Jul

30

Reminiscing upon the past…

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This summer marks a new venture in connectedness on my part.  Using facebook and twitter, I have built important learning communities, both educational and social.  But I find myself very nostalgic today, in particular focusing on my first teaching job, where I taught chemistry and physics (in various “flavors”) at Roberto Clemente Community Academy.  I [...]

Jul

29

Beware of Facebook in the Real World…

July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Many people often don’t consider the consequences of the material they (and others) post about them on facebook. The Idiots of Ants, a British comedy group, has this humorous (and eye-opening) take on facebook in the real world.

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Jul

29

Research Experience for Teachers (RET)

July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This summer has proven to be a wonderful learning opportunity for me.  Like many major universities across the US,Notre Damehas a research experience for teachers program where local educators can take part in a variety of research venues. Educators can become a part of research groups in math, as well as a wide variety [...]

Jul

21

Building Learning Communities 2008

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well, my head is slowly decompressing from the aftermath of the Building Learning Communities Conference this past week in Boston, MA. I went into the conference feeling pretty technologically adept and have since realized that I lived in a Web 1.0 world. The disturbing thing to me is that I also feel [...]

Jul

21

Ning in Education

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you are in education and have not yet joined ning, make sure that once you have registered that you join the education group as well as the classroom 2.0 group.

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