Sam Harrelson

55, I Wish http://www.flickr.com/photos...

Crank it (the LHC) up! RT @CERN We will start injecting the anticlockwise beam in the second ring and then go step by step again.

@TheRealTimJones haha... we have that same phenomenon where I teach as well.

8th grade students and I are watching @CERN updates via Tweetie as LHC cranks up again. Amazing times we live in, folks. http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record...

More Colonial Day Fun in the Lower Scool http://www.flickr.com/photos...

Where's That 'Badass' Hulu iPhone App? - http://www.businessinsider.com/wheres-...

Colonial Day in the Lower School http://www.flickr.com/photos...

@JimKukral I'd agree with you if I still weren't using and finding incredible value in feed readers and seeing how my students use GReader.

@JimKukral speak for yourself. RSS is still incredibly valuable to me and lots of folks. stop making rules :)

@JimKukral mass adoption has nothing to do with success or failure unless you're talking sheep numbers, which is a terrible metric in '09

@loxly @jimkukral sure, some people rely on Twitter for RSS. but others rely (and will for a long while) on feed readers for RSS functions.

8th Grader's Words to Live By... http://www.flickr.com/photos...

@jangro alas indeed!

RT @wilw Math is awesome. @ambersalis Today (1120) = (1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 × 8) / (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8).

@affspot let me know how you like it. i'm going to be trying an install this weekend. can't wait!

@jangro btw, that was supposed to be me as an Oblivion character. my 8th grade guys are obsessed with the game. geek retro.

I Wish I Looked Like This http://www.flickr.com/photos...

Fantastic must-read: New blog post: Backchanneling with Elementary School students. http://langwitches.org/blog... (via @langwitches)

Is what I hear true?? ATT now has 3G in Asheville?? I'm 'stuck in Spartanburg with the 3G blues again' today.

@affspot here's a good thread on how to get ChromeOS up and running virtually: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...

@buffalodavid ha! long story. amazing how much pride can be put aside when one tries to convince 13 yr olds the validity of string theory!

@K84UT lost a bet with a student and had to wear that for the whole day... it was well worth the humiliation b/c of student awesomeness

@thomasjwhitley Goodman would be proud and probably correct my color choices, I think.

My Proudest Moment as a Middle School Teacher http://www.flickr.com/photos...

.@anotions it's a long story but dignity frequently gets put aside when one teaches middle school.

Daily Gut Check http://www.samharrelson.com/2009...

@tbeckett it's a long story :)

"Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing." Einstein.

.@buffalodavid well, i lost a bet when an 8th grader actually did a complete quantum calculation. i'll gladly look like a fool for that!

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