What to write, what to write

So, after much typing and deleting, I couldn't really figure out something I wanted to type that wouldn't sound like completely and utter gibberish. I, like most of you I'm guessing, cannot believe that we have only been in the MAT program for two and a half weeks, and am starting to have the rush of work and new ideas catch up with me. It is very exciting and kind-of fun in the dorky "I genuinely like working with kids and am concerned about their well-being as well as the future of education, and so it's neat to learn about this stuff" sort-of way.

Beyond that, I don't really know what I'm thinking or feeling, but I found these links off of the rethinkingschools.org site (which I strongly suggest you visit!) and have enjoyed perusing them, so I thought I'd put them up here in case anyone else would like to peruse what others are thinking and continue to get inspired.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

Zaher mentioned this publication today in class.

http://iearn.org/projects/index.html

I haven't looked at this site too much, but I think it could be an interesting medium for positively incorporating the internet into curriculum.

http://www.teachingforchange.org/

Very cool. Plus, I like the websites color scheme...

http://www.communitychange.org/

It's neat to look at this group's projects and seeing what people are doing.

http://www.fairtest.org/

Fair testing! Yayaya!

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html

Beyond just LGBTQQI into activities on teaching students basic respect for others and what power our words can have.

http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/

Um... just scroll down to "sleeping beauty" please.