Category Archives: Digital Video

Video Skype Demo Tuesday Anyone???

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Brian

Well this worked for Wes last week, but his readership is just a bit higher than mine… I’m teaching a class tech class to K – 12 teachers – Tuesday, December 5 – from 4pm Pacific Time, until 7:30. I’d … Continue reading →

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Our “Squaw” Experience

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Brian

. Just before the cable car began its journey it rocked slightly when some sort of release was pulled, and a squeal erupted from the fourth graders – but it quickly diminished and then was soon followed by “ahhs” as … Continue reading →

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So Much Learning To Do – But So Little Time

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Brian

Tuesday we embark on our second field trip of the year. As reported in my last post, we will be traveling to Squaw Valley to ride the Cable Car so we can get pictures, video and personal observations of landforms. … Continue reading →

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Report: Technology in Schools: What the Research Says

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Brian

I have used this blog on several occasions, and others in the edblogosphere have used their blogs to ask where the examples and research are that support integrating tech into the school curriculum? I have my own experience to tell … Continue reading →

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15 Seconds (not minutes) Of Fame

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Brian

Oh-oh! The downside of doing an interview is living up to it! (Down to it?) I was contacted by Harris Salat over at Visual Thesaurus a few months back. He interviewed me over the phone and here’s the finished product.

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Where are the “Best Practices” Examples!??!

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Brian

One of the most popular posts (judging by the number of comments it received) on this young blog (6 months old) was Working, Breathing, Reproducible, Intriguing Models – where I lamented the seeming lack of good models of project/problem based … Continue reading →

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Another Powerful, Easy, Way Cool, “Messy” Experience!

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Brian

I just got done being an active participant in Wes Fryer’s presentation at the Mid-America Technology Institute – 2006 in Kansas … and I never left my family room in Reno, Nevada. I responded to Wes’s questions, role-played with an … Continue reading →

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Why Go To NECC When You Can Just Skype It!?

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Brian

OK so nothing is like really being there … but this was pretty good. Wes Fryer set up an international Skypecast to share what was learned at NECC 2006 – thanks for laying the groundwork Wes! Here’s a link to … Continue reading →

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Your Child’s Dream Best School Day – What Does It Look Like? What Should It Be?

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Brian

There is much rumination in the edblogosphere about what education and schools should look like in this way or that. Kids should be blogging, using web 2.0 applications (Wikis, podcasts, Flickr, the flavor-of-the-week app), in conjuction with project-based, problem-based learning. … Continue reading →

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Messy Learning Examples

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Brian

I mentioned in an earlier post that some of the most important learning that happens isn’t part of your lesson plan because you can’t account for everything that MIGHT happen during a project. Here are some recent examples from our … Continue reading →

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