Texas Malahini says that her friend Carolyn Foote, Media Specialist at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, is part of the blogging revolution. Specifically, Carolyn wrote TM this morning to say that the principal at Westlak
challenging the teachers to do "Teacher Blogging Fridays" and they are starting today. [Carolyn]would really like it if many people read and responded to the blogs so that the teachers would see how powerful blogging can be. She says, "This is our first effort at this today and so I don't know what kind of response we will get..."
Below the fold, links to specific blogs. Go comment, team!
There's the Vision-Ary Committee Blog,
A site to discuss creating a vision for educational technology at Westlake High School.
There's the Not So Distant Future Blog, in which
WHS Librarian Carolyn Foote shares new technology resources she finds.
There's the TWAIN blog
Campus Technology Coordinator Joel Adkins website sharing blogs, clouds, and discussions on technology
There's the 21st Century Schools Blog
a subcommittee of Vision - analyzing and discussing research about 21st Century Skills
Thanks for dropping by and for recognizing our efforts!
I'm going to pass along your blog to our reading specialists, by the way--some interesting things for them here.
I posted some questions for you on our site about your school's laptop program, also.
Thanks again!
Carolyn
Posted by: Carolyn Foote | Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 05:08 AM
Liz,
Thanks so much for passing this on! And thanks for still reading my blog! I have really gotten behind on reading other blogs, so I have not been keeping up with yours. You are too prolific for me!
Fondly,
Janice
Posted by: Janice Friesen | Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 11:21 AM