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At 9:30am on August 11, 2009, Stone Wiske said…: Dear Connie,
What a pleasure to meet you at the Future of Learning conference. Your enthusiasm and friendly energy are enough to rejuvenate anybody.

I will definitely encourage my students in the fall to check out Fireside Learning as one example of a self-sustaining community of educators dedicated to learning. If you tell me more about the e-mentoring project, I'll think about whether I know good folks to encourage about that.

cheers,
stone

At 10:00am on August 10, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Connie, the Ning guys are being really helpful about this music problem; there is something goofy about our Ning since the music players are not showing up on the individual profile pages the way they should - I had not noticed that problem before. They are going to see if they can fix it for us. I am really impressed at how responsive they have been; we've now had two rounds of email about it and I'm waiting to hear back on the latest.

At 3:43pm on August 9, 2009, Paul Hoss said…: Connie,

Thank you also for the warm welcome. Not sure how Fireside works but I'll try to acquaint myself as best I can. Will probably read the exchanges for awhile before I jump into the conversation but I'll get there eventually. Have enjoyed a number of exchanges with Mike at Bridging Differences so I'm sure the group at FL will be as hospitable as he always has been.

Paul

At 2:25pm on August 6, 2009, Stone Wiske said…: Thanks Connie--you are such an engaging "face" for this environment that I was inspired to overcome my customary reluctance to join anything more. I look forward to exploring the site and learning from everyone.

At 10:00pm on August 2, 2009, Denise Ferrell said…: thank you for the welcome. Denise

At 5:40pm on August 2, 2009, Marie Duncan said…: Thanks. I'm glad I'm here, too! I'm still learning to navigate all this technology. I'm taking this week to "percolate" and hang-out with my boys. What a great week at PZ. Thank you for all your help and input!

At 6:14am on July 31, 2009, Mary McFarland said…: Hello Connie,
Thank you for your warm welcome and for working to make fireside available to educators. I love seeing your influential books--I've read some of them, but not all.
Best,
Mary

At 12:40pm on July 30, 2009, Deborah Meier said…: oops. I forgot to spell check! I hope it's readable! Deborah

p.s. That last sentence is "let's NOT forget what it's all about. "

At 12:38pm on July 30, 2009, Deborah Meier said…: Thanks, Connie. A reader/commentator of our Ed Week Blog told me about this blog--Mike or mijo.
And two of the names on it reminded me of old friends--I have a sister-in-law by marriage name Connie Weber, and an old frimnd's dughr names Laura Gibbs! And I loved what I read!
Hard times for our beliefs, but we ought to be weighing in on the current leap forward in standazrdization--a national curriculum backed by tests being put together for 48 out of 50 stats, with lots of money behind it and being enacted by ACT, SAT and Achieve. No tachers involved. It's a shocking invasion into local and school life in the name of saving the world, and strikes me as unconstituional. T
They've" reached a consensus and don't intend to let the rewt of it into the discussion.

How to keep ou eys on the children befor us, on our relationships with their families an our colleagues and...stil fight th battles that need to be fought is a puzzle to me. ot to mention our lack of rsorurces compared to he millions being invested by tetbook publishers, testmakers, and the poliy elite!

But let's ot forget what it all about.

Deb

At 4:50pm on July 16, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Hi Connie, I finally got the post office and mailed the letter of rec. today - I hope that all works out. They will be very lucky to have you in the program!!! :-)

At 7:58pm on July 10, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Hi Connie, this list of education reporters using Twitter to disseminate news might be something of interest to you! There are a couple of Michigan folks listed. :-)
http://tinyurl.com/l6y5ma

At 1:12pm on July 6, 2009, Maria Williams said…: Thanks much for the warm welcome! I look forward to participating.

I'll be investigating the forums you suggested - both sound stimulating!

At 2:14pm on June 21, 2009, Mindy Nathan said…: Thanks, Connie. I enjoyed meeting you as well. This site is great!
It's pretty important work, too. I look forward to being part of it.

At 6:44pm on June 20, 2009, Chuck Lesser said…: Thanks Connie, it was a pleasure to meet you the other day and I look forward to many varied discussions. I especially want to expand the boundaries of our students and I love your website setup and management. Students should be able to collaborate like this also. I'll be in touch soon.

At 8:19am on June 20, 2009, Maria Fleyshgakker said…: Hi, Connie,
thank you,
and, yes, what you wrote is exactly what I am thinking about.
All real projects become interdisciplinary and allow the students to find their own interests. I do see the future of education in that. It should be that the students are trying to find what interests them and what direction they want to move; and the teachers are there to help, encourage, and show what’s known and what’s new. Students should be allowed to give up projects they lost interest in, but rewarded if they stay on task after several failures. This balance is hard to achieve. It is different for every student and every teacher, but we get there together in a collaborative way. Wow, it’s a mess and totally worth it :):):):)

I don’t know what we can do about the discussions. Maybe we can collect “all” ;) known projects and activities (designed by students or teachers), so we could try some and report what worked, what didn’t, and why. Funny thing: what worked for one teacher will not necessarily work for another; what worked with one class will not always work with the next one :):):):) But the more activities there are to modify for your own needs the better.

At 8:33pm on June 19, 2009, Maha Ahmed Ismail Issa said…: thanks , it so nice from you to say that,
you are welcome at any time ,
the pic. from Egypt (Louxer) its great place ,I hope that you can visited it in the future.

At 2:26pm on June 14, 2009, John Devine said…: DD:Still playing with the pencil on Bench W. Thanks, it sort of makes sense. I get diverted by my role as a primary care taker for an Alzheimer's patient in the last stages. That has readjusted my priorities a bit. I will try your advice out. I appreciate your assistance.

At 5:24pm on June 13, 2009, John Devine said…: DD: From Bench W. I really am from the past. I don't know how to put a picture in to a file on my computer. I'll ask my guru, next month when he comes to call.

At 7:57pm on June 8, 2009, Sara Bliss said…: I'm excited about our project too! I'm also very overwhelmed right now. I would love to meet with you this summer to brainstorm. What about between the 20th and July 1?

At 8:58am on June 8, 2009, scott smith said…: Thanks for the birthday note Connie!

Scott

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