Cool…my Flickr account seems to be working! This is a picture from the Spirit of Boston cruise that we took. See Seb’s post on the wonders of Internet communication when you need to make something work!

(via Jim Flowers) Microsoft has created an RSS feed for topics of interest to educators. Fifteen subscribers already at Bloglines…
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I wish I could have kept track how many times I said the words “collaborate,” “construct” and “content” during my stay in Boston this week. It must have run into the hundreds without question. And there seemed to be a palpable excitement about blogging. It was pretty cool.

So today I read that Anne is collaborating to construct content. Go figure.

Now I’m thinking I can just set this up in weblogs. There will still be one student, one business partner but this gives a better way to open up the communication to the rest of the class, parents, and others. I pitched the idea to the principal. She liked it. Next up is to meet with the General Mills CEO.

I’m thinking that I could have two authors to a weblog to begin with with possibility of adding more. They could post pack and forth and students and educators could comment. I’m liking this more and more.

I thought one of the most interesting statements coming out of the conference was from a participant who wrote the following in the conference blog:

My first thought following the opening words of our keynote speaker was, “My God, classroom walls have become a hazard!” In the past, walls helped create an environment that promoted learning; now, walls are just one item in a long list of factors that inhibit learning. Walls in our classrooms, walls in our thinking.

It’s all about getting outside those walls. Everyone I talked to about blogs was thinking that way, talking about really “building communities” that extend far outside their own schools. I wish we could have had just one big brainstorming session at the end to really push each other’s thinking on it.