full of grace

“creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and tuesday.”
-ray kroc

my only mildly amusing (if that) valentine

xoxo
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dig if u will the pitcher

this video is a whimsy inspired by the hellomonkey. in practicing our slogging skills, we've been shopping at the cultural exchange. these plants are part of my childhood experience. looking at this video produced a swell of nostalgia in my mind's ocean. i used to watch these things kill stuff for what seemed like hours on end. now i twitter. (ignore that crashing sound. it's just reality scraping me through the surf.)

the fact that it's somewhat educational is a bonus for what's supposed to be going on here at the slog.

what a tool

oxyturtles. (noises here)


play this with the volume blasting! this music is fan-turtly-tastic!

threepost

reading will richardson's book (not just chapter three) i was struck by the thought of how this world of read/write web and its vast potential for classroom learning sounded incredibly similar to a book my kids had to read for school and i read when they were through: ender's game by orson scott card.
in the book, which is science fiction written in 1985 bwwwce (before common era www), all the learning done by students is done over a computer (a holographic screen). ender's family are intellects. his siblings hack into the read/write www, which is only available to high level politicians and academics, using aliases. (nothing as interesting as porkyshin, i must confess) anyway, i'm sure this isn't the only novel to present the present so accurately, but it's the only one i've read, presently.

what's this have to do with a chapter threepost? richardson says it right up front in the chapter, "the process of blogging and my use of the other tools that the read/write web has spawned have not only made writing a daily part of my life, they have changed the way that i read and consume information."

information is the key in ender's game. it is the future. in order to play, and give students the best possible chance of playing as well, we need to be prepared to explain the game to the best of our ability. weblogs are just one playing piece.

slog now or die trying!

पॉडकास्ट थिस!

that title should say podcast this!, but that strange and mystical hindi transformation happens every so often. i like the way it looks, so i'll keep it. (i hope it's not inappropriate)

anyway, podcast this- http://www.bobbybucket.com/podcast/bobbybucket07.mp3

it's a site i found while lost in the web. it's about ten minutes long, but well worth the time, especially for potentially podcasting teachers.

have an obama day.

these kids syndrome (obama@nea)

one of many clips to choose from, but a good starting place. not too long, not wholly original, but a fact that needs attention on a regular basis. i've encountered so many folks with this syndrome, and i fear its spread among the uninoculated. i know syndromes aren't contagious; perhaps virus is a better word. either way, i'd like to welcome mistersenatorpresidentdoctor barack to the slog.