Monday, April 14, 2014

4-14-13 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION:






Today's NEA = Yesterday's GOP
Today's NEA is not your father's NEA. It's more like your grandfather's NEA.NEA reminds me of the GOP of the last two Presidential elections-- they've heard of the technology stuff that the Young Folks are using, what with their social medianting and playing with their twitters, but it's probably just some passing fad (like the rap) and, anyway, the people who know how to work with that stuff don'


Edupreneuring Hard Rock Instructional Boondogglery
Are you too non-rich to attend Camp Philos, the philosophical retreat  for educational thought leaders at Lake Placid this summer? Then 2014 Rock the Core! may be for you! If nothing else-- it provides an object lesson in edtrepreneurship in action.Rock the Core will take place June 9-11 at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi MS. 2014 Rock the Core is the fancy name for the 2014 New Teacher Institute,






4-13-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: From One Reluctant Warrior to AnotherAnthony Cody posted A Call to Battle for reluctant Warriors earlier this week, and it got me to really thinking about my own reluctant warrior status, and what I would say to someone else just entering the fray.I'm not a fighter. On those personality tests that measure such things, I usually emerge as a peacemaker. But from day one, teaching hav