Only a couple days left to enjoy my holiday in Australia. I have enjoyed spending time with our friends here in Perth. My favorite part of any vacation is just having the time to think, reflect, and read while visiting a wonderful part of the world. The time away from my computer and ‘connected worldÂ’ has been difficultÂ…but needed. I […]
Well IÂ’m off to Perth, Australia for the Holiday season, it was 33c there todayÂ…looking forward to the warm weather. Just wanted to send a happy holiday greeting to everyone. I canÂ’t believe how many people read my babbling on about education and technology, and google analytics gives me this cool map of where you all are reading from. IÂ’m […]
There has been a lot going on with the whole wikipedia thing. Will and Christopher are just two of many who have a thought on the whole situation. Update: Miguel Guhlin One good thing that has come out of this is the discussions that IÂ’ve been hearing in the hallways and in the staff room. Teachers who never paid attention […]
IÂ’ve been doing some thinking lately about some of the mind sets we have to help teachers get past in order to move into the 2.0 world. One thing thatÂ’s been on my mind lately is the way computers were used 10 years ago and the way they could/should be used today. 10 years ago technology in schools was mainly […]
There is no better way to know what you should be reading then to take a glance at this years Edublog Awards short list. Congratulations to those of you that made the list! Many names I recognize and others I had no idea existed. ItÂ’s a great way to get your bloglines account and your podcasting feeds up-to-date.
OK, so here is a little frustration for you. There are all these technology people writing books about digital information, the digital age, and the use of the internet and technology, do you think I can find one book IÂ’m looking for in e-reader format or just in e-book format? Not a one! So here is a call out to […]
OK, IÂ’m starting to get really frustrated that I canÂ’t visit blogs at blogspot. I am in the middle of reading Anne DavisÂ’s EduBlog Insighst and she links to two other blogs, both at blogspot.com. Is there anyway I can get the rss feeds from others out of their bloglines account? If I had the rss feed address I could […]
Please tell me IÂ’m not the only one that loves to see another Ed Tech Coast to Coast podcast show up in my iPodder? I was listening to the podcast as I was publishing my 84 student blog articles this morning (about the average coming from the 128 5th graders). What a great way to start your morning off thinking […]
As I work through Flex vs. Fixed scheduling, I have to say I could not have found a better place to layout my thoughts then the edblogosphere. I canÂ’t think of another place where I would have the opportunity to bounce ideas off of Doug Johnson, Christopher Harris, and Michael Arsenault (especially being in Shanghai) and have them respond to […]
There is nothing like money to get a conversation started about technology. The problem isÂ…you talk about technology. Yesterday we had a budget meeting going over the schoolÂ’s technology purchase request, everything from MP3 players so Kindergarteners can record themselves reading to laptops to expand the 5th grade program. The meeting lasted about 2 hours as we looked over each […]