21clc thing 6

Finding the topic or the main question is the first problem. Nings seem to be a good source to find projects that have already started and to seek evaluations of projects that other people have completed. I look forward to spending more time on researching this site.

Thing 12 Delicious

How delicious. When my computer crashes I will still be able to recover my bookmarks. When I learn how to set tags that make sense, my site will be even more beneficial.

Thing 3, R'eading and Posting Blogs

When I do settle in and read already posted blogs, I am usually very inpressed with the quality of the writing and thoughts. I enjoy the postings, but usually do not have the time to spend. One of the postings that impressed me was dy/dan's homework article. He does emphasize that time management was key to accomplishing enough work in the class time allowed. Time on task, time on task, time on task. I guess this also relates to classroom management, an ever moving target.

Thing 2 21clc

While driving to see my beautiful and wonderful new grandchildren ,I had many hours in the car. Part of these hours were spent listening to "Hot Flat and Crowded". I had to wonder what the world would look like for them when they were entering adulthood. One interesting story was about China achieving phone service in every house (cellular) without going through the resource intensive land line phase. Many changes that were predicted in my lifetime did not occur, or did not occur in the path that was expected. Our children and grandchildren will achieve goals, some of which I can predict and some beyond my imagination. Our grandchildren probably follow their own pathways to reach these goals.
Our goals in education should be to teach students, not only to reach the goals, but to use creativity in the paths to that goal.

Arrival of Charles Bryce Barnett

Bryce arrived almost a week early (July 23), weighing in at 8 lb 10 oz and 22 inches. A big baby. Nicely his mother is 5 ft 9 so she delivered within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital. All is going well.
Papa Charles and I arrived in DC on Monday and plan to spend the week. He is a doll and already seems to be growing. I will upload pictures when I figure out how to get my new camera to work.
This is grandchild number 3, Number four is expected August 13. Never dull.

Powers of Ten

Check out "Powers of Ten," referred to in Pink's section on Symphony.

You can see the Milky Way at 10 million light years from Earth. Cool.

21 Century Learning Community

New ideas, new technology. Learning anything "new" is always a challenge. Hopefully this workshop will start the process. Thanks to Lisa.