On the heals of last weeks TED talk by Mike Rowe, I highly recommend taking a look at Seth Godin’s newly created manifesto about school and education. Feel free to blog about any of his ideas. I’ve send this out to teachers but I think my students may have more to say about the ideas presented.

A blogger/educator that I follow is Richard Byrne. He has great tips about everything, but I think his 11 Things You Should Know About Blogging post is highly relevant to all of my students. You are all bloggers now, and while in the future I’ll share this at the beginning of the year, it’s never too late to refresh, remind and renew one’s commitment to their blog. Oh, and the “niche” that he refers to…remember “your sentence”?

Guy Kawasaki (Apple guru) gives some great tips for presentations:

I’ve added a calendar for students who give me notice that they are going to be out a week in advance. This way you can be sure if you’ve notified me or not by checking to make sure your name has been added. This should be more efficient than my previous little scraps of paper.

I’ve added some things to the blogging instructions and put it in the important docs. These are things I look for when grading your blog. I’ve discussed all of this in class, but maybe having it in writing will help some of you.