Goodbye (and good luck)

I am stopping blogging. This is a personal decision which I have reached after careful contemplation and discussion. I am a very different person from when this blog was first launched, and this blog is no longer in touch with this new person. Recent events have only …

Modern Ageism

The problem with our society is that ageism has been institutionalized. It is what makes personal assaults like this on students socially acceptable, since we aren't really full people, are we? It limits out freedom of speech, since we can't be expected to say anything …

McCain is an "illiterate"

Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain has admitted he is web illiterate:

When questioned on his use of computers, McCain has confessed that he does not know how to use the web and relies entirely on his staff and wife to use the computer:

They go on for me. I am …

The 140 Character Lesson

There is a reason Twitter asks "What are you doing?" instead of "What are you thinking?" and I learned it today. Twitter is good for many things and I find it to be an invaluable part of my day, but its greatest flaw is also its greatest strength: Twitter is simple. By …

Summer Reading List

Taking the cue from Hannah, I am posting my summer reading list. During the school year, I almost never have time to read. Fortunately, I have about 1 hour after work where I go the park and read to my heart's content. So far, this is the favorite time of my summer and …

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Due to how out of shape I am, Gnorb easily caught and tagged me to share 7 random facts about myself. Strangely, I sensed some d

The 26 Hour Day

Apparently, Senator Vince Illuzzi thinks he can extend the amount of time in a day. Or at least restructure the space-time consortium. In a ridiculous cost-cutting measure, he has suggested that all state offices and schools cut down to 4 day weeks, with 10 hour days. …

Burying the AP in a Grave of its Own Making

The Associated Press has decided to join the MPAA and RIAA by jumping on the bandwagon of blatantly ignoring existing copyright law. Over the weekend, the AP sent Drudge Retort (a parody of the Drudge Report) for short snippets posted on …

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Nothing's Important

This entry has been cross-posted from Students 2.0, which is where you should leave your comments.

My favorite thing of all is to do nothing at all. I do nothing all the time: I walk nowhere, I think about nothing, I work on nothing. No, I have not turned into a

Top 5 Qualities of Good Teachers

As the school year comes to a close, I'd like to reverse roles a bit and offer some advice to teachers. This year, I had one of my best teachers ever (no offense to any former teachers reading this) as my math teacher. This was an incredibly challenging course, yet he …

Leafing Out

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I'm excited to announce that I have been accepted into the 9rules blog network. This is a great honor, as I'll be joining some of the web's best. I've applied once before, but couldn't get in due to a minimum age of 14 (I'm now 15). All in all, this is a terrific piece …

Rodeo Round-Up: Videos & Links

Though I am busy working on Model UN, I've had time to find some really interesting videos and links over the past couple of days. Enjoy!

Learning To Change (5:36)

Produced by CoSN, this video has some great quotes and is very well done. (Via Chris Lehmann)

Links, …

Phew for PEW

This article is long overdue, but I still feel the need to write it. Last month, the PEW Internet & American Life Project released a report on "writing, technology and teens" which sought to explore the effect of technology upon teenagers' writing. However, I think …

Review of AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications

This review has been cross-posted from the Unofficial Dreamhost Blog, which graciously provided me with a free review copy.

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We've all heard about that powerful little engine running the latest and greatest websites: AJAX. As developers, many of us probably understand …

Language Transcending Ink

This entry has been crossposted from Students 2.0. Please leave your comments there.

Sparked by an inspirational post from Clay Burell, an incredibly thought-provoking comment thread ensued which challenged many of us to think about the importance of communication. In …

The Why and How of Change

Breaking out of the blog penalty box (next hiatus is a red card), I'm ready to hit a few more words through the goal of change strategy. Since I last wrote about creating meaningful change through the bureaucracy of school, my project has been moving forward very well, …

HabariCon

I'm excited to be here at the iPony headquarters for HabariCon '08. If you aren't familar with Habaricon, it is "the annual Habari Convention, uniting the user and developer communities in friendship and collaboration." Habari is a great new blogging platform I have …

Many Voices for Darfur

George Mayo, of Many Voices fame, has started a revolutionary new project centered around the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Starting at midnight yesterday, students from around the globe have been commenting in response to one of three prompts:

1. If you could …

Amateur Education

This has been cross-posted from the Students 2.0 blog. Please write your comments there, not here.

Public School, Rural America; 12:30 pm

One by one, we file past the teacher-turned-prison-guard. As each of us passed, she engages us in a confirmation ritual. "Work?" …