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Monthly Archive November, 2007

Web Filters getting you down?

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 11/4/07
Web Filters getting in the way of YouTube and Google Video content.
Now, I would NEVER tell you to circumvent your schools web filter or violate copyright. However, there really is some good content out there that has not been added to TeacherTube YET.
The other day I stumbled onto [...]

What is Personal Computing?

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 10/21/07
I just got back from T+L 2007 and it is time to recall and document everything I saw worth remembering. This year, I lucked out because every presentation I attended was great. The one I am going to write about now was called “Personal Computing: New Solutions for [...]

KISS the Topic

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 10/20/07
Have you ever heard the term KISS? Keep it simple stupid? Sure you have and that is exactly what I thought the first time I ever saw a CommonCraft video on You Tube. Tonight I watch the newest (new to me that is) video on Social Bookmarking and [...]

Dave’s Top Ten!

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 10/20/07
This top ten list came from Dave Mirra’s of Stafford County Public Schools round table discussion (with 60 people in attendance) at the 2007 T + L conference in Nashville Tennessee.
I would have loved to have captured the audio as the discussion was great. In the end, most [...]

I Woke Up an Old Dog (part 1)

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 9/22/07
I really didn’t wake a dog nor am I an old dog. However, I woke up and realized I am now pushing the big 40 (I really have 13 months BUT STILL…) and a number of the people I see walking into my lab for New Employee Technology [...]

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Say it Again… Improving Student Learning through Podcasting

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 7/27/07
For almost two years now, I have been running a Podcast titled Adventures in Podcasting, which is about Podcasting and RSS in the Peoria School District. Like many things I become excited about, I share what I have learned with anyone who will listen. Some of those people [...]

Blogging in Paradise

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 7/7/07
It is 104 degrees, the wind is blowing at a soft 5 miles an hour from the northeast and I am sitting in the shade atop a 65 foot house boat along with the favorite beverage of Jimmy Buffet. A 12-year old young man just walked by with [...]