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Nothing new here, I am just sharing some observations. Yesterday started early. Long before the sun came up, I was in route to a daylong judging session in Rutherford County. Although I did not know the location of their board of education office, I was not concerned. I have a GARMIN. The rain was relentless, and patches of fog added to the mounting tension. Literally, muscle tension was rising from the base of my neck and moving forward to my forehead. I think squinting, as if it would make me see better, was the contributing factor here. As I entered Madison County, I thought about a colleague traveling to the same destination and wondered if she was having the same difficulties that I was experiencing…so I texted her. I did not pull over. In a blinding downpour, I managed to punch out a brief text. Fat thumbs and an archaic phone only contributed to making an easy task extremely difficult. One-handed maneuvers kept the Ford off the shoulder and out of the ditch, althoug...

We have reached the time when it is necessary to involve you in the “next steps”. In an effort to engage all of our teachers and administrator in the use of more of the Web 2.0 tools, we are turning our immediate attention towards blogging. I know that you are aware of blogs, and many of you may already be actively blogging. The reason that we are bringing this to the forefront today is related to a future activity for professional development. All school faculties will be participating in a book study as part of their local professional development during the fall. One of the ways that principals can incorporate the use of Web 2.0 tools into something they’re already going to be doing would be through a blog. It is my “hope” that some of our teachers will see the possible uses of a classroom blog…etc We have to start somewhere and we can not continue to wait for everybody to get on board. We have to gently push...may even have to shove some. I want to meet one afternoon, prior...