Heist: A Who-Done-It

Dear reader,

If you are on the fence of the Sanders/Clinton voting decision, I ask you to challenge yourself to watch (or play in the background while you work and listen) to this less than 30 minute "extended trailer" to help you decide where you stand and where you believe you should stand. To my mind, the most moving piece of it is (the author of America Beyond Capitalism) Gar Alperovitz's brief comment...watch for it...watch for it...



Vote, America. Corporations have deregulated the economy into near-complete submission and are systematically denying huge numbers of primary voters their right to vote. Double-check your voter registration status and be prepared to come out the remaining primaries, and in November, in numbers previously unimagined. Can we believe that these efforts will not quadruple in the coming general election?

ISTE Board of Directors Vote Now Through April 12!

ISTE Members: Saving you a click to http://isteboardvote:

2010 ISTE Board Election-Voter's Guide

ISTE Members VOTE March 11 - April 12

Read more about the candidates for each open position and their responses to the questions asked in the nomination process (members only, login required):

Affiliate Representative Position: a representative of the Affiliate members (one open position). Candidates are: Mike Lawrence and Davis Brock.

At-Large Representative Positions: members involved in any area of educational technology (two open positions). Candidates are: Holly Jobe (Incumbent), Gordon Dahlby (Incumbent), Tony Brandenburg, and Julie Evans.

Corporate Representative Position: a representative of the corporate members (one open position). Candidates are: Eileen M. Lento (Incumbent) and William Zaggle.

PK–12 Schools Representative Position: a PK–12, school-based educator, either classroom teacher or technology coordinator (one open position). Candidates are: Gwyneth Jones and Karl Sprenger.

School District Administration Representative: general member who serves as a school district administrator (one open position). Candidates are: Kara Gann (Incumbent) and Bryan O'Black.

Special Interest Group Representative: general Member who represents Special Interest Groups (one open position). Candidates are: Howie DiBlasi and Scott Merrick.

Teacher Education Representative: general member who is involved in teacher education at the post-secondary level (one open position). Candidates are: Arlene Borthwick and Jean Kiekel

Access the ballot to cast your vote (login required). Remember, voting closes on April 12, so vote today!

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Hey, all,

My other blog, the one about Virtual Environments in the service of education, has just garnered a nomination for Best Use of Virtual Worlds in the Edubloggers Awards 2008 race. I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd click on over to the site and vote for "Oh! Virtual Learning" so I might take home the "Eddie" in that category this year. Voting goes through December but I'm all for pulling out ahead early and staying there. Not that I'm competitive, heheheee. Here's the link:

THANKS!!!