Travel
I took a quick trip up to Eugene, Oregon to see the kid (and to see my optometrist), but I was back in Hermosa in time to suffer through this week’s heat wave. Kin’s finally back home from his whirlwind travels too.
Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach and Chicago
Hack Education Writing
Editing Educating Modern Learners
- Are You Powerless? by Will Richardson
- Is Twitter the Best Option for Online Professional Development? by me
- EML Newsletters (Tuesday, Friday)
- What You Should Know This Week: The Scottish Independence Referendum
Reading
I read a bunch this week: Dana Goldstein’s The Teacher Wars, Bruno Latour’s We Have Never Been Modern, Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin’s Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine, and John Scalzi’s Redshirts.
Other Projects
I had a great chat with Doug Belshaw about v2.0 of Mozilla’s Web Literacy Map.
I also spoke with a publisher about Teaching Machines.
I was subtweeted by many men writing about LMSes and openness, was actually cited in a Salon story on the business of education reform, and got a shout-out from my friend Tressie McMillan Cottom in Colorlines’ profile of her. The latter made my week.
Friends and Family
What also made my week: seeing my kid in Eugene. He’s doing pretty well and is making plans to go to college next term to pursue phlebotomy and Web design. (!!)
Bonus: while in Eugene, I got to hang out with friends Suzi Steffen and Adam Wendt.
Bummer: I must say I was a little sad to see the results of the Scottish independence referendum. It was good to see democracy in action, I suppose – almost 85% voter turnout – and I do have to believe that things will change as a result (even if the change isn’t independence right now).