"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
I am currently reading Bill Kist’s new book, The Socially Networked Classroom. While written for all levels of education from elementary through postsecondary, he focuses on the use of social media in classes from middle school and above. As I continue to work with K-12 teachers in my graduate course, this book addresses many of… Read more The Socially Networked Student
A delivery from Barnes and Noble is like Christmas in July. As much as I like digital, there is something comforting about holding a book. Here are the next four books I plan to read this summer: . Looking forward to jumping in! And by the way, they are sitting on one of my favorite… Read more My Next Summer Reading Plans
Over the weekend, I started a little project that will last a LOOOONNNNGGGG time. My daughters have given me a scanner so that I might digitally scan some of the 2400+ 35mm slides that are sitting in storage up in the attic. Works great, though it takes 8 minutes to do 4 slides. (You do… Read more DIYU, Probably Not, But Use DIYU Resources, Definitely!