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When The Rut Is Deep Enough By Career Vision On 3/17/2009 1:30 PM Career Planning Resources for Career Changers Do you ever feel that you’ve somehow become stuck in a dead-end job that you don’t enjoy? You are not alone. Instead of being frustrated, invest your e...
You are the biggest influence in your child's life By Career Vision On 3/15/2009 12:00 PM We all want our children to be successful and happy, but sometimes it takes an objective professional to help move these critical conversations to great decisions. Career Vision uses the ...
Career Literacy and Career Management By Career Vision Are you a parent or student? An adult who wants to take charge of your career? A high school, college or business professional who knows the importance of career planning and success? Learn more about: · Career Literacy and Career Management · ...
You are the biggest influence in your child's life. By Career Vision On 3/15/2009 11:21 AM We all want our children to be successful and happy, but sometimes it takes an objective professional to help move these critical conversations to great decisions. Car...
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A little more on Edin08 Blogger Summit By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/20/2008 7:38 AM Here are some video interviews from the Edin08 Blogger Summit: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hjzAT7Zp6b4 http://youtube.com/watch?v=cN29UJQ6Fw0 And other blog posts on the summit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/newt-gingrich-and-me-a-ch_b_1022...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Closing and Awards By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:10 PM And the last portion of this Edin08 Blogger Summit: announcement of the best education blog award, voted on by the attendees and the public in general. And the winner is: 1: South Titan Government Blog 2: Early Education is the Key (Don’t worry, we ...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Education Blogging at Grassroots By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:10 PM The last session of the day was a breakout session on education blogging at the grassroots. Other people went to one on Blogging in the Trenches, with educator bloggers. That one might be more useful to my readers, who are most likely educators, but...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Blogging the Election By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:09 PM This second panel started talking about the nature of blogs: how personal blogs work differently from blogs by traditional news sources, the capacity of blogs to link and to make use of multimedia, the empowering and democratic nature of blogs and h...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Newt By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:09 PM I’m still reeling a little from my 5 minute interview with Newt Gingrich. More on that in an upcoming Techniques issue! And probably on the ACTE Web site, press release, etc. Before the mini interview, though, Gingrich spoke and answered questions. ...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Time to Learn By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:08 PM Chris Gabrieli, co-chair, National Center on Time & Learning, and author of “Time to Learn,” just spoke on the successes he has seen in increasing the learning day by 2 hours. He cited statistics about successes, including a school in Massachuse...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Shaping Education Reform Panel By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:08 PM Wow, too much happened in the panel on Shaping Education Reform for me to get all of it. I will provide a more detailed report later. But the big issues were: need for standards, the likelihood that the new Administration will move on pre-K because ...
Edin08 Blogger Summit - Roy Romer on Standards By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/18/2008 7:08 PM Gov. Roy Romer just opened the conference. Gov. Romer was the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. He talked about how education is not a focus on the campaign, and ...
Special series: Liveblogging Edin08 Blogger Summit By Ed Chipalowsky On 5/14/2008 8:24 PM This is Catherine, electronic media coordinator at ACTE, and I’m taking over the Trade and Industrial Education Division blog to liveblog about the Blogger Summit I’ll be attending tomorrow. The keynote speaker for the daylong summit is Newt Gingric...
We’re all listening so tell us what you learned in Washington. By Ed Chipalowsky On 3/17/2008 12:52 PM Ok you’re back from a fantastic conference in our great nations capital with hopefully many politicians listening and chiming in fresh new ideas for CTE; you’ve had a restful weekend with family and friends; you’ve caught up on your duties and chor...
BREAKING NEWS! By Ed Chipalowsky On 3/13/2008 3:17 PM We interrupt your regular scheduled programming for this breaking news development. “Washington Capitol Leaders stunned by the dedication, determination, and persuasion of ACTE attendees at the national conference, rushed home to their constituent...
Response from Arnold Schwarzenegger on California CTE By Ed Chipalowsky On 2/26/2008 5:14 AM I just checked my school email, and lo and behold a return email from the Governor’s office of the great state of California. I wanted to pass it onto you because Governor Schwarzenegger outlines his proposed educational budget for 2008-2009. Althoug...
The Terminator to the rescue of CTE? By Ed Chipalowsky On 2/26/2008 5:14 AM At first reading I thought it was impossible, but after thinking again it becomes perfectly logical. Why shouldn’t the Terminator rescue CTE? He rescued people many times in his movies, and was a highly advanced mechanical/electronic robotic creation...