helps me keep things organized. It lets me know when my agenda changes.” The fact that a ninth grader would talk about her own research agenda gives a glimpse into the power of the PLN; she is using a term here that is often reserved for grad students!

If every kid that wants to get around our district internet filter can get around it, what’s teh point of having one? Are we just protecting the technologically ignorant from accidentally stumbleing on something they shouldn’t see? Meanwhile, I can’t look up “Bikini Atoll” as part of spur of the moment illustration on the effects of a weapons of mass destruction.