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The Quest for a Quiet Mind
Jan 27th
Its fourth period, about 10:45 in the morning. I have been at school for about three and a half hours and taught three classes. I ease into my desk chair as the last of my students file out of the room and into the hallway, with a mind for being as productive as possible in the 40 minutes More >
How to Have a Nearly Synchronous Discussion With Your WP Blog
Nov 20th
In this article I explain how to facilitate a nearly real-time discussion using your Wordpress blog
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Fear Mongering, Social Media & You
Sep 22nd
Fears about children’s safety hinder discussions about relaxing internet filtering.
Internet Filtering is Class Warfare
Sep 11th
Boy, as I was doing a little research on this topic I have discovered to my delight that it is one that is often discussed and that many educational thinkers out there share my opinion about the over reaching aspect of internet filtering. Much has been written recently about the topic and just recently @rmbyrne set up More >
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2009 EETT Grant Workshop
Sep 3rd
The Madison-Oneida BOCES, applied for and won the 2009 Title II, Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Grant. This is kind of a big deal as the grant infuses a lot of money into many local districts for the purpose of instructing technology leaders in ways to use Web 2.0 tools to improve student literacy. These More >
The Holy Grail… Is it possible to teach with video games (that teens actually play)?
Aug 27th
I have been an avid gamer since my dad first brought home the Atari 2600 back in the day, and since I am always looking for ways to hook into kids’ interests and attention I never hide this personal fact from my students. I even give former students my Xbox Live Gamertag. Lets face it video games More >
Tech Trio Meets
Dec 15th
The tech team trio of myself, Dean Schuler and Joe Willis met last Thursday on the heels of a district wide tech meeting held that same day. The three of us discussed a veritable cornucopia of topics regarding the state of technology in the district. There were really two main topics that dominated the dialogue at More >
