Recession Hits Maine Education

Governor Baldacci details budget curtailment.

Village Soup
Bangor Daily News
The Ellsworth American

Maine Bureau of the Budget
Education Informational Letter 41
Essential Programs & Services Funding
FY09 Curtailment by District

Evaluating Information

Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Library - 5:30 - 8:30 - "Current Events Class"



Essential Question: Should the U.S. Government provide universal health care for its citizens?

Agenda Link

Chris Lehmann & Others on Change

Thanks to Nathaniel Porter of View from the Corner Room I've been pointed to the direction of a couple of Chris Lehmann presentations.

K12 Online Conference (Lehmann bio and slower presentation)
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach: 21st Century Collaborative

Dimensions Of Change

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: maineducation08)

Essential Question: How do we go about making change?

"What I Want for My Children"

ASCD's The Whole Child


NCREL: Meaningful, Engaged Learning

Essential Question: What do we want for our children?

TelstarToo Session: K-6 Technology Integration

Essential Questions: How can technology be used with younger learners? Should it be?

Today's Agenda Link

Wisdom

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

Wisdom Quotes
ThinkExist: Wisdom Quotes
BrainyQuote: Wisdom Quotes

"Where ever you are, be there totally." ~ Eckhart Tolle

Amazon: The Wisdom of Crowds
Wikipedia: The Wisdom of Crowds
Wikipedia: Crowd Psychology

Question: Are crowds wise . . . . or merely smart? Or neither?