There has never been a better time to be alive. The means to share, collaborate, learn and grow are at our finger tips with the click of a button. Learning is in our blood. We all carve and need growth--whether we've come to recognize it or not.Tim Draayer kicks off Rapid Fire Learning this month at the Joyful Jubilant Learning blog. It has been a special month for learning. What are the five things I learned this month?
The goal is to find out what elderbloggers are like, how we may be similar and how we are different, how we relate to technology, how we came to be bloggers or blog readers, how we feel about it and what our demographics are.
There are 57 questions, many of which are required so that there is the largest possible population from which to draw conclusions. They are straightforward questions, mostly multiple-choice, and it shouldn’t take longer than about 15 minutes to complete.
After a few months of research and groundwork, PodCamp Boston 3 will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School on July 19 & 20, 2008. We’ve scheduled it during the summer, when it’s more affordable for venues, and not *too* close to PME/NME and PodCamps Ohio and Philly.Here’s where it gets interesting. The venue, after all is said and done, will be about $35K for the amenities package, or about $25K for the space, plus A/V and Internet access.
PodCamp Boston 3 will be the first PodCamp that is also substantially sponsored by YOU. To help offset the fairly large price tag of the venue (and other schools & conference centers were of comparable cost), PodCamp Boston 3 will be the first PodCamp to revert back to the FooCamp model (the original unconference, before BarCamp) of using paid tickets for admission.
The Harvard medical school conference center holds about 400 people. With $50 sponsorships per person plus some corporate sponsorships, PodCamp Boston 3 should be able to break even.
We hope to see you at Harvard this summer. Sponsorship tickets are now available.
Click through to the PodCamp website to add it to your RSS Reader to maintain currency with additional info as it becomes available and of course, to register.
Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!
The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.
Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores. Create your own Poem In Your Pocket Day event using ideas below or let us know how you will celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day by emailing npm@poets.org.
In this age of mechanical and digital reproduction, it's easy to carry a poem, share a poem, or start your own PIYP day event. Here are some ideas of how you might get involved:
'The School Committee... seems to be accepting grants, so I don't know why they couldn't accept a grant from the Brick School (Association),'' said Hunter.They will if the grant is for supplementing not supplanting what the school budget provides.
"They've said they won't accept donations to pay for a teacher, but last week, they accepted $2,000 for a teacher to use in her classroom through a `Teacher of the Year' award,'' Sandham said.I guess you don't understand the difference between supplement and supplant. The money is an award for the teach to use in her classroom, it does not pay the teacher's salary.
"We're hoping there will be some way we can work with them,'' she said. The committee's policy should not prevent funding via grants, Sandham added.There is a way. Make the grant non-specific and they'll accept it based upon the policy revision to use it to supplement and not supplant the school budget.
Rep. James Vallee, D-Franklin, has also told the group he has earmarked $25,000 for the Brick School, Hunter and Brick School House Association Secretary Paula Sandham said.This would be a dangerous precedent if true. While Rep. Vallee has been very successful in providing funds to Franklin via the Chapter 70 allocation and other grants, an earmark would cross the border of who controls and determines the funding for education in Franklin; our state Rep or the School Committee?
Vallee could not be reached to confirm the earmark, though his staff director, Erin L. Souza, said he has not yet made a decision on the association's request for the funds.
mosaic of the Berkman@10 event featuring Lawrence Lessig introducing his Change Congress initiative.
top left, the fireplace in the Ames Courtroom
top right, John Palfry introduced Lawrence
bottom left, Lawrence speaking
bottom right, Congressman Jim Cooper from Tennessee who was the first to pledge to Change Congress.
-5:00 PM ET
-Location: Ames Courtroom, located on the second floor of Austin Hall. Harvard Law School Campus (A map is below)
-This event is free and open to the public - RSVP is not required
-This event will be webcast live, and available via this link on Friday, April 4th at 5 PM ET.
10 years into the Berkman Center and 5 years into Creative Commons, former Berkman Center Faculty Director and current crusader against congressional corruption Lawrence Lessig is coming back to Cambridge.
Celebrate Professor Lessig's return to the Harvard campus on Friday April 4th, where he will speak about his new effort: Building the Change Congress Movement. This talk is co-sponsored by Harvard College Free Culture.
From the Change Congress site:
Change Congress is a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Using technological and internet tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes to reduce the distorting influence of money in Washington. The Change Congress community will link candidates committed to a reform with volunteers and contributors who support it.
Change Congress organizes citizens to push candidates to make four simple commitments:
1. No money from lobbyists or PACs
2. Vote to end earmarks
3. Support publicly-financed campaigns
4. Support reform to increase Congressional transparency.
