August 2007

Not sure how many schools out there are curriculum mapping these days. Mapping is the process of collecting and analyzing a schools operational curriculum. Quite often, this is done electronically using a tool such as Rubicon Atlas or Curriculum Mapper, both software, web based products that allow teachers to input what they teach, how [...]

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I was recently asked the question how do I define community? This was in many ways a fascinating question to ponder. For me community means those people you choose to surround yourself with on a daily basis. When I think of my community, it includes those individuals that I work with directly and are part [...]

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Taken from Aboutdharma.org
“Dharma” means “protection”. By practising Buddha’s teachings we protect ourself from suffering and problems. All the problems we [...]

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“We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you know, everyone you love, everyone you’ve ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and [...]

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Great post about how listening and having authentic conversations can result in powerful and meaningful change.

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 Master Fushan Yuan said:
There are three essentials to leadership: humanity, clarity and courage. Humanly practicing the virtues of the Way promotes the influence of the teaching, pacifies those in both high and low positions, and delights those who pass by.
Someone with clarity, follows proper behavior and just duty, recognizes what is safe and what is [...]

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So I’ve test driven several WordPress themes and brushed up on my CSS and html skills. Funny how things have a way of coming back to you when you put your mind to it. In any event, it is hard to believe that it is mid-August. Seems like summer goes by faster and faster and [...]

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Great post by Wesley Fryer on the TechLearning blog this morning on 1to1 laptop computing.

When I was in 8th grade, I remember the science teacher gathering us together to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger rocket the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe up into space. The shuttle program at that time, still retained much of its mystique and allure and we gathered around a small 20 inch television in science class [...]

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