So what happens when you put 1200+ Moodle Users in 88 courses and 560+ WordPress blogs all on the same shared hosting server? You exceed your CPU usage. We have been getting this warning for a couple of months now, but as we continue to add more blogs and users in Moodle, it’s happening more frequently. Yesterday I was trying […]
On my posting the other day about our school setting up a YouTube account Jeff Dungan left the following comment: …any tips you can give me to take to my administration/board since they are not receptive to the idea of allowing this to be unblocked/used at our school? Anything that you can offer in terms of support for our argument […]
If you really want to see students squirm in their seats…give them choices. Yesterday I was approached by two teachers who wanted help coming up with ways to incorporate technology into some upcoming lessons. Both of them wanted to “do something differentâ€. Which is a good sign, and shows that our Tech Fest has sparked some interest. After listening to […]
Well, we’ve hit the half way point and I think for David the worst of it is over. Tomorrow we have a geek meet in the morning where all the technology teachers get to sit around and talk tech with David…sounds like a podcast opportunity to me. 
We had some good conversation today and David was part of a […]
I just left this comment on a message board with some pre-service teachers: What is more important to be adaptable or knowledgeable? (think dinosaurs) The word adaptable and adaptability have been floating around in my head for some time now and how they define what we are trying to do in the 21st century and why it is so hard […]
Yesterday I, along with about 10 other educators from my school, went to the first Apple seminar for international schools held here in Shanghai. Apple has sent a team here to “break into the international school market in Asia.” They are based in Beijing but travel around Asia promoting their products and what they can offer to schools who are […]
Friday was a half day at school. A little extended weekend for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Our High School took part in a couple different sessions. One of those sessions was by me giving a talk on “The Flat World”. I would have titled it “Your World” but the title doesn’t really matter. I had 20 minutes with every 9-12th grader […]
I came home tonight looking forward to going through my aggregator and getting some other stuff online done. But I made the mistake of stopping by some of the online projects going on around the school. Needless to say my learning tonight came from a bunch of middle school students. I’ve spent the last two hours shaking my head. Why […]
I own Clarence Fisher another one. While surfing my PLN this morning I came across Clarence’s Verifying Information Online posting where he links to a document he used with his students to help them learn how to verify information. It’s perfect timing for me as I’m starting a lesson on searching this week with my 6th grade students. One thing […]
I’ve forward this on to my math teachers. This is awesome! “Stand up if you have a cell phone with you today,†I announced last Wednesday in my algebra class. The excitement was visible. “Sit down if your phone does not have a camera,†I continued. Their disappointment was manifested in groans of various pitches and duration. I quickly paired […]