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Podcast #7 SW MSTA PLN Ning workshop

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:24:19 +0000

The previous post introduced this presentation. This presentation by SW regional President-Elect, Stephanie Paine-Phillips, was to teach local MSTA presidents how to use our new Professional...

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E-Podcast #6 Professional Leadership Network

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:17:26 +0000

On April 23rd the Southwest Region of the Missouri State Teachers Association launched their Professional Learning Network. I’m currently Vice-President of the region. When the region...

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Poem: Reflections of Jesus’ Body from the Tomb

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:26:41 +0000

April is National Poetry month and last Friday was Good Friday. Here is my first attempt at poetry. It is about neither education nor technology, but it was deeply felt. Author note: As I lay in...

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End Social Promotion comments

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:05:22 +0000

The comments on the Joplin Globe web site about my letter to the editor are interesting. Check them out at Voices: End social promotion. Here was my response to some of the comments. Good dialog. ...

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End Social Promotion

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:02:28 +0000

In the Joplin Globe’s view, schools should end social promotion (promoting students to the next grade whether they pass or fail). I agree, but not for reasons you might think. I don’t...

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Beware the Chat

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:19:54 +0000

I received this email from a parent this week: I just caught [our daughter] chatting online on iwon. My husband and I spent a lot of time explaining how bad chatting online is and why she is not ...

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Debate: Why change education? How?

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:57:01 +0000

I left a comment on Will Richardson’s blog, Weblogg-ed, Meet the New Story, Same as the Old Story, suggesting 4 goals for education reform to help move us forward out of the edublog echo...

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Obama Practices Social Promotion

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:48:10 +0000

Read this Article by Gary Stager at HuffingtonPost There has only been one Secretary of Education who was a teacher…EVER. I am surprised that Mr. Obama would pick someone who is more of the...

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21st Century Literacy Classroom - Plan Eval

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:51:24 +0000

In my previous post I updated you on how my plan for building a 21st Century Literacy Classroom was coming along. Included in the plan are the 4 cornerstones: 1. Digital Citizenship 2. Critical...

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21st Century Literacy Classroom - so far

3rdtechie@gmail.com (James Sigler) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:37:45 +0000

Earlier this year I planned out how I would attempt to implement 21st century literacy in my classroom. I wrote it as a final requirement for graduate credit through the K12 Online Conference. It...

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