I've been intrigued by the educational possibilities of Wordle, an online site which converts text into beautiful word clouds. The service works by pasting text or a link into the creation tools, and a word cloud will result. Here is a cloud from President Obama's inaugural address.

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Many of you who have followed this blog know that I very much appreciate the innovative tools which Google has produced the past several years, especially those connected to education. I've shared these tools with many other educators through this blog, through work with my own faculty, and when I work with other schools. However, my honeymoon with Google is over after they announced plans yesterday to end development of Google Notebook, a great application which allows users to copy web clippings to a virtual notebook for saving and organizing.

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Don't forget to check out and participate in the Online Conference for 21st Century Lutheran Education, being held for the first time this week, Thursday through Saturday. You may participate live in the scheduled sessions, or view archived content at a later time.

There are many sessions of interest to teachers in Lutheran schools. Here are some of the highlighted sections:

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Here is a list of educational links for this first Monday of January:

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Every once in a while there is a post on an LEA listserv asking about mentoring programs and resources. I am proud to say that my dad has run such a p...

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I spent some time over breakfast earlier this week with a dynamic business owner/leader from our congregation. My goal was to get a sense of whether our school and program is on target with our 21st Century Skills emphasis in providing our students the opportunity to build practical skills which will serve them will in their lives outside of formal education.

The good news is that the session served as an affirmation of much of what we are doing at Shepherd of the Hills Christian School in preparing our students for THEIR future, and not OUR past. However, the challenge we face in seeking to incorporate the building of practical skills within the core curriculum promises to be a long-term, almost never-ending, project. Working to best position our students in new ways is going to require ongoing vigilance and hard work. It will also require the commitment of the entire educational staff, not just one person.

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