Thanksgiving Note: Have LT GreenRoom, Will Travel
On this Thanksgiving week in the United States, Dan and I would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our loyal listeners. Your comments and engagement in the LearningTimes community keep us going. We’ve enjoyed getting to know you and thinking out loud with you. Some of you may be traveling this week, and so if you have not caught all of our episodes, consider downloading and listening to us on your journey. We love to travel! And for those listeners who are not celebrating with us in the United States, we are equally thankful for your international presence. Finally, we want to thank John and Jonathan from LearningTimes for their constant support and encouragement in the production of this podcast. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
November 19th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Hi Susan,
You have been tagged on my Cycling Through Ed Tech blog.
Answer the following questions and tag 3 more people:
What are you thankful for in your personal life? Your professional life?
Have a blessed Thanksgiving,
Cheri
November 19th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I think I answer here!
Personally: When I was a teenager, I used to roll my eyes at my parents as they tried to teach me life’s important lessons. Today I’m thankful I had those parents, and that they were persistent in teaching me to be grateful for God, country, family and friends. As I get older those lessons become more important. I am equally thankful for my wonderful husband who gave me two beautiful children and the blessings of many, many friends and family.
Professionally, I am enormously grateful for the opportunity to work while balancing family. Sometimes the technology seems almost magical in terms of the connections it allows me to make with other voices and other souls who want to explore teaching and learning across boundaries. And I am very thankful for the unique personalities I’ve come in contact through the years.
It would be too easy to tag Dan and Jonathan Finkelstein and John Walber, so I’ve picked an eclectic group. I tag:
My friend the amazing librarian, Teresa Baumert at http://lmcsmithchatter.blogspot.com/
The guy whose students enroll in my class after they’ve been in his class and then constantly tell me what they loved about Den’s class! LOL Dennis O’Connor at http://doconnor.edublogs.org/
My creative niece, Melinda, at http://melindasteffy.blogspot.com/ Let’s see what she comes up with!
November 20th, 2007 at 1:04 am
I’m grateful to be close to family. Kind of corny heh? But still the truth. After years living in the mountains away from my family, I returned to Southern California and am now closer than ever to my brothers John & Paul.
Moving here gave me 10 months of living with my father, being there with him, helping, and being there with him when he passed away last year. I’m grateful for that time too!
I’d like to tag my colleague Joyce Valenza, a visionary library media specialist and first tier ed-tech blogger: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html
I’d also like to tag Carl Heine, an exceptionally creative fellow I’ve worked with at the 21st Century Information Project: http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/profile/informationfluency
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
~ Dennis