I spent the first half of this school year taking a graduate class that was required for me to renew my certification. It was a good class, and I learned a lot, but it did take a decent amount of time each week for me to complete the assignments. (Had it not done so it …
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I <3 Skitch
Every now and then a program comes along that is so fantastic, so perfect for what I do in the classroom, that I can’t help but use it. Skitch is one of those programs. I first found out about it when Bre Pettis started posting drawings he’d made using the program. Intrigued, I downloaded it, …
Mistakes were made.
Welcome to 2009, a brand new year with new possibilities, new opportunities, new experiences, and the same old mistakes. And more often than not, all of those things happen at the same time. I have a habit of mine. A bad habit, if you will. A deep, dark secret that will no doubt haunt me …
Support the EFF!
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is doing a fundraiser, and to kick it off they’ve released a short animated song to show just what they do. If you’re a long term follower of this blog then I don’t need to tell you the EFF is awesome. While as an artist I feel I should have the …
Apologies
The rumors of my demise … yadda yadda yadda. Sorry I haven’t been blogging much. I’ve been somewhat active, to which my Plurk stream will attest, but a variety of projects other than this website have left me either short on time, short on creativity, or a combination of the two. I’ll admit, when this …
PUWT 2008 – Session 4: Using the SMART Board – It’s Elementary!
Presented by Cindy Savio. Education.smarttech.com – a way to share interactive activities for the SMART board. Showing a bunch of cool activities, some from the above site, others integrate media from Discovery Education Streaming. Cover a whole picture in a solid color, then “erase” the picture to reveal it gradually. Since the pens write in …
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PUWT 2008 – Session 3: What’s In A Ning? Online Social Netwoks in K-12 Education
Presented by Allison Archer Started out with a Bob Dylan song about times and how they’re a-changin’. Rolled right into dialogue on MySpace. (Boo! Hiss!) Social Networking is cool and helpful, but MySpace gives it all a bad name. Enter: Ning – a site that allows us to build our own social networks. Plenty of …
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PUWT 2008 – Session 2: Pocket Size Multimedia Studio
Presented by Evylyn Quinones 1st choice was on 21st century collaboration, but presenter was a no-show. Walked in on 2nd choice as she was showing off her Flip camera. Never got to see the built in software before – it allows for basic editing, but also allows you to upload the video to the internet. …
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PUWT 2008 – Keynote: Tammy Worcester
Sitting in the front again, or at least the 3rd row. She has a website, of course. :) Today: Copy/Paste from web. Our day: Copy from encyclopedia. Not much different, really, but how can we change assignments so students can learn from them? Mentioning David Warlick & using a “Building Block” model. Making glyphs – …
PUWT2008 – Session 1: Treasure Hunting at the Library of Congress Online
OK, I admit it, my first impression of the session was based entirely on the room. How’s this? They face forward to take notes, and turn around to use the computers. The teacher can see every screen from the front of the room. Sweet. Presenter is Danna Bell-Russel, from the Library of Congress. “Not about …
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