New Blog
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Please visit my new blog at http://lauradoggett.com .. read more..
Live Stream at METC
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Some fantastic conversations are going on at METC Conference this week, and you can take part on Twitter and even view select presentations from the METC_CSD back channel or via Twitter using the #METC_CSD hashtag . I\'ll hope to capture my presentation on Digital Literacy in the Classroom and shar.. .. read more..
Heroic Archaeology, Digital Data, and Disciplinarity: A Draft
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
I\'ve been invited to give the Elwyn B. Robinson lecture at the library at the end of the month. This is a fun event where a nice cross-section of the university community shows up to commemorate the life and work of the historian Elwyn Robinson. So, as per usual, I am being overly ambitious in putt.. .. read more..
Georgia\'s Private White Academies Now to Be Financed with Tax Dollars
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
My first year of teaching was 1971 in Sandersville, Georgia, during the second year of school integration in that part of the apartheid South. Those white children whose parents could afford it had been placed in the private academies that had sprung up around the region like mushrooms in a cow past.. .. read more..
Michelle Rhee Is A Liar, Period
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
From today\'s Bill Turque piece in WaPo : . . . .Rhee told Fast Company magazine that some of the 266 teachers laid off in October\'s budget crunch were educators \"who had hit children, who had had sex with children, who had missed 78 days of school.\" The comment alarmed parents and teachers and Distr.. .. read more..