803 Downloads to cap off a week to remember

803 Downloads to cap off a week to remember

(Prepare yourself it’s a long one!) (Read to the bottom to find out why it took me over 12 hours to post this reflection!) What a week this has been and with the launch of the book today, it’s made it all the more amazing of a week. As of this writing, Reach was downloaded 801 times today. My networks […]

Best Plan for SIM Unlocked iPhone in the USA

Best Plan for SIM Unlocked iPhone in the USA

Update: As of October 2010 AT&T has a new Pre-Paid Plan that works with iPhones OS4.1 OK….so I’ve done my research over two years now and I think I’ve finally found the simplest and cheapest way to get your Unlocked iPhone to work in the USA when you are visiting. All you need is an AT&T friend! 1. Find a […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF

The 2009-2010 school year ended for me early today and I’m just wrapping up a few loose ends before I head into vacation mode for the summer. I did want to release the Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. I’ve taken the four blog posts and put them into […]

Book Release – June 15th

Book Release – June 15th

Honestly….I can’t believe I’m writing this blog post. My 4th grade teacher would be so proud of me right now (I might have to look her up and send her a copy). Many readers to this blog who have been following me for more than a year probably realized that I’ve not blogged as much this year. That it seems […]

Breaking up the Perfect Team

Breaking up the Perfect Team

If you follow baseball than you know that there have been two perfect games thrown this year. These are games in which the pitcher only pitches to 27 batters (3outs x 9innings). It’s a rare thing, in fact it’s only happening 20 times to date in all of baseball history. It’s called the perfect game. Where everything just works, just […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4

(Part 4 of 4 on a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) Making your WBP an Open Platform for Learning The two major benefits of having a Web-Based Portfolio are: 1) They are accessible from any Internet enabled device2) The ability […]

Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!

Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!

(Thank you everyone for your concern! We are all safe in Bangkok this evening with Government imposed curfew on the city) I’m not sure what the news is like about the Bangkok protests outside of Thailand. But inside of Thailand is has been sporadic at best. Leaving people wanting to know and turning to constantly updated streams of information such […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Video

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Video

Chad Bates my IT Director sent me this great video today. What I love is many of the points I’ve been making in my series of blog posts on blogs as Web-Based Portfolios (1, 2 and 3) come through in this video. It always makes me feel good when I see that others are thinking along the same lines as […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 3

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 3

Part 3 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1 & Part 2) Options for a WBP Blogging System There are three different ways you can build a WBP Blogging system for your school. Each option has both positive and negative factors to consider. In the […]