About The Blog

by Jose on January 21, 2010 · 3 comments

Jose © Jon Serrano 2008

Many times, when people define an entity, whether it’s a thought or a person, they talk about what it is not. That’s certainly not my intention. After all, I believe that a man’s actions speak stronger than a man’s words. So consider this blog a documentation of action.

In my lifetime, I’ve done more than I could have ever imagined. I’ve written and given speeches, played ambassador for my alma maters, participated in protests, saved lives, volunteered at hospitals, acted in various musicals and plays (mostly small-time), and won various awards, academic and otherwise. I’ve traveled the country, and I hope to travel the world as well. I’ve met tons of people, designed many a website, teach inner-city children, performed my poems, and survived the most desperate times here on the Lower East Side.

Here are some of my blog’s major acknowledgements:

  • 2007 Weblog Awards Nominee for Best Education Blog
  • Famous Blogs’ Blog of the Day Award, February 5th (co-win with Smashing Magazine)
  • One of Scholastic Instructor’s Top 20 Teacher Blogs of 2009
  • Rated #36 Top Education Blog of 2009 by PostRank
  • Featured on LiveStrong.com, CNN.com, Time Out New York Magazine, NY Mag Intelligencer, and the Chicago Sun-Times
  • Featured on GothamSchools.org, AllTop.com, and MiBodegaOnline.com

peace …

Jose, teacher, blogger, poet, writer, Lower East Sider, NYCer, Yankee fan, activist, TV watcher, part-time impersonator who loves sushi, strawberry black tea with tapioca, rice and beans, movies, Blue Moon, and any eccentric music loaded up on my iPod mini …

And before you leave, here are 5 (count ‘em, 5) ways to interact with yours truly.

#5 – Leave a comment below.

#4 – Twitter me for informal conversation.

#3 – E-mail me here for questions about the blog.

#2 – E-mail me here for my web design, interviews, or professional questions or if you want to read what I share in my social bookmarker.

#1 – If you’re this far, hit me up on Facebook and become a fan. There, I’ll be posting updates about what’s going on with me and my writing.

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1 Maura Alia Badji January 26, 2010 at 5:03 pm

Hi Jose, the new version of your site looks great. What do you charge for web design? :) I’m going to give Thesis a good try for my new blog (coming soon!) , but I may need some design back-up.

I like that your site has spots for all of what you do: blogging, poetry, web design, etc. As a writer/poet/poetry teacher turned ECSE educator, I sometimes have difficulty integrating all of my creative and working selves. You have been and continue to be an inspiration.

Hope all is well in your world. If you get a chance, please stop by my soon-to-be-old-site http://www.moxiebee.wordpress.com and check out my recent post about the letters I wrote to my legislators/congressman/senators after learning the dire straits of education in my state, the city in which i live, and the city in which i work/teach. Would love to have your feedback.
ciao for now,
Maura

2 Mark Black May 18, 2010 at 7:47 am

I like that your site has spots for all of what you do: blogging, poetry, web design, etc. As a writer/poet/poetry teacher turned ECSE educator, I sometimes have difficulty integrating all of my creative and working selves. You have been and continue to be an inspiration.
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3 M. Lawyer May 19, 2010 at 7:47 pm

I like that your site has spots for all of what you do: blogging, poetry, web design, etc. As a writer/poet/poetry teacher turned ECSE educator, I sometimes have difficulty integrating all of my creative and working selves. You have been and continue to be an inspiration.+1
+1

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