This is a story four years in the making...

Next Monday, Gene Gordon, a physics teacher at Fairport High School and NASA Fellow, will embark on a "dream come true" to witness first hand the first images from unknown regions of the planet Mercury.  Gene will be sitting amongst NASA scientists as the MESSENGER spacecraft takes its extraordinary path to orbit Mercury and grab images and information from the closest planet to the Sun.  

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Did you know that there are a number of educators locally that are writing on blogs?  Last week we shared the Educator Library list that began with those that met at the ITS Town Meeting on June 6th.  Part of that meeting was around reflecting about our own PLN and realizing that they include a wide variety of media.  That variety of media does include blogs and a variety of educators and administrators are taking to the web to share, reflect and learn more about their practice and profession.  Here's just a few to get you started, if we've missed some local folks, please add a comment with their/your name and blog address for others to check out (alphabetical by district/BOCES):

Last week at our ITS Town Meeting we asked that you bring a book or list of books to add to a Summer Reading list for educators.  Well, we've got an Educator Library started on the wiki that you might find helpful when you visit Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.  If you are wondering why the list resides on the wiki, it is because the list will be added to in the future by our community members.  If you haven't started an account on the Model Schools Wiki, here's you chance to contribute.  It's easy.