I cost my school $2000 dollars

… well, actually a bit more than that. Today I brought my new toy into work, and just had to show it off to the media specialist. She liked what she saw, and liked the price tag (only $220!) even more. Just then, our Principal walked in with a smile on her face. She was …

Hear ye! Hear ye!

(Taken from Dangerously Irrelevant) All education bloggers are hereby invited and encouraged to… complete the short and completely unscientific, but hopefully interesting, education blogosphere survey; forward the URL of said survey to all other known education bloggers to ensure decent representation of the education blogosphere; and publicize said survey URL on their own blogs to …

Academic Aesthetic Netcast 121

Chris Craft (a man who is quickly becoming one of my favorite bloggers) wrote a post yesterday that I find difficult to sum up in an introduction.  He had a few insights that spoke to me, partially because art and foreign language are both lumped outside that tightly knit group of “core” subjects.  (I continue …

Academic Aesthetic Netcast 120

I’m giving up. That’s right, I’m giving up on Audacity. It’s a solid program with some nice features, but it just can’t top my copy of GarageBand. Purple tracks extending across the screen, how I missed you! In any case, I recently received an email from Lance Rougeux of the Discovery Educator Network. He was …

DEN takes a huge step backward

The following is a response to a recent email I received concerning a decision the higher-ups at the Discovery Educator Network recently made. I tried joining in the forum discussion for this very topic, but for some reason (perhaps their server is overworked at the moment?) I could not. So instead, I’m posting it here. …

Academic Aesthetic Netcast 118

I was on the radio today. Leo Laporte does, among other things, a weekend radio show about technology. I had a question, so I called in with Skype and asked away. I’m thrilled that I got to talk to the Tech Guy himself. Steve Dembo may have inspired me to start podcasting, but I wouldn’t …