Ideas and Thoughts» johnpederson http://ideasandthoughts.org Learning stuff since 1964 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:09:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who’s Got My Attention? http://ideasandthoughts.org/2010/11/15/whos-got-my-attention/ http://ideasandthoughts.org/2010/11/15/whos-got-my-attention/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:58:05 +0000 Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=1192 John Pederson is slightly obsessed with this question and Ewan recently explored this idea as well. I see the Edublog awards are upon us. I'm not going to provide you with my lists but instead offer you some people I've been paying attention to and why you might too. While there are many folks that [...]]]> John Pederson is slightly obsessed with this question and Ewan recently explored this idea as well. I see the Edublog awards are upon us. I'm not going to provide you with my lists but instead offer you some people I've been paying attention to and why you might too. While there are many folks that have my attention pretty much everyday, I hope I can offer you some people that deserve a bigger audience. I remember when Scott Mcleod did this a time or two. 

Shelley Wright. Shelley is a local teacher who recently started telling her story of change. If you want honesty, transparency and some inspiration from a classroom teacher making big shifts this is the blog for you. Start here.

Zac Chase

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/63873121@N00/3706685823/

 Zac Chase. Okay so there's a bit of a trend here in that these are both High School English teachers. Not that they write exclusively about their classes but Zac is just a smart dude that folks ought to pay attention to. Start here.

Chris Kennedy

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocturnalimages/5107811135/

 Chris Kennedy. Chris is a rare breed. A superintendent who is doing some great writing, sharing and tweeting. Start here. 

 

 

 

So there are a few folks who have grabbed my attention as of late. I could give a few more but I hope one, two or all three of these people might be people you add to your reader. You do use a reader right? Don't simply use twitter as your rss feed. You need to go on a bit of a journey with people and read more than simply a smattering here and there. Consider this your chastisement for the day.

What about you? Anyone I should be paying attention to? Bonus points if you find me someone from outside North America. 

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Courtesy my John Pederson via my Google Shared Feed.

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