Taylor the Teacher

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Chris Baskind says Twitter deserves to die, and Jesse Stay is also taking leave of Twitter. They’re both right. We deserve better.
While Twitter is far from the best of any possible world, it’s working ~barely~ for me right […]

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Craigslist is infinitely fascinating. I found these three ads today, all within about five minutes:
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Teachers Needed Everywhere Everyday (New Orleans)
Teachers Needed Today

More than any other type of occupations in the country, Teaching in School are lacking in New Orleans.
Country Wide there are Educators in School insufficiencies, combined with the maturing nature in our student population, […]

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I just saw this on Twitter:
Now that I realize I am the only one capable of cleaning the kitchen will I still let it get to me?
that was from mandyg
If you need an explanation, you’d never understand.

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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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In its single-minded focus on its quest for excellence in all things fascist, the district I work for has overlooked the most salient feature of modern American life: connectivity.
These millennium generation kids have never known the pre-hive days when we had to wait to make a phone call or hear from someone until we got […]

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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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