Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	First Impressions
Harry K. and Rosemary Tripi Wong (1998) have emphasized how important first impressions can be in establishing successful classroom routines: The first days of school can make or break you. Based on what a teacher does or does not do, a teacher will either have or not have an effective...... [view]

Posted By:  ziedmhirsi Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	la censure encore et encore !
La blogosphere tunisienne souffre... Deux blogs ont ete censure cette semaine ( ici et ici ) ... Deux blogs du sud ouest de la Tunisie... Deux blogs qui etaient nos seules sources d'information sur ce qui se passe dans cette region marginalise de la Tunisie. On ne peut pas continuer avec cette...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Aug 1, 2008	What Is The Edublogosphere?
The Wikipedia community provides a decent enough definition of the term blogosphere : Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. It is the perception that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	Reading bogs (0.1)
Often, when i read something on my RSS feed, I think that it would be an interesting item to share with others.  Sometimes, when i have an immediate association with a person whom it can interest, I would forward a link.  Many times, however, I choose not to, in order not to spam...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jul 4, 2008	Testing
Sorry for the spam! This post is for testing purposes only.  I am trying to figure out why the videos i embed do not go through in RSS feeds.  Veronica helped me to make some changes and this is a test drive.  Let’s see how it works. If you are already here, you may still watch the...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Jun 30, 2008	Social Capital and EduBloggerCon
Two days later, here are some of my thoughts regarding this year's version of EduBloggerCon . Short, Shallow Version Beginning with IMHO : Ewan hopes for an EduBloggerCon that includes far too many /plug your ears, Bud / sages on the stages /end ear plugging/. Besides, it's easy to...... [view]

Posted By:  ziedmhirsi Posted On:  Jun 28, 2008	Radyoun sur iTunes
Depuis que je suis aux Etats Unis, je n'ecoute plus la radio dans sa forme classique. Je suis devenu plutot un podcast addict. j'ecoute certaines emissions de mosaique fm, RFI ou NPR via le logiciel iTunes . Ca facilite vraiment la vie et ca permet d'ecouter ses emission...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Jun 27, 2008	Why We Can Do What We Do
Clayton Christensen (2008) begins his latest book with a staggeringly powerful quotation by John Adams: I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jun 20, 2008	The AP drama
I just learned about a currently developing online drama .  Associated Press (AP) decided that they are going to charge bloggers and anyone who cites their content.  The tariff is $2.5 a word or $12.5 for five words.  Now, as I understand it, if I post here a title of AP’s article...... [view]

Posted By:  ziedmhirsi Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008	Tn blogs... Au revoir !
Il me semble que je ne suis plus reference sur Tn-blogs ... ce qui affecte mon audimat... ! Mais paradoxellement, Je suis tres content... content car je me sens du coup bcp plus libre... et je suppose que ceux qui suivent la blogosphere tunisienne me comprendront... Pour les autres je dirais,...... [view]

Posted By:  ziedmhirsi Posted On:  Jun 12, 2008	Le PROJET d'Union pour la Mediterrannee : Pourvu que ca marche !
Un mini sommet arabe a eu lieu pour discuter du PROJET d'Union pour la mediterrannee. Le leader libyen Moammar Kaddafi a exprime son rejet du projet et a meme invite les autres arabes a le faire... Il cree ainsi une breche dans laquelle se sont infiltre les anti-Israel, anti juifs,...... [view]