Isn’t it amazing to think that there is a whole world of people out there writing, posting, commenting and in general sharing through blogs on the internet?!

Today I received an email from one of my favorite writing blogs, Two Writing Teachers. They asked if I would be interested in writing a post as a “guest blogger” on their blog this summer. How fun!

I know these ladies just finished their first book for Stenhouse. If you haven’t already, check out Two Writing Teachers.

Last week I sent out an email to a colleague from Shanghai I hadn’t spoken to in nearly 2 years. Not only did I get helpful information back within hours, I also received a healthy dose of something I’ve been missing lately- excitement. Jeff Utecht, the appropriately named TECH “teacher of teachers”, now working at the International School of Bangkok is easily one of the most knowledgeable and yet down-to-earth tech integrators out there. Following our emails back and forth I’ve once again added his blogs to my RSS feed.

Check them out:
The Thinking Stick
U Tech Tips

It only took an hour or so when I finally sat down and worked through an upgrade for WordPress and installed an anti-spam plugin. At the moment I am happy to say I’m SPAM FREE!

If you have tried to comment on any posts in the past 2 weeks, please try again now.

Good News: I’m getting 800 comments on my blog a day!

Bad News: 799 of them are SPAM

Solution: I’m not sure… but I’m looking into it. For now, if you comment and it doesn’t appear on my blog, please try again in a few days!

Sometimes you just have to laugh. Today I came across a lit blog which made me LAUGH OUT LOUD! How often does that happen when you’re reading about Earth Day, Jerry Spinelli, and poetry? Check out MotherReader- I think her mini profile says it all…

One of the bestselling preschool books of recent times was Walter the Farting Dog. At the same time, the American Library Association named as one of its best books Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a book in which Mr. Rosen talks about his despair over the death of his son. I believe that, for most of us, what we want lies somewhere between a flatulent canine and overwhelming grief.

What a year! Although we’ve been settled and living in our new home
in Abu Dhabi for 6 months, it has taken me nearly a year to get back to
work on my blog. Today is the day I stop talking about it and start
doing it.

Literacybytes is aimed at inspiring and informing
international educators and literacy coaches in their work in
elementary schools around the world.

Other blogs we are working on:

International School Counselor

Teaching Third Culture Kids