Let’s say that your school board has created a new vision that states: By 2012, (your school) will be recognized as a leading international school in Asia and the world by providing a rich cultural and social learning environment for families who seek an exemplary core American educational program. (Your school) will prepare each child for academic and personal success […]
So in technology class we are moving on to our next topic Social and Ethical web use. I was thinking that today would be a good conversation. I was prepared, had a couple of examples ready, and then…the students walked in. I set up my iRiver to record the conversation. Not sure if I’ll post it or not because it […]
A teacher in our middle school is running a digital photography elective. She came to me a week ago and asked about a place to host the pictures for all to see and to share with the wider school community. Guess what? You are the wider school community. Their first project was to take 3 to 5 pictures that represent […]
So it’s Sunday night before I find any time at all to look at my netvibes page and the 200+ readings waiting for me. Pick and choose it the only way to get through them, although I know I’m missing some good stuff. I did find time at 6am this morning to submit 4 entries to the K12 online conference. […]
I live this stuff, preach this stuff and yet when I see it happen I canÂ’t help but smile and think just how incredible it all really is. Sometimes, like Thursday in class, a student will say something, or will make a comment that just brings it all in and makes it real. “I canÂ’t believe I really have something […]
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aKMNN–U8Rk”][/gv] Not all of them are uploaded yet, but seeing that it’s almost Friday here thought I’d post. This is one of my favorites on the history of IBM. Check out the other videos here. Please leave comments or rating for the videos, as they will be included as part of the assessmnet of this project. Enjoy! 🙂
My review of NECC 2006 wasn’t all that pleasant. But now it’s time to shut up and put up. So I’ve decided to submit a proposal for NECC 2007. I’m starting to understand how difficult it is to think about what to present 8 months before the actual conference. So here’s the thing. If you are, or are planning to […]
So I’m sitting in class right now with my 7th graders. They are busy working on their digital stories that on Thursday we will upload to youtube. For those of you who might be out of the loop, youtube is THE site right now for teenagers. They are all over that site. Myspace is dead and youtube is it. Of […]
I have to start by giving David Jakes a big thank you for inviting me to be apart of the techlearning.com blog. If this is your first time visiting The Thinking Stick I welcome you and hope you find something here thought provoking, useful, or interesting. If not, oh well I tried. 🙂 A quick background for those that are […]
I’ve been looking for a way to have a online calendar that I can share with teachers to let them know where I am and some how be able to keep it in sync with my Palm Calendar and my T5. So I got thinking last night and thought Google calendars seems to be getting good reviews so I did […]