As I start looking forward to next year and my new position. I’ve been thinking about what are the basics that every middle school and high school student should have technology wise in the 06-07 school year? I can dream and say that every students should have a laptop, is that a want or a need? I’m looking for the […]
Received this e-mail today. How cool is it that I can be like Doug Johnson and have people requesting to use my material. Of course I’m no where near Doug’s prestige, but hey, it’s a start! The videos are part of a Web 2.0 series I’m doing for the teachers at my school. I have a blog called U Tech […]
I have to give a shout out to my hosting company. They have the best support of any web site I have every worked with. Their support site http://www.suresupport.com is amazing. The longest I’ve ever had to wait for a reply from them is 11 minutes. The reason why I’m giving them a shout now is over the year my […]
(Via Cool Cat Teacher blog) comes Blooking a term that is new to me, but means a blog in book form. Using a web site like Lulu you can take your blog entries and turn them into a book. This is powerful stuff. Not for me, but for students. Thinks about the authentic power this holds for student bloggers. You […]
From the Sacred Cow Dung blog (via Cool Cat Teacher blog) comes the largest list of Web 2.0 tools I have seen. I thought I was keeping up with most of the tools until I saw this list. Check it out! Technorati Tags: Web2.0
I am originally from Washington State, Spokane to be exact…which is why I have Gonzaga winning it all in the March Madness tournament. 🙂 After years of telling the public how horrible the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) is. The Seattle Times ran this article last week entitled: Exit exam changing state’s classrooms. I have been a huge fan […]
Have you ever found a couple blog posting one right after another that hit you so hard and send your head into a tailspin that you get a serious headache from it? I hope its not just me! I just got done reading the Connectivism blog. I’ve been meaning too for a couple weeks now, and finally today took my […]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of watching a high school performance of Fiddler on the Roof. If you are unfamiliar with the play it is basically about a little village having to deal with changing times, and one man’s struggle of over coming his traditional ways as his children grow up and break traditions of how and who […]
7:55am March 14, 2006 as the students are walking down the hallway to go to class: Student: “Hey are you the guy that took the survey about cell phones?” Me: “Yeah, that was me. Do you have one?” Student: “Yep, I take it with me where ever I go.” Me: “Who do you call? Your fiends, family or Bill Gates?” […]
This week my Professional Development came in the way of conversations. Conversations in person, via e-mail, and through the new course IÂ’m running on Moodle. 6 Teachers taking the course this time bring the number of teachers now using Moodle at our school to 33 with 600 students registered. 0-600 students using an online tool in less then a yearÂ…not […]