The Blog of Ms. Mercer

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Reflections on the school year
This was a year where I was perhaps overly ambitious. It was my first year in the computer lab, and I had a blast, but I was like a kid in the candy shop, in that I wanted to try it all. Here are some highlights, with cautionary tales:

VoiceThread - Group [...]

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Another crazy-arse week for me. As you can see I’ve been keeping a low online profile, which dates back to the week before. I don’t know if I’ve shared about what a crazy place, in a good way, that I work at. Lots of stuff happening all the time. These last few weeks were even [...]

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I began to realize that my old mobile phone (limited to texting, and calling, 0-9 keyboard, no camera, no MP3) was not hacking it in the last 6 months. I began to look longingly at mobile PDAs, etc. I also hated going out to a fun and photograph worthy event with son, and having this [...]

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I will not be able to participate on a daily basis, or anything close to that as the school year winds down, but I did want to take some time to reflect on some of my online conversations, since there are some interesting and complex discussions underway…
It started with Clay Burrell’s post, Muhammad Ali: A [...]

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I’m testing out Google forms so I thought I’d create a questionnaire about my blog. Help me test Google forms and give me feedback on this blog:

or here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p42QQMxBVvRECEANW5hhgaw&email=true

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Lo and behold I had one of those moments today. Administrators in my state are required to undergo technology training to renew their licenses, and my principal is in the midst of that training right now.
First, I had a great audience. As wonderful as he is,  my principal has a very quick mind, and really [...]

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Sorry Kevin, I can’t play by the rules. I know, I know it’s supposed to be “A Day in a Sentence”, but let’s face it, it’s been subverted and bastardized from the beginning. It’s done weekly, and so has been more of a reflection on a week, than a single day. It’s also been a [...]

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dy/dan » Blog Archive » Dodging My Tech Coordinator
Noted edutech skeptic, Dan Meyer, talks about his experience using technology in the form of an Excel spreadsheet, and reflects on how it went.

We can debate the merits of my state’s content standards, fine, but you can’t ask me to defy my employers, simultaneously setting my students [...]

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From Gail Desler, my CUE roomie…the state has recently opened up the k12 High Speed Network, with EdZone, where I can drop my videos and podcasts off for storage in a safe home that should not be blocked (after I finally got TeacherTube unblocked at my district). The network is for use in California, and [...]

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