Daily Bookmark Post 09/01/2010
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My daughter’s first short, short story
My daughter Madison, 8, is not one for busy work. When she discovered that her new 3rd grade teacher wanted to write out her spelling words 3 times each every week, she rolled her eyes and said “I have to do that again?” I decided that this year, I was going to ask her teacher if we could do something a bit more creative than the standard assignment. My daughter told me she wanted to write a story using the 15 weekly spelling words. Much to her teacher’s credit, she agreed. Here is my daughter’s first “spelling story.”
Chapter One – The Last Griffen
Once I saved my paper from a evil griffen. Whin I moved he followed me. I knew something was rong. My mom shopped. My dad was having a meting. When I was riding a horse the same thing happened.
Chapter Two – The Folded Paper
I said that I would fold a pece of paper. When I was waking up I pulled the lever to the running world. When I was drawing at my party I picked a pepper letting the owner go first.
Chapter Three – The Challenge of the Griffens
The Griffens were going to go to the hopping world when I said I am going to be baking. Come back soon!
Is it perfect? 
No, but she wanted to be creative and that’s what I love about her. She asked me to post each one of her stories to my blog, so expect to see a new one each week. We can watch her grow as a writer together.
Daily Bookmark Post 08/23/2010
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It’s Official! EdCamp is coming to Citrus County, FL
EdCamp is coming to Florida! Citrus High School in Inverness, FL will be hosting Florida’s first ever EdCamp event. The event will be held on December 4th, 2010 in conjunction with the event in New York City being held on the same day. We are working with the folks in NYC to come up with a way to tie the two events together to make it an “East Coast” EdCamp.
With the backing of my school district’s Superintendent of Schools and the school district itself, the event will certainly be a huge success.
THE SPECIFICS:
When: December 4th, 2010, 8 AM to 5 PM
Where: Citrus High School, Inverness, FL
More information can be found at the event’s website: http://edcampcitrus.com
