Sorry about the delay — service outages. Also an apology that I couldn’t be as creative as I wanted, but I didn’t have the time. Anyway, welcome to the first Edublogger Conference. We hope that your hotel room is comfortable, and that you will have a great time while you’re here. Without further delay, here is our conference schedule.
12:00 - 1:00 Ranting Roundtable:
Hube on Edu-babble and the News Journal. Oh, but he’s not done, oh no. Here, he shows us how stupid some students can be.
Consent of the Governed opines quite firmly on an upcoming teacher trip to Red China.
Bellringers explains — not very patiently — that the classroom is not the YMCA.
Assistive Principles tells us what students taking the SAT are like (and boy, does this sound familiar).
Darren would like to live in this palatial estate.
Edwonk shares his feelings about Daylight Savings Time.
NYC Educator asks, "Who needs bathrooms?"
Mike in Texas has budding movie star students!
1:30 - 3:00 Classroom Advice Presentations:
Patti on why she takes students for walks.
Mom is Teaching also takes the students outdoors.
Greg: How to teach the, you know, e-word.
Bill Ferriter offers important advice on keeping kids safe online.
Mr. Meyer has a new student.
Resource Junky also offers a list of safe sites.
Successful Teaching offers some valuable pointers on dealing with student disabilities.
Music Makes Sense discusses the importance of student seating.
Line 46 discusses the cardinal sin of writing.
Nucleus Learning on learning from teaching.
Writopia Lab has an interesting article on writing and video games.
Scenes from the Battleground has a large list of important advice.
3:30 - 4:30 State of Education Roundable:
Middle-aged Mindset has rather discouraging news about the dropout rate.
Shiloh Musings on the Israeli teachers’ strike.
Leader Talk discusses successful change, and raises questions.
Life without School discusses consumption.
Edwonkette looks at the NYC report card.
ABCTE discusses distinguished teachers.
Homeschool 2.0 casts an eye on the recent ETS report on education.
Matthew Tabor reviews Two Million Minutes.
My rambling thoughs on where we’re headed.
4:30 - 6:00 Dinner
6:30 - 7:30 Concurrent Session I: The Ongoing Conflict Roundtable
The Jose Vilson opines on the conflict, and the frustration it brings.
Horsesense and Nonsense gives the latest on teaching novels.
3σ to the Left has a problem colleague.
6:30 - 7:30 Concurrent Session II: The Importance of Art
Nancy Flanagan tells us about her students’ music projects.
Principled Discovery on art education.
Music Makes Seats Sense, on seating.
6:30 - 7:30 Concurrent Session III: A Bit Disturbing
Carol overhears a disturbing conversation.
Dangerously Irrelevant also hears a converation.
Mad Kane shares a poem.
Mrs. Bluebird makes her students even odder.
7:45 - 9:00 Concurrent Presentation I: Higher Education
What do you do when your college grad kids move back home? Matthew Paulson had some tips.
College and Finance offers sound advice on writing papers (just don’t tell anybody I said that).
Campus Grotto talks about preparing for finals. Every college student should read this.
Surfer Sam has tips for getting into law school.
Joanne Jacobs has some thoughts about college admissions.
Why Homeschool discusses the rising costs of higher education.
Ms. Cornelius wonders about admissions and priorities.
7:45 - 9:00 Concurrent Presentation II: Classroom Management
So You Want to Teach talks about relieving tension.
Chanman suggests that we look to Africa.
Whew! That’s it for this conference! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this week’s Carnival of Education. If you are interested in hosting one of these extravaganzas, please contact the Education Wonks at owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net. Next week’s affair will be hosted by Edspresso. Send in your submissions by 3:00PM EST on Tuesday, November 13th. Submit your favorite education blog entries to us at edspresso@edreform.com or fill out the submission form to send your post.