Month: November 2010

Dr. Monte Selby graciously sat down for an interview with us. Take a listen. He is truly a middle school guru. We can use many more just like him. Shawn asks him some questions about the U.S. Department of Education interview, what do new principals need to remember and more. You can find out more about Dr. Selby on his web page or on Facebook. His books are really terrific. Check these out:

Middle School Matters – (Is this a great name for a book or what?)

Because You Teach

Bridging The Gap To At-Risk Youth: Bricks & Bridges

That’s What I Need: Using Song Lyrics To Teach And Practice The Six Traits Of Effective Writing

We were very fortunate to sit down with Dr. Monte Selby. We’ll be posting the interview tomorrow. His thoughts will be interesting to any and all middle school teachers, students, parents, etc.

The conference is well underway. I’ve been to some really good sessions. Notes will follow soon. There are a ton of really excellent middle school people. These people make a difference in the lives of kids.

Session 1 this morning was with Todd Williamson. As always, he did a great job. You can find his notes at The Technorate Teacher (use link on the side). I took away a really good tip about there being more than just Digital natives vs Digital Immigrants. Instead, he talks about 4 different levels and those being tool specific. Will post more.

By the way, loving using the iPad and a wireless keyboard for taking notes. Wifi is hard to come by though.

Off to another session.

Well, we’re ready to go to NMSA 2010. We’ve got our program books, tickets, reservations and such. I’m in Nerdvana-my program book is all highlighted, marked up, drawn on and notes added. All of this is done electronically using GoodReader. (Shawn will point out that I actually paid for this program- sparkly moment– I don’t mind paying for things that are truly “worth” the money- at $1.99 – I had no problem what so ever paying for this one).

I’ve also set up a chart for all the members of my team to coordinate which sessions we are going to. We’ll fill it in on the plane.