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NECC 2008 Session 10: Live Blog

July 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment


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NECC Session 5 - Live Blog

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This will be a session on Differentiated Instruction.

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Reflections on EduBloggerCon

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sorry for getting this up so late, but I got home late yesterday after EduBloggerCon, and a second night out on the river walk and, I was at Enchanted Springs ranch with DEN all day. I have been posting photos, and video on my tumblog.
Repeating such a seminal event like EduBloggerCon always invites comparisons. [...]

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Notes from EduBloggerCon

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment


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YouTube, the good, the bad, the ugly

June 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Well, the good news is that one of my students learned how to create and edit video with Windows MovieMaker from my lessons and decided to commemorate their sixth grade graduation using these skills. The bad news? Some of their content was definitely not “school friendly”, and they posted it on YouTube with the school [...]

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Well, I’d like to go…

June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

But, at $50 for a meeting and luncheon, I don’t think I’ll be able to make the Digital Equity Summit. Folks at the NECC interested in hearing about my first-hand experiencing bridging the digital divide, will probably find me in the Blogger’s Cafe, eating the salami sandwich I plan to sneak in.

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Happy Birthday to Me…

May 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Okay, in a bid to finally use “numbers” in my “annual report“, I’ve done this for my birthday:

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My heart is broken…again…

May 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=42436
I was there all three days of the rebuild. I can’t see how we’ll be able to do it again. I just want to curl up and cry…

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Hello Maryland!

April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Looks like I’ll be attending the DEN Summer Institute at Silver Spring, MD. I’m probably one of the few to get STAR status at almost the same time (I’ve been slow to turn in my paperwork!).

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Too funny

December 30th, 2007 · No Comments

You’ll probably have to click to see the full size to read this, but check out the quote used for the Wikipedia donation beg and the juxtaposition of it with the title for the search subject.

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