Welcome to Blogush, my home on the internet. My name is Paul Bogush, not Paul Blogush, and I am an 8th grade teacher at Moran Middle School in Wallingford, CT. You can also find me at http://twitter.com/paulbogush and at paulbogush1@gmail.com or just google me! If this is your first time visiting, I welcome you to a safe place to leave a comment even if you have never left a comment on a blog before. Just click on “comment” at the top of each post. Anything that is this color –> click here <– is a hyperlink and if you click on it, you get more information about what is being written. If you have been here before, thanks for coming back! All new posts are below, and posts on what you should know about the Common Core State Standards are here!
But maybe the best answer to Who Am I? comes from one of my students which can be found right here.
Hello. I found your class wiki on wikispaces and I think it’s encouraging to see you use the new technologies to get your students using literacy in and outside of the classroom. What age are these students? I am currently in my teaching internship and am very interested in using these technologies in my future classroom. Thanks for the great example of how theory can be put into practice!
on our farm we have dairy cows that my parents milk we also haev a few dogs and some other animals
how many sheep do you have?
Well thats a fancy sight, keep shearing the sheep.
P.S who is baseball1294, is baseball a boy or girl
Hey, i’d like to know what it’s like living where you do, and is it well populated? I come from a small town and there’s alot of farms and land.
Feel free to have a look around my site.
Dear Paul,
I just wanted to make sure that you were invited to our education “Blogger Summit”. We hope you can make it and feel free to share this invitation with any other bloggers in the area that might be interested. The invitation is attached below.
Alex
ED In ’08 Blogger Summit
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Strong American Schools is excited to announce the ED in ’08 Blogger Summit. Conference details are as follows:
May 14th – 15th
Palomar Hotel, Washington DC
Registration is Free!
An opening reception is scheduled on the evening of Wednesday, May 14th. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served before the screening of a new documentary film on education, Two Million Minutes. A Q&A session with the filmmakers is set to follow.
Then join us for an all-day conference on May 15th. Nowhere else will you have an opportunity to meet and network with fellow education bloggers, participate in panels, attend workshops, and help tackle some tough questions on the state of education in America. Highlights include a speech from keynote speaker Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House.
Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP today!
Register at http://edin08.com/bloggersummit/
Thanks for checking out my blog. Came across yours via Blue Skunk and added it right to my feed. I’m impressed with how thoughtful it is.
Thanks again,
Jim
Hey Mr Bogush, just dropping in. The Blog is coming along nicely i see.
Hey Paul- I am really interested in the .pdf you linked to in a conversation over at Clay’s place on certification rubrics. For some odd reason I couldn’t get it to come up.
I would really love to see it.
Could you try the link, or perhaps even mail at copy? =>nashworld@gmail.com
Thanks much,
Sean
long time no talk
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Thanks for your comment on my blog Paul. The additions of student work provide great examples of what is possible with Audacity.
Cheers,
Keri-Lee Beasley
I’m just not in “twitter mode” yet. I’m not sure I have time for it. I learned how to program computers in 1961 so I’m not afraid of tech, but it seems my plate is full: I’m on three education list-servs, write two columns a month plus an occasional op-ed, blog for the huffington Post anytime I think about it (that’s what I mean by twitter mode–I first think of Huffpo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-bracey), and I operate the Education Disinformation Detection and Reporting Agency, a moderated group of about 2,000 people mostly in the US but abroad as well, and mostly, but not all, educators (lawyers, consultants, politicians, etc).
So it’s not like I’m a social isolate.
I don’t know where I’d find the time to follow folk on twitter. Help hints accepted.
Jerry Bracey
Did you grade teacher portfolios a few summers ago? I’m trying to figure out if I have met you…or if it was someone else…
Any chance you are the Bogush who used to homeschool their children when they were young?
Anyway I will follow your tweets as I care about education of children.
What sorts of questions do you ask yourself when creating a lesson? Sometimes I just feel like my creativity level is out or low, and I really want to connect with my students. I want them to feel like what we are doing is useful to them. I love what I do, and I’m usually really excited when they come into the classroom, but I don’t feel like that is enough–where do you suggest we start?
@Crystal—great questions. I think I will make it into a post next week.
Hi Paul,
Would love to talk with you about a project my team is working on. I looked or an email comment form but did not find one…. I’m reaching out to tech savvy educators, like yourself. You can see my email and website domains from the comments submission form. I hope you will get back in touch.
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