Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts

I’ve been reading in different places (Blue Skunk, Leader Talk, Dangerously Irrelevant, just to name a few) about how k12 education has such a stronghold on tradition, despite evidence that tradition is holding us back. Examples that come to mind: 9 month calendar instead of year-round school Textbook driven courses Curriculum driven test scores Students [...]

Thanks James for the personalized attention with a comment on my last post. I hope it’s okay that I am making a post out of this, b/c I feel Edublogs really needs to get special attention for trying to make me understand the dilemma with Bloglines. I cleared out my Bloglines account today and fixed [...]

While I don’t understand it, I’ve just been told that Bloglines does not seem to be updating any Edublog posts unless I am an Edublog Supporter (which means I have to pay $$ to use Edublogs.). While I like the Edublogs platform, I do not understand this. It feels like I have holes in my [...]

It is funny how summer really brings out the reflective me. My husband and I were having breakfast this morning, talking about qualifications for certain jobs in the education field. The conversation steered towards what makes me qualified for a library job. Now he has a different perspective as a school administrator who is significantly [...]

June 18, 2008 I am scheduled to give a half day a.m. workshop on Web 2.0 tools and I’ve been given some freedom and flexibility on what I do and how I do it.  I am planning to show a few short videos, get a Twitter hello w/ advice, and Skype in a few folks.  [...]

I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been really busy, and I’m on the final checkout sheet that teachers must have initialed before they can leave, so I sit here ready to go, and just waiting for the ones who still need a signature by the library/technology statements. Earlier this week a school library student [...]