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		<title>Adventures in WordPress mu  (the wisdom behind division of labor!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<!-- GООООООО -->This week (2/19/2007) the school district is closed, and it has been the perfect opportunity to set up WordPress mu on our tufsdblogs server and experiment.  In short, after many (very many) hours of creating blogs, experimenting with various plug-ins and themes, and causing some (unexpected) damage, it has become clear that if we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=41</link>
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		<title>Interesting Video Feed Worthy of Some Discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently come across the Web 2.0 video by Michael Wesch on several blogs, including Chris Lehmann&#8217;s Practical Theory blog. It&#8217;s an interesting look at Web 2.0 and should serve as an appropriate springboard for our discussions related to Web 2.0, School 2.0 and some of the current (re)thinking in which we are currently engaged.
Watching [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=35</link>
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		<title>Technology Committee Meeting 2-06-2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The agenda for this afternoon&#8217;s technology committee meeting and the related documents are attached in MS Word format. We will meet from 3:30 - 5:30 in room 22South (same as last month).

Agenda 2-6-2007
Teacher NETS
Student NETS

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		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Two Days in Philadelphia: Exploring the Potential of Web 2.0 in the Classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, John Calvert and I attended a conference led by Will Richardson, and the agenda and links can be found on Will&#8217;s wiki. The conference, &#8220;Web 2.0 for Classroom Teachers&#8221;, was held at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. The principal of the school, Chris Lehmann, was inspirational and represented to me the epitome [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Leadership Team Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I am sharing the concept of Web 2.0 and School 2.0 with our leadership team.  This is a great opportunity to expand the discussions we have been having in our smaller groups.  Ultimately, the discussions should move to the teachers in each school, gathering feedback from teachers and administrators while building awareness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Long Range Planning: Defining Our Path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today our technology planning subcommittee met to define the processes we will use for creating our long term technology plan.  We agreed that this plan would not be framed by the expectations and guidelines associated with the the e-rate requirements and required by the state (though that would still be created and would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=16</link>
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		<title>2006 was a shifty year&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By J. Calvert 
Teachers are not strangers to change, although in recent years our noble profession has tasted an unprecedented escalation of change. Our district is not alone; teachers everywhere say the same thing. The reality is, the rate of change is increasing for everyone. It is present in teaching as much as it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=15</link>
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		<title>Blogging Responsibly and Purposefully</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we continue to explore the benefits of Web 2.0 applications for our students, it is important that we provide the proper level of professional support to our teachers.  This includes modeling best practices and providing a framework for purposeful use.  There is the potentional for a flashpoint with regard to blogging, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=14</link>
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		<title>Exploring Maybry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John C. and I have discussed the powerful model that seems to be driving the Mabry Middle School in Marietta, Georgia.  The extensive site they have built and the seemingly complete buy in by the staff and community is quite invigorating.
For example, I took some time to peruse their blogs, and it seems that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=8</link>
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		<title>TUFSD Blogs Goes Live with Demo Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday evening, December 1, 2006, the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns registered this domain to support its expanding demand for providing an authentic audience for the students served in the district.
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		<link>http://blog.tufsdblogs.com/?p=3</link>
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