I’ve been waiting for this day for over a month now. The day when I get to share with you a great blogging project that is happening at our school. It all started with an e-mail I received from a middle school teacher asking if we could meet. She had just read this amazing article and decided that it was […]
Andy Torris pointed me to this great document that just came out last December from educationevolving.org web site. Some great research here, and just more fuel for what we’ve all been saying. The kids are speaking, but are we listening? Technorati Tags: educationevolving.org
Last year, two school board members in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka unsuccessfully pushed to get rid of IB because they said it was anti-American and anti-Christian. OUCH! An article in the Boston Globe looks at the attack facing the International Baccalaureate or IB program in Pittsburgh at the moment and other places around the U.S. There are some harsh […]
Brent Schlenker and I have been having an interesting e-mail conversation about content vs product. All too often the product gets in the way of the content being graded. Why is it that a good looking product can get you a better grade then a content rich product? And why is it that we choose to tell students what product […]
Of course this was found on flickr! Technorati Tags: Web 2.0
My Deputy Superintendent stopped by today and asked if I would put the word out for an elementary technology teacher, for the 06-07 school year. If you are interested in teaching overseas at an American International School, living in China, and experiencing international living, then this might be right for you. Please visit the schools web site for the application […]
Tons of talk today about Google pages. Here’s what happens when you are sleeping while North America is awake. Looks like fun, but I’m sure it will take less then a month for the Chinese Filter to shut it down…so is it even worth my time? Technorati Tags: Google
Dear God, Help me log on without frettingGuide me, as I am internetingBless my downloading and uploadingKeep my browser from explodingMay my website be protected?Let not my password be rejectedKeep my line always connectedAnd all my inputs be acceptedPlease keep my entire program aliveAnd to remember to back up my hard driveAnd protect my computer from crashing drive,From a virus […]
An amazing Web 2.0 site that I just found via the Infomancy blog.This site is amazing! Go to the site, choose an artist or song title that you like and the program will put together a radio station for you of songs similar to what you input. Creating your own personalized radio station. As the program plays songs you can […]
Most days I do pretty good dealing with the frustrations of using the Internet in China. But then there are days like today when I just get frustrated when I know there is good information that I’m missing out on. Like everyone who has a blog at blogger.com. Everytime I go to view a blog hosted at blogger I get […]