[K12OSN] RE: Professional Development and Teacher Collaboration

[Shawn Powers]

Rushton Hurley wrote:
> If the LTSP folks would prefer for any reason not to start a 
> K12LTSP-Teachers list, I would be happy to set up a Yahoo group to

I've received quite a few off-list responses, and I'm going to do my 
best to make this come to fruition.  I'm going to set up a content 
management system (drupal, geeklog, something like that) that folks can 
sign up and contribute to.  Give me a few days, and I'll ask for help 
setting up and inviting interested teachers.

I'm not sure the best way to organize the site (and I'm looking for 
thoughts on the matter).  Things like classroom management, topic 
specific practices, grade-level specific ideas, etc all seem to be valid 
subject matters, and I'd like to see them organized somehow.

I figure a listserv for teachers with a searchable archive would be 
needed, and hopefully many of us would subscribe (keeping the topics 
curricular rather than technical).  I might officially ask for some 
subdomain-love from the k12ltsp.org owner -- but only if the end product 
merits the name. ;)

> Shawn, I'd also like permission to adopt your disclaimer.

lol!  I'm flattered.  Yes of course, anyone can use it in any form they 
like.

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Shawn Powers
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Inland Lakes Schools
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