Posted in Philosophy, education on Jun 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Here is a comment I recently left on a post by Ken Caroll called, Is Teaching a Subversive Act?
Good to see you again Ken. I find your posts and subsequent conversations very thought provoking. They linger in my head for days as I try and work out my arguments. Perhaps it is because [...]
Posted in Philosophy, education on Jun 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
It is depressing how even “new” ideas labeled as punk, as in EduPunk, can quickly become mundane water cooler banter in this incestuous and quickly homogenizing edublog echo chamber. Like starving piranha we all latch on to the latest term, tool, or idea and beat it to death, till there is nothing left of it [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Teaching, education on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
At its most fundamental level the Internet is nothing more than a way to spread and share information. Sometimes this information is produced by the person sharing it, but more often than not the Internet is simply the passing of acquired information. We share information in hopes that it will help us better connect with [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Resignation, education on May 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
I recently read an article about a teacher’s union in New Zealand fighting new rules that could have teachers fired for online behavior.
Teachers are fighting to exclude their private lives - such as personal postings on Internet sites Bebo and Facebook - from falling foul of new serious misconduct rules. The Teachers Council wants to [...]
Posted in Intrepid Classroom, education on May 1st, 2008 6 Comments »
Since March 10th, I have been out of a job and it has been difficult for me to post anything worthwhile, because after all, it is tough reflecting on teaching when you haven’t been teaching. There have been many times I have had a post brewing, but I let it slip away due to either, [...]
Posted in Daraja Academy, Philosophy, education on Mar 31st, 2008 6 Comments »
I am reading a book called Three Cups of Tea, by David Oliver Relin about a man named Greg Mortenson, who after failing to summit K2 stumbles into a small village in Northern Pakistan called Korphe and promises to build the people of the village a school. Reading this book coupled with my friend Jason’s [...]
Posted in Power of Web 2.0, Resignation, education on Mar 31st, 2008 3 Comments »
Comment I just left on The Thinking Stick:
As you, and maybe some of your readers know, what you discussed in this post has been a very real experience for me. I have written on the subject a bit, but since I am exposed and looking for a new job, I am a bit reserved on [...]
Posted in Daraja Academy, education on Mar 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
I do now want to write about how I met Jason Doherty, or the months we spent in his hospital room while his shattered body mended from a car crash I should have been involved with, but due to my nine lives, I missed. I won’t mention how I rescued him from yet another car [...]
Posted in education on Mar 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
Ever since I lost my job a little over a week ago, I have had a lot on my mind. I lay in bed every night writing and re-writing my thoughts in disappearing poems, essays, and blog posts. The larger themes are there in the darkness, staring at me, but nothing seems to solidify into [...]
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