Category Archives: Community

School Community. In celebration and in crisis.

Posted on 11/10/2012 by William Stites

Octo­ber brought our school two big com­mu­nity events. The Gath­er­ing, which is a full school (PK-12 — 3 cam­pus) event where we show­case and cel­e­brate all the school, it’ stu­dents and fac­ulty have achieved over the year. Every­one comes together at … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Understanding Open Source

Posted on 05/26/2012 by William Stites

I am a big advo­cate of open source soft­ware.  We’ve used it at our school for a num­ber of years.  Our fire­wall is an appli­ance called Untan­gle. We use open source soft­ware in the class­room includ­ing tools like Open Office … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Interested in talking about Moodle? Moot anyone?

Posted on 11/12/2011 by William Stites

Are you inter­ested in talk­ing about Moo­dle? Would you like to come to a con­fer­ence devoted to Moo­dle? Would you be will­ing to present at a con­fer­ence devote to Moo­dle? Are you are curi­ous about how Moo­dle can be used in your school? Would you … Con­tinue read­ing →

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WordCamp Philly Version 2.0

Posted on 11/11/2011 by William Stites

There are cer­tain things I look for­ward to in my job and the oppor­tu­ni­ties it affords me to learn new things and expand knowl­edge base.  Word­Camp Philly 2011 pro­vided me with the oppor­tu­nity and deliv­ered on learn­ing in spades. This … Con­tinue read­ing →

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I blog and why the hell should you care? (or My Expanded About Page)

Posted on 11/19/2010 by William Stites

“Who the hell is going to want to read what I have to say?” This was the ques­tion I asked myself when I started this blog. It is some­thing I con­sider each time I write. There are a mil­lion blogs out there … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Untag me

Posted on 11/15/2010 by William Stites

I was walk­ing through the halls of our mid­dle school one after­noon and I saw a stu­dent wear­ing this shirt.

I thought to myself what a sim­ple state­ment and what a pow­er­ful mes­sage. Con­tinue read­ing →

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Expanding the Definition of Community to a Global Community

Posted on 11/04/2010 by William Stites

Is com­mu­nity just the area in which you live and work or is it some­thing more? Wikipedia’s def­i­n­i­tion of com­mu­nity is as fol­lows: Tra­di­tion­ally a “com­mu­nity” has been defined as a group of inter­act­ing peo­ple liv­ing in a com­mon loca­tion. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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