Cool Links #55: Busy Bees Bust Behinds To Begin Year

It’s been a while since I’ve felt like posting a cool links post and if you read my blog for the other stuff beyond the links, then you know I’ve been the Drama King lately.  But I’m feeling fairly good after my first week of school and I’m ready for a bunch-o-links.
1 – Let’s kick [...]

Jerry McGuire Moment

Today was a very hard day for me.  I had a difficult conversation with my yearbook rep. that got a little heated.  My editor was in the classroom and even she said it was loud.
But basically it came down to the fact that we have been selling fewer and fewer yearbooks for the last three [...]

Being A Giant Slayer

Last night I watched the movie Facing The Giants, and I came to a realization.  I have been focused on the wrong thing.  For the last two years, since getting a new principal at my school, I’ve been too focused on “winning.”
It really doesn’t even matter what either, whether it was being focused on getting [...]

“A House With All The Children Gone”

I’m going to let my geek cred out, because the only way I can explain how I have felt this week is to say that I feel just like Capt. Kirk in the opening moments of Star Trek III – I feel like I’m walking around in a house with all the children gone.
The reason [...]

The Scarecrow: A Novel About A Newspaper Reporter in Today’s Newsroom

I recently finished listening to the audiobook version of The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly and I was pleasantly surprised.  The book is a pretty decent thriller/murder mystery style of novel.  But the best part of it was how well it presented the life of a reporter in a newsroom.  The vocabulary of the book was [...]

Cool Links #54: Are We There Yet?

Seems like this was the summer of waiting.  With no budget, there wasn’t anywhere to go, so it was the summer of staycation and with the state of journalism, it was the summer of waiting to see if anyone could turn the corner and stop bleeding jobs.
Teacher work days start Monday, so the waiting for [...]

Please Mr. Roboto, Stop Following Me!

I use Twitter, and it is a great source of information, news and links.  (Follow me @teach_j) I’ve made professional contacts via Twitter.  Right now I have about 400 followers.  I hate that term, but it works.  I follow about 360 people right now.  Most are people, a few are news organizations or professional organizations.
I [...]

Cool Links #53: New High Score!

I have a new high for one-day visits to my site – 332 in one day, this past Tuesday.  So, of course I’m pumped and here we go with links:
1 – I know I’m often Mac-centric, so today I’ll start off with a Windows link.  Free Technology for Teachers has a video on how to [...]