Those who know me well know that I am a very deliberate and conscious about my impact on the environment. I eat mostly organic, I avoid processed foods, I never eat fast food, I buy as local as I can, I’ve been recycling since I was nine, which also the time around which I started…
Tonight I hosted our biweekly committee meeting for the South Philly Food Co-op that myself and a small group of community members are working hard to open. There’s something special and intimate about having a group of people who are not necessarily your friends, but with whom you share a connection, sitting in your living…
So this post is a shameless plead for help. For those of you who have been following me on Twitter for a while, you may know that I have started a new job at a charter school in North Philadelphia. The students have never had a technology teacher who taught more than keyboarding and the…
I have been honored to be included in two education panel proposals for the South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and social media event held every year in Austin, TX. It draws thousands of people from all over the country and lasts an entire week. The two panels are chock full of talented, innovative people…
I am an avid reader of The Philadelphia Public Notebook, a non-profit newspaper and website dedicated to all things related to public education in Philadelphia. The most recent issue focused on Charter Schools. This piqued my interest as I will be going to a Charter School next year after almost 7 years in the Philadelphia…
I’ll be honest. I didn’t really plan on attending a lot of sessions at ISTE this year. However, the one I attended today was one of the few on my schedule. It also happened to exceed all expectations. The session, moderated by Ken Shelton and featuring a variety of educators, including Paula White, a member…
As I was sitting in the Bloggers Cafe and listening to the hubub around me I was empowered by the conversation. Why do people come to ISTE? Why do they convene here in this space with few chairs and even fewer tables? To find solutions. We all come across struggles and dilemmas in our daily…
Are you coming to ISTE’s annual conference in Denver this year? Are you a Foursquare user? (if you’re not, check out the bottom of the post for more about what it does) Make sure you participate in the Foursquare Scavenger Hunt to win prizes and explore the city of Denver and the Convention Center! Here’s…
This evening my blog became a place of heated dialogue surrounding two of my posts, Politics and Education and The #140 Character Conference. Interestingly, the dialogue is less about my post and more a dialogue amongst commenters. It started as a dialogue between myself and a frequent commenter on blog and turned into an all…
I was honored yesterday to take part in a panel discussion at the #140 Character Conference with Lisa Nielson (@InnovativeEdu) and Kevin Jarrett (@kjarrett), moderated by Aparna Vashisht (@Parentella) and focused around teaching Social Media to students. The talk was part of a conference put on by Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver) to celebrate connections made through…