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January 2009

Ripples (1/24/09)

by Stepping on January 24, 2009

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Ripples
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A great array of posts were generated this week across the many Stepping Stone Partners blog sites.  Enjoy!

The Inauguration was the big topic of the week.  Along with the two posts on this blog, these three pieces explore the event from different perspectives:

Alex wrote about how Internet use during the inauguration revealed infrastructural weaknesses in our Internet system.

Sid finished his series of four posts with Thank God in My Lifetime.

Richard wrote a piece titled The Levers of Power.

Also this week Rita presented two posts focusing on the same event from different perspectives here and here.

The beauty of the outdoors in winter was expressed by Cindy here

And by Gerald, who took his photo class outdoors for a winter walk.

Finally, we are excited to announce the newest addition to our blog roll.  Mike has launched On the road which goes ever on and on.

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Linkages (1/23/09)

by Stepping on January 23, 2009

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Found on Flickr - the Missing Links.
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This week’s linkages:

  • This is an amazing word tree that explores the text of the presidential inaugural speech.

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Framing the Inauguration for Our Students…

January 22, 2009

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We’re told that as teachers you have to connect; you need to start where the students are at.  This came home to me yesterday after the inauguration. My 16 year old students weren’t nearly as taken with events as I was.  Curious, I asked them why?
One student said, “Why do they [...]

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The Inauguration from this Corner

January 21, 2009

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Four years of waiting. Then another four (who would have thought?) . I cringed nearly every time I heard George W. Bush on the radio, or read about his latest foibles in the news . Now, finally it is reality. Change is upon us, in the form of the 44th [...]

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Ripples (1/17/09)

January 17, 2009

The Stepping Stone Partners‘ blogging activity provided these interesting posts this week:

Congratulations to Eagle Valley Search Dogs and member Kyle Warren for getting national recognition on the cover of the Feb. 09 issue of  Field and Stream Magazine

At Old Before Wise, Sid continued his series with two more posts in preparation for the inauguration: Not [...]

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Real Work in a Rural Setting

January 15, 2009

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One of the challenges for many of the students that arrive on the campus of the Family Foundation School is that suddenly they find themselves dropped off “in the middle of nowhere.”
I can identify with the concerns these students experience.  When I relocated to this rural community four years ago, I [...]

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Multiplicity and Group Conscience

January 14, 2009

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One of the interesting aspects of our work environment is how group conscience guides decision making.  Our practice, which often includes staff having multiple supervisors, goes against many forms of top down management and administration theory, like that defined in this post:
“…identified the key functions of management as being those of forecasting and [...]

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Linkages

January 13, 2009

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One of our goals with this site it to provide a hub for interesting content we discover, even if that is simply a link or two.  Sharing of content is one of the hallmarks of the new media marketplace.  As our team reads into the web, we will do so with a mind [...]

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Social Media Etiquette

January 12, 2009

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Two presentations at WordCamp Las Vegas stressed the importance of clarity and etiquette in publishing within the new media platforms.  Dave Talyor demonstrated, with more than a little bit of humor, the ease with which it is to search for the use of inappropriate language and, perhaps even more importantly, outrageous ideas or [...]

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Ripples (1/10/09)

January 10, 2009

This week has been quite productive for our partners.  Among a variety of offerings, we wanted to highlight the following:
Alex has presented some insights on why the iphone is such a success.
Rita continued her exploration of randomness.
Sid began a series on the upcoming inauguration.
Gerald shared his recent cross country skiing adventure.
Ann has a neat design [...]

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