2¢ Worth

I’m standing in the corner of the classroom, just aside from the door.  There are about 30 students sitting in desks that are more haphazardly arranged than in rows — that haphazardness exceeded only by the varying positions of the students, who seem to have more joints than I do.
Beside of me is the principal […]

At the moment, I am on my way to San Francisco for the TRLD conference, with a stop over in Philadelphia, where I’ll spend a few hours at the Science Leadership Academy.  I’m sure it isn’t going to be a typical day, with preparations for the Educon conference, of which I’ll miss most of (TRLD).  […]

One of the aspects that I miss about being traditionally employed by a school, district, or state agency is the parties.  I still get invited to the annual Christmas party at the Department of Public Instruction, but cake on birthdays was a treat — especially if it was chocolate cake.  One party that was always […]

This, which I learned about from one of my favorite science communicators, Bora Zivkovic (A Blog Around the Clock), excites me on several levels. But principly, I see a group of educators, who have met, discussed, taught, and learned, and then have come to agreement and published, globally, a document of demand for the […]

During a conversation that I had yesterday with Owatanna Schools’ Superintendent, Tom Tapper, he described how his four year old grandson was using Webkinz, a recent arrival (April 2005) to the virtual pets genre of children’s web destinations and current obsession for thousands of young children.  There’s been much written about concerns over the time […]

This is another of those blog posts that may fall under the, “Where has Dave been for the past year!”  But I was mildly intrigued by a conversation I had with one of the attendees of yesterday Science Blogging Conference, a science educator.  He was telling me about his program’s plans to start helping youngsters […]

David in 3D

I’m sitting in my favorite seat (far back right corner — so that I can see, hear, and reach the power supply) in Auditorium B for the Science Blogging Ethics, moderated by Janet D. Stemwedel. My plan is to be taking notes on this blog article and then post it every fifteen […]

The conference started today with hands-on workshops for blogging beginners this morning and tours of some Research Triangle Park labs this afternoon. I had enormous fun, spending two hours at the DIVE, the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment.  One of a half dozen or so CAVEs in the world, it was like SecondLife with glasses instead […]

I had a virtual conversation, the other day, with a group of media specialists near Minneapolis.  I enjoyed the warmth of my tiny basement office, while they had 4 degree temeratures facing them (-16c).  Alas, I’ll be flying to Minneapolis on Sunday (high of 4 degrees).
To the right is a picture that one of […]

Scott McLeod (Dangerously Irrelevant) has opened up his second annual Education Blogosphere Survey.  I think that it is interesting and useful to have information about a particular portion of the blogging community, especially one that is so information and communication intensive.
You can click the graphic to the right to participate.  It’s four screens and 25 […]