Penny 4 Your Thoughts

No, it’s not Willie Nelson. We’re just going all around Maine leading meetings with school leadership teams. This is a time that we get face to face discussions with people who are in the schools and the classrooms and announce the direction of MLTI for the end of this year and the beginning of next [...]

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Well, for most Maine and Massachusetts educators, this week is vacation week. So what do we do? Some of us take off to warmer climes…little do they know what great weather they are missing in Maine. Those of us who stayed home, or did day trips, really appreciated what Spring in New England is all [...]

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OK, I’m venting. I’m not looking for sympathy, advice or even just active listening…I am just venting.
I’ll admit it, I’m a man, and that y chromosome just begs for a big TV. So, Dec 31, I bought a 42 in LCD HDTV. That is just the beginning. I had to buy an upscaling DVD player, [...]

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I have been working with a high school where the principal has distributed a set of guidelines and a rubric for educators in his building to construct an ePortfolio showcasing how they integrate technology into their practice. It has been very interesting to observe the varied reactions from the staff to this administrative pressure.
There [...]

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Well, I just got back from the “Arts, Innovation and Creativity” Conference in Rockland. What a blast! I got to meet some of the students in my class face to face! That doesn’t always happen in an online course.
There were all sorts of sessions and workshops available. The hard part was picking which ones you [...]

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Just some blithering…
It’s Winter, and I head North again without my parrot. We leave for an education focus group in Bangor.
And it’s cold in Auburn…must be cold in Bangor, too, eh?
So we get there, and the rest of our crew is sitting in their car, the lone car in the parking lot. Why aren’t they [...]

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At my age, I have lived through a number of pets. I have become convinced that family pets are teachers - they teach your family how to deal with infantile behavior (kittens and puppies,) how to deal with behavior and still have a loving relationship, and, too often, how to deal with grief. So, when [...]

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First of all, my apologies for sending folks to Mystery Cafe instead of Edublogs.
However, the Mobfather show was great, the food was very good, and the parking was very expensive. You want to talk about parking in Boston? Well, let me tell you, be very careful of time. We went to the show, and [...]

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So, you wanted a picture. I’m gonna try to upload this…

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OK, I suppose you are wondering why I am PhilPirate. Well, way back when, my wife was directing the Middle School musical play (no, it isn’t a movie…) Peter Pan. It had both kid roles and adult roles. I would always help out as an acting coach…but this time, I got a part - I [...]

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