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Many of us said that we found writing in the blog difficult because it took a lot of time to craft the "perfect" text. This article explains how many are shifting from blogging to social networks as a more convenient way to quickly share updates.

As a follow up to Steph et al's blog about school board communication with parents....here is a webinar next wee (3/2 at 2 pm) .

A useful post by George Siemens, the "father" of connectivism.

"five factors as either a moderate or great barrier in their pursuit of the superintendency: (a) absence of "old-boy network," support systems, or sponsorship; (b) lack of awareness of political maneuvers; (c) lack of role models; (d) societal attitudes that Blacks lack competency in leadership positions; and (e) no formal or informal method for identifying Black aspirants to administrative positions. "

These new guidelines from the Virginia Board of Education are a perfect example of passing the buck....when the board initially created these guidelines in January, they were very explicit and strict and there was a lot of backlash to it.(http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/meetings/2011/01_jan/agenda_items/item_j.pdf) Now if you read the March guidelines, you can clearly see that the board is now asking local boards to define and create policies regarding social networking interactions between students and staff. Seems similar to feds asking states to define mandates, doesn't it?

Scary...

Guess who this is about??? KIPP, of course. This study must has different research then several of the other postings about the shortcomings of KIPP schools!