SERRC.net Online Community for Alaskan Educators and SERRC Staff

To all staff:

We are having a year end picnic on Friday May 30th, 2008.  Please RSVP with Amanda at amandah@serrc.org if you plan on attending so I can know how much stuff I need to purchase. 

Thanks and have a wonderful day,

Amanda 

After recently filling out the survey (how about some results on SERRC.net?) I received a pedometer from Darcy. Here's some of my initial experiences:

If you're one of those people that feel like the World Wide Web is leaving you in the dust, don't despair!

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In 1970, an educator, linguist, researcher, and Jesuit priest by the name of Dr. John Bryde documented an educational phenomenon among the Oglala Sioux on the the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He noted that the Sioux children entered school primed to learn. They exhibited an aggressive curiosity about the world and strong confidence in their own abilities.

While vacationing in the UK a news story caught my attention.

Many of the schools I work in block certain social networking sites like http://MySpace.com and http://YouTube.com. This works like a placebo for teachers daunted by Web 2.0, giving them a false sense of security.

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