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A case of techno-cluelessness
I’m back from today’s conference on urban education at Central State University featuring speeches by Reg Weaver and Jonathan Kozol.
I did get brief one-on-one interviews with both of them afterward.
One thing that struck me was that neither seemed to have any clue about the Internet. Kozol told me he doesn’t even have an email account.
And I asked Weaver if the NEA had thought about starting up a blog on its website where it might start policy discussions and allow its members and others to post their comments. I asked him this because a lot of education bloggers are big fans of Edwize — a smart blog recently begun by the UFT, the local union that represents New York’s teachers. I’ve seen more than one edblogger wonder why the NEA hasn’t done the same.
It was clear from Weaver’s reaction and my struggle to explain that he had no idea what a blog was and had never heard of Edwize. He finally just told me that the NEA had an excellent website and I should check it out.
I’ll post more on Weaver and Kozol’s speeches later today and tomorrow.
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By Thespis Journal
January 21, 2006 2:47 PM | Link to this
What a week! Moon-Bat Monday (Aka Martin Luther King Day, 2006) provided an unlimted number of posts and columns from which to select. We hope you enjoy all of the wonderful reading. Use this reading list to accompany your Sunday brunch and all of your weekend reading. We welcome suggestions for Post of the Week. Please email chanticleer148@yahoo.com. The editors and staff writers put a lot of items on the table this week for consideration. Please read the entire article! Good work Scott. http://thespisjournal.blogspot.com/2006/01/thespis-journal-presents-posts-of-week.html Thespis JournalBy Darren
January 20, 2006 2:19 PM | Link to this
Actually, when I resigned from the NEA (and subsidiary unions) in November, I was supposedly refunded 49% of my NEA dues.By EdWonk
January 19, 2006 3:25 AM | Link to this
Our site, The Education Wonks, originated this whole “NEA Blog” idea, and even suggested a name for it, “NEA Voices.” Then, because Reg Weaver has no published email address, we sent copies of our post to his press office. No response whatsoever. This is not surprising in an organization that never allows for the expression of dissent from its own membership, nor for the election of its own leadership by the rank-and-file. But because of “agency shop” laws, in states such as ours (California) NEA will collect 80% of its full dues even if the teacher formally resigns all union membership.