THERE IS NOTHING WRONG HERE

If you have been following the presidential primaries at all, you must have noticed the enthusiasm for Barack Obama. He has exceed most political “expert” expectations and has a real chance to become the next president. Even from a distance there is a feeling of excitement about Obama’s messages of hope, change and Yes We Can. Our friend Noreen worked for Obama in the New Mexico primary and when he visited there, Noreen reported that she had not felt that kind of energy about a politician in a long time, since the Kennedy brothers.

To get a sense of the power of Obama’s message watch this video. After you have watched it go to www.yeswecansong.com and read about how Will.i.am came to make the video.

In an article in Sunday’s New York Times Frank Rich writes about the how the Republican Party of old white men is out of step with the rest of the country. The conservative press have been waiting in the shadows for a chance to pounce on Obama. They think that by painting Obama with the plagiarism brush they will bring him down. No one outside of academia cares about who took lines from a speech. By the way the lines are from a speech by his friend Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts.

Obama is offering HOPE and a true since of we are all in this together, something the powers that be don’t understand and can’t offer.

At the beginning of the school year I decided that I would blog at least one a week and I was able to up for about a month and as I got more busy I blogged less and less. I still have plenty to say, but less time. I still don’t know how some bloggers do it everyday. I know they are teaching or are traveling so it must just be the commitment.

I have been developing a Ning - edtechleader.ning.com to use with the Teaching and Learning online course I will moderated starting on the 25th. I am starting to “get” what Ning is about and the power of social networks.

Some students in the PREP program blogged for the first time on Friday. They posted to blog at a school in England. I am not sure they understood what they were doing until they saw their post on the blog. I didn’t edit them and a couple were pretty rough. Many misspelling and poor grammar.  I am hoping that realizing that hundreds of people will read what they say will at least get them to have a teacher edit the blog post.