Recently, I was contacted by Carrie Lightner from PicLits.com. She said: I came across your blog and I thought you might be interested in our new web site, www.PicLits.com. It is a fun and new site that can be a great online teaching tool for educators. It helps get students interested in writing and serves [...]

Well, it is a bit hypocritical of me to post these links right now, as I have not had a chance to even check email until today, let alone become a part of these conversations. But, there are a few things going on right now that are worth checking out.First, I got an email about [...]

An RCWP colleague and friend, Heather Lewis, posted this message to the RCWP listserv last week: http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0810/youtube.html I found this article interesting. Part of me is like: I shouldn’t do anything in my class I wouldn’t want broadcast. But then part of me is like: Hey, they’re taking things out of context and slanting the [...]

My sincere thanks go out to all my colleagues in the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, the Red Cedar Writing Project and all the other professional organizations that I have been a part of in the past decade. Last Friday, I was genuinely surprised to be awarded the Charles Carpenter Fries Award, reported here [...]

Announcing TimeRime.com A note from Jermaine Lievendag of TimeRime.com We have launched a website called www.timerime.com. TimeRime.com is a website that allows visitors to view, create and compare timelines. These timelines can be illustrated with pictures, text, YouTube movies and MP3. On our website, you will find timelines about music, movies, history, politics, art et [...]

Notes from Seven Revolutions Webcast by Erik Peterson, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies See also: Global Strategy Institute and GSI Blog Intro Saint Exupery – “… your task is not to foresee the future, but rather to enable it.” Inverse correlation between leadership responsibilities and the capacity to plan and lead [...]