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Motivation for your Friday

Today I spoke at the ACSI conference in Colorado Springs, it was a great experience and I really enjoyed connecting with other educators and sharing some technology resources that they hadn’t seen before. (Wix site for conference) The highlight of my day was hearing keynote speaker, Guy Doud. In one of the education courses that I took in college we watched the video about Guy Doud called “Molder of Dreams”. Guy was the 1986 National Teacher of the Year awarded by President Ronald Reagan. Listening to Guy today, it is clear that he deserved the title of National Teacher of the Year, but really, he has been Teacher of the Year many years to those whose lives he has reached through teaching. He is certainly an inspiration to me and reminded me exactly why it is that I started teaching. I encourage you to enjoy some of Guy’s motivation for your Friday. You can read Guy’s story here. You can also download an mp3 audio version (outstanding because you can hear his story the way he tells it…very funny!) If you are interested in Guy’s book, Molder of Dreams, or in his video, Molder of Dreams, check them out here. (VERY reasonably priced and believe me well worth every penny!) Do you have students in your classroom that reminds you of a young Guy Doud? What teachers in your life formed your life and the way that you teach and relate to students? Thank God for teachers like Guy Doud!

iLearn Technology a winner in the 2009 Edublog awards!

Posted by admin | Posted in Teacher Resources | Posted on 19-12-2009

Tags: 2009, edublog awards, winner

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Winner

In a complete unexpected turn of events, iLearn Technology won for Best Educational Tech Support Blog in the 2009 Edublog Awards! Thank you for all of your nominations and votes. I am truly humbled. I was in great company, the other 26 blogs nominated are fabulous. You can view the results here. First runner up was Langwitches and second runner up was Life Feast. Both are excellent blogs, if you aren’t already reading them, you should be!

Thank you again, I couldn’t be here without you!

Comments (8)

Eric Sailers said on 20-12-2009
	Congratulations, Kelly! The award is well deserved!

Donna Baumbach said on 20-12-2009
	CONGRATULATIONS! Well-deserved!

Denise said on 21-12-2009
	Yay! I’m so glad ilearntechnology won! Well-deserved! Congratulations!

Kobus van Wyk said on 24-12-2009
	Congratulations! It was an honour to be nominated alongside you. I am so glad to have found your blog … the material you present are so useful to our schools in Africa.

Karin Katherine said on 30-12-2009
	Yeah! I voted for you so I’m so glad you won. It is well deserved.

KC said on 31-12-2009
	Just started following this blog a month ago and I can already tell you that this reward was well deserved! I have learned so much on a daily basis thanks to you!