It's Monday

    While I haven't been posting here much in the last several days, my head and heart have been firmly entrenched in the edublogosphere.  I've been trying to catch up on my reading and taking the time to comment on some of the folks who are keeping me on my toes.  Also, I've been listening to an awful lot of podcasts as I've caught up on some of the less, ahem, interesting chores around the house. (The first year you put up Christmas lights on your house, you do get permission to leave them up until almost the end of January, right?)
    I'm reminded as I read and comment that this is one of the essential tasks of a reflective blogger.  Read.  Think.  Respond.  Repeat.  Write.  (I think that's the gist of Will's definition of what a blogger does -- but I can't find the link right now.)  Good thinking and good teaching only come as a result of good input -- and the ratio of input to output is something like 10:1. 
    One thing that I'm following closely right now is the Wikibook (or Wiki Textbook -- the name changes, because it's a work in progress) conversation going on over at EducationBridges.  They're doing an awful lot of thinking about how to create an "open source" curriculum as well as create ways to train folks on how to use it.  I wish I could make the live chats -- but I'm still learning a great deal in my car and on my walks from what everyone over there is talking about.  Dave has some wonderful ideas that get good conversations started, and Jeff is one of the best moderators out there. 
    They're setting up for a huge project, but one that's got a potentially large payoff for students and teachers and schools.  I hope they can negotiate all of the great ideas into a meaningful product.  I hope I can find a productive way to contribute. 
    I hope that you can, too.