September 2008 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-09-30

The city seems quiet this morning. #
Just heard Michael Bloomberg will seek to overturn term limits and seek a third term as mayor. If ever we need him, now is the time. #
Getting ready to teach in my online class this evening. #
@ajwilcox Thank you for the suggestion; will take a look. #
@SarahStewart Will you require attendance? #

Managing Multimembership in Social Networks: Upcoming SCoPE & FOC08 Discussion

While I have been trying to catch up with my electronic life, some times it takes something a little more proactive to help move the issue along. As a teacher, I learned long ago that the best way to learn something is to prepare and then actively teach it.

Nothing could be more professionally and personally useful, then, than the upcoming SCoPE and FOC08 discussion I am co-facilitating: Managing Multimembership in Social Networks. Working with my colleagues Sylvia Currie, Bronwyn Stuckey, and Sue Wolff, we have all struggled with this in our lives, and thought that sharing our experiences and what we learned may in fact benefit others or at least raise more questions in the process (hey, what else are educators for?)!

Sylvia has summarized our intentions, and in the true spirit of community I will point interested readers to her work and will not reinvent the wheel (round, turns, already works, and the like). I will thus add one thought–how will we have time to prepare to coherently discuss this?

Ironic given the topic, isn’t it?!

Technorati Tags: multimembership,SCoPE,FOC,FOC08

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-09-29

Have been working all day on my list http://tinyurl.com/4dp62n, and still not done . . . #
Just heard that a colleague at work just passed away. May she RIP. #
Just had a productive meeting on health literacy standards. #

ECUD Progress from 9/28

So, what did I accomplish from my Email Catch-Up Day (ECUD) list yesterday?

complete the conference reviews I owe
catch-up on ironing
reply to all class Forum posts and adjustments in course dates
review Tweets
post a few open items to the new Reflective Practice Community that we are developing
update the list of A Very New York Christmas book and ornament signings Michael Storrings is doing this Fall

Now, for the items that remain:

achieve Inbox Zero–I have only 10 emails remaining that need attention–97% complete
file all the papers in my desk’s “pile”–I did not begin this–0% complete
finish reviewing the readings and my lesson plans to finish my slides for Tuesday’s Online Course Creation class–I reviewed the readings and am about 50% finished with my slides for tomorrow. The remainder of them are floating around in my mind; just have to drop them into PowerPoint–70% complete
upload the lingering photos to Flickr from ASTD and Central Park that are sitting on my desktop –I did not begin this–0% complete
read (or mark as read) all RSS feeds–I am about 75% complete with this

Pretty good progress, I think. Let’s see what I can complete tonight after work (and after 2 teleconferences when I get home). I think that making public % of completions may help . . .

Technorati Tags: ecud,email catch-up day

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-09-28

@intrepidteacher I have been using coComment recently as co.mments has not been consistent. I do not like coComment; very bulky to use. #
@betsyweber I think of Paul Newman more as a humanitarian who makes healthy products and gives a lot of money away more than an actor. #
@lmockford Will you bw effected by #Kyle? #
@RobinYap Fun day; use public transit? #
Working on the ironing portion of my Email Catch-Up Day #ECUD http://tinyurl.com/4dp62n #
@intrepidteacher Do you mean like http://tinyurl.com/44nron ? #
@coComment I am referring to how many steps to add and then verify I have added a feed. Also, when I go to the main window, it moves slowly #
@coComment It would be great to have a right-click option to add the current feed. #
@bjschone The best for weathering them. #
@lmockford The best for your preparation for it. #
Looking for collaborative online mind mapping tools for working in real-time from different locations. Can anybody recommend one? Thank you. #
@RobinYap What is a “future shop?” #
@gminks Are you going to really live the role and show us your success 9 months later?! #