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Category Archives: Technology
What If We Got What We Want?
I may not be the first to bring this up. But … At the NECC EduBloggerCon one of the most lively discussions took place in a session where we discussed the “talking points” of Web 2.0. How do we advance … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Change, Education, necc07, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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Pinch Me, I must Be Dreaming!
After finishing up our second and last day of ActivBoard training today I was talking with Mark Skoff, our school district’s Technology Program Coordinator (translation: He gets a teacher’s salary and puts out every edtech fire in a district of … Continue reading
Posted in ActivBoard, Change, Education, Podcast, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
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Positive Signs
Monday and Tuesday this week I’m co-teaching an ActivBoard class with Doug Taylor. The participants in the class are all receiving new Promethean ActivBoards, projectors and HP laptops for their rooms. Many of the 40+ teachers involved in this 2 … Continue reading
Posted in ActivBoard, Teacher Access, Technology
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Announcing K12 Online Keynotes and 2nd Call for Proposals
There’s only 2 days left to submit proposals for K12 Online 2007. I’m late re-posting this, but better late than never I guess. Preconference Keynote: David Warlick David Warlick, a 30 year educator,has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, and … Continue reading
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A Tale of a 4th Grade Wiki Project OR Kids and Animals … How Can You Lose!?
Nine years ago 2 of my sixth graders and I testified in front of the Nevada State Assembly Education Committee about how well using technology to enhance their learning had worked. At the time we had 7 Power Macs in … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Digital Video, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis
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More Media Coverage And Some Really Cool News!
Last Tuesday a reporter from the local paper came to spend 45 minutes to do a story about how we Skyped Celest into class, but now-she-was-able-to-return-and-she-knew-how-things-worked-in-our classroom-because-she-had-been-here-via-Skype. Two hours and 45 minutes later he left. He stayed because he saw … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Inclusion, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
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OK, So My Superintendent Wants To Start A Blog. Any Advice?
My Superintendent has decided he MIGHT want to start a blog and he would like “…advice on do’s and don’ts and pitfalls to avoid.†This is a district of over 65,000 students K-12. Any blogging superintendents or principals out there … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Technology, Web 2.0
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Come Join Me On WOW2 Tonight!
Women of Web 2.0, Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis have asked me to be a guest tonight on their live webcast. On their web site they describe themselves as: “…four women who not only love using … Continue reading
Staying Connected
One of the tough things about teaching at an “At Risk†school is the turnover. In the last 4 weeks we gained a new non-English speaking student and lost 3 (almost 4) students. I’m rolling my current class to fifth … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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We’ve Had To Stop Skyping Celest Into Class
It’s actually good news. I was finishing getting ready for students this morning when in walked our counselor, Celest and her mom. They had news, Celest won’t be needing to Skype into class anymore because as of today she is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Inclusion, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype
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