There was only one session at this conference that seemed to have anything to do with technology. It was positioned as the last session after 9PM on the last evening of the conference, and I was late. Walking in quietly, I glanced up at the presenter’s slide. She had a FaceBook page for her NHS [...]

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Sitting at the National Honor Society day two keynote. Here’s a man, John Jell, who came up the ranks from college work through Coca Cola and then to the Nestle Corporation. He said when he graduated from college he was in the bottom 11% of his class. He worked hard to balance formal and informal [...]

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Ok I gotta write this, but it’ll make me sound like a dork. I didn’t realize PodCampAZ was happening. PodCampAZ is an UnConference based completely on technology and attended by so many tech geeks just like me! Saturday evening my friends invited me to dinner at Chino Banditos, which is a mashup of Chinese & [...]

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Frankly, I am getting a little bored doing the similar presentation over and over. Although I can tell you it’s well received and needed! I just need Google to call me up and pay me, or at least give me a free tour or something. I’ve worked on this with Shelley Rodrigo at probably four [...]

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In terms of 21st century literacies, in the next ten years we will see Increased Global Interaction, hyper localism, extreme diversity and increased out of school learning. In terms of diversity, it’s not just race anymore. It’s play out in age, gender, and even extreme religious views on education. Dale Allender’s, the director of NCTE-West, [...]

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Several months ago I received a CFP from Shelley Rodrigo for TYCA-West and wondered what the hell that was. Turns out it is Two Year College Association, which is part of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). At first it was suppose to be in Prescott, and I agreed loving the area and deciding [...]

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This week I am at the AP Institute in Bellevue, WA. Last year I came to this same institute alone, because I’d heard it’s the best around. I agree. Last year it rocked, and my presenter was the Chief Reader for AP Language. The beginning of the week began a bit quieter until my friends [...]

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My presentation on Google Calendar for MaricopaTech 2008.

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