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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Take 14 minutes out of your day today or tomorrow and watch this video: Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo. Is it sad that this excites me? I love Tim Berners-Lee’s last statement: “If we end up building all the things I can imagine, we’ve failed.” This coming from the “father of the World Wide Web”. The video really […]
It’s that time of year again as last week we started working on our student computer image for the 10-11 school year here at ISB. Trying to find the best software for students is always difficult as there are so many things to consider. That’s what makes the Educational Software Wiki a great place to start when looking for what […]
(Part 2 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1) Finding the right Web-Based Portfolio Container Web-Based Portfolios (WBP) can come in all shapes and sizes. There are literally hundreds of programs and ways you can create a WBP. The issue then becomes which way is […]
I’m sure you’ve heard by now the Principal in NJ that is asking parents to ban all Social-Networking sites from students. You can find his full e-mail to parents at the link or watch this interview below: So basically I take two things away from this video: 1. Parents are the problem and need to be told by the school […]