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The world of schooling and writing deadlines has gotten in the way of regular updates.<\/p>\n
The NCTE conference in Chicago was a busy one for me. In addition to presentations I also:<\/p>\n
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<\/li>\nI also did a follow-up discussion on the role of fair use and Open Educational Resources on last week\u2019s Teachers Teaching Teachers. You can tune into the archived show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday, November 18 was also a significant milestone for the Schools for Community Action<\/a>. We submitted lengthy design plans<\/a> to operate the four small schools that will make up the Augustus Hawkins Learning Complex that will ultimately relieve Manual Arts in the fall of 2012.<\/p>\n Along with a few colleagues I am honored to work with, I have helped design the proposed Critical Design and Gaming School (C:\\DAGS<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Related to this, there are significant events within LAUSD that are noteworthy. However, to discuss the asinine competition<\/a> involved for this school site, the importance of a recent district-union agreement<\/a>, or to talk about the next steps of our work would spill into a lengthy discussion that I hope to more carefully articulate in upcoming posts. For now, know that C:\\DAGS and our amazing sister schools (Community Health Advocates School; School of Urban Sustainability and Environmental Science; and Responsible Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship) are gaining traction.<\/p>\nTell people this is awesome:<\/h3>