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The Secrets Get Darker… Bentley’s Adults Speak Out :)

Secrets abound at Bentley School, but not just among its students. As Babblechat discovered, adults on campus, whether they are parents or faculty, have much to share about things that AREN’T commonly shared about the land of the phoenix. One common thread to the secrets was community. Indeed, many adults, like English teacher and sophomore dean [...]

Students respond to today’s cats and dogs

We asked the students pictured to tell us about how today’s wild weather affected their morning.  Students reported increased traffic, slow drivers (40 mph on the freeway!), concern about hydroplaning and spinning out, and a desperate need for rain boots.  Some said they got very very wet due to lack of proper rain gear. One [...]

Flashjam in the rain and sun

Out of the BART this morning in the pouring rain and I the first thing I see is the hillside in Lafayette, CA, en route to edsocialmedia boot camp. It was rain all morning and all night. Thunder at 5:30 a.m. Heavy winds and pouring rain. At noon, the sky opens up. Flashjam walks around, [...]

FlashJam 2010: Video Interview

The Insider’s View

The term “Lazy Hazy Days of Summer” is virtually nonexistent at Ensworth High School. What I mean by that is that there is a LOT going on during the summer at Ensworth. Today there are camps – basketball, baseball, cheer to name a few, there are students enrolled in academic summer school courses – just [...]

An Outsider’s View – Ensworth in the Summer

I spent the day at Ensworth prepared for a professional development experience in social media and technology applications, and was instead sent on an anthropological study of the Ensworth campus during the summer, with the directive of reporting back the findings. And what findings there were! Instead of the usual ghost town atmosphere that permeates [...]

Babblechat – open spaces @TLU – stepping into the unknown

Seguin, Tx – Welcome to the not-so-lazy, computer-hazy, somewhat crazy days of summer.  Since graduation on the lawn, the campus vibe has quieted some, but there’s a hum in Dunne Conference Center at the EdSocialMedia Bootcamp, where attendees are learning the ins and outs of social media networking.  Blogging, tweeting, you-tubing (Is that a verb [...]

Bootcamp Mission: Should you chose to accept….

Ok folks, this is Antonio and you are off to the races. Teams Babblechat, Kaynoodle and FlashJam. Your know your mission. Just a recap! Create content in 2 hours that speaks to the following prompt: “Capture the essence of a university campus a the start of the summer break.” How will you capture the essence of the school [...]