Taylor the Teacher

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Just in case the set of commands in place for this page on myspace calls for the above text, images, and links to change all the time, I took this screenshot ~and no i’m not linking to it. someone […]

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I read a blog post from Nordquist on American Beauty ~which I haven’t seen but now want to~ about how that film changed his life. This resonated with me on several levels.

He got himself out of a bad career situation, and lived to tell the tale. And he’s not sorry for the change he made.
He […]

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I wish I could teach like Matt Groening. I was just watching the First Tree House of Horror from The Simpsons. Just the part where Bart is The Raven with a Bart head, and Homer is the speaker of the famous poem who fell asleep (snoring, of course) with a book on his belly. Perfect!
It […]

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I have read some excellent posts tonight about edtech. David Warlick wrote a rant expressing his frustration that teachers don’t want to learn technology. I don’t know what his background is, but he doesn’t sound like a teacher. I honestly don’t know where he lives that teachers are “treated with awe and respect.”
He made […]

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You must make an online play space for your children. Immediately.
Just reading the Cluetrain Manifesto. I know I’m very late in reading this, compared to many of the web old timers. I apologize if someone has already said this. Here’s my off-the-cuff children’s web cluetrain 19 theses:
1. Traditional media have focused of late on […]

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The answer to what is wrong with most aspects of American life can be found in Futurama – the funniest show in at least a decade. In honor of its return to television next year (early, I know, but I’m obsessed) DVD November 27!
10 things that are totally fucked up about our […]

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