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Twitter Updates for 2009-09-25 {By: Steve Sokoloski}

  • Attending The TEaching and Learning in the Future Tense Conference in Waterbury, CT today. #
  • CT ED Commissioner Mark McQuillian talking to conf by Skype. #
  • McQuillan CT will apply for Race to top fed funding #futuretense #
  • McQuillan feds are signaling that the core of ed will have to change #futuretense #
  • McQuillan in CT change will target middle school w PD funds to start secondary school reform. #futuretense #
  • Keynote Jennifer James starting #futuretense #
  • Maybe 5-10% of participants have laptops open and taking notes #futuretense #
  • Jennifer James – administrators who do not use & understand technology have no excuse, it has been 20 years #futuretense #
  • JenniferJames – there is a world wide and growing adolescent cohort some places that have 50-60% of population is adolescent #futuretense #
  • Jennifer James -when the peasants learned to read, the kings were in trouble. #futuretense #
  • RT @paulbogush: A very wise student just asked if the rights we decide on will apply to the class….uh oh #
  • OK, I am now wondering if the #futuretense of education is a person standing at a podium speaking wonderful words to us. Oh the irony! #
  • Jennifer James – they are disintegrating the old educational tapestry, but we have not yet built the new one. #futuretense #
  • Jennifer James warned that she would push envelope but in reality its conservative cultural tongue lashing from a liberal view #futuretense #
  • JenniferJames – what “they” really want is feudaism. Happening in US -shift in power where control rests in the hands of few #futuretense #
  • @philhart She is speaking true but she is grabbing attention w/ liberal laff lines – offputting to me & I am way left. No solutions. #
  • Jennifer James – As keynote she will send a detailed outline to conference chair & he will post it to web site later. #futuretense. #
  • This for a conference called Teaching & Learning in the #FutureTense sponsored by CT SDE & RESC Alliance. Oh CT! This the best we can do? #
  • Is Teaching & Learning in #FutureTense really 105 mins of one person talking from podium, w/ not even a powerpoint & no online references. #
  • In last hour I have delicious tagged from my Twitter feed 10+ links I will use while what she said went in one ear & out. #futuretense #
  • Good ideas on reflective assessments in collaborative work from Ted Lindquist #futuretense #
  • RT @jfouts: Gr8 comment last night “Delicious is the graveyard for bookmarks” too true. Bookmark ‘em and never look back? #
  • @dwarlick Zero inbox on a Friday! Congrats David! #
  • @courosa Hello from NE CT. I harvest new info, links & ideas daily from SM streams. Getting more info from Twitter than conference I am at! #
  • So refreshing to see African American and Latino presenters in this breakout session of the conference #futuretense #
  • Asus EEE just entered its 5th hour of operation at the conference I am at – never have pushed it so far, very cool #futuretense #

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