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Sentiments On Common Sense » Blog Archive » “Why is it important for school leaders to blog?”
Andy Torris has a great post about why School Administrators should blog with six points that you can take back to your administrators to start the conversation.
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Sentiments On Common Sense » Blog Archive » Dispatch from the Road: Tech before Pedagogy?
How much we develop our classrooms really is starting to depend on how far we stretch the pedagogy. Teachers teach. Student learn. Or…. perhaps student create, and build and… teach?
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SHegstrom – ED5160: Personal Learning Networks – What are they anyway?
My network allows me to expand my thinking and better yet, when I am unsure of something or need an answer, I can go to my network. These many people who comprise my network are experts in many fields and have many answers and resources that they are more than happy to share. Thank goodness for my network, because with technology evolving so quickly I just can’t always keep up.
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Hockey Mom & Tech Teacher Blog: Blogging, Writing, Literacy
According to the CNN article BTW, teen writing may cause teachers to
“It’s nothing to LOL about: Despite the best efforts to keep school writing assignments formal, two-thirds of teens admit in a survey that emoticons and other informal styles have crept in.” 
The article then goes on to say,”The Pew Internet and American Life Project, in a study released Thursday, also found that teens who keep blogs or use social-networking sites such as Facebook or News Corp.’s MySpace have a greater tendency to slip nonstandard elements into assignments.”
Jeff Utecht is an international educator, educational technology consultant and author. He has worked internationally since 2005, prior to that he worked in Washington State. Currently Jeff is working as the High School Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School Bangkok. Additionally, Jeff is the technology consultant with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools) and has consulted for Web 2.0 companies on educational issues. Jeff is a main coordinator for the Learning 2.0 Educational Technology Conference in Asia. He has consulted with international schools and conferences globally. Jeff regularly shares his thoughts on education and technology on his blog, thethinkingstick.com. Jeff have been mentioned in several books including Reinventing Project-Based Learning as an avenue for “free online professional development” and Web 2.0, New Tools, New Schools. He has also written a chapter on 21st Centrurey Technology Planning for the book Wired for Learning. To learn more about Jeff, visit www.jeffutecht.com.
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