Just an old man yelling at cloud computing. My other projects are all over at AaronBSmith.com.
32 is just like 42, except there’s not as much of it.
Show Notes:
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9th Annual Powering Up With Technology Conference
Moving on Up: Using Technology to Impact Student Achievement
When:
Saturday November 12, 2005
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where:
Northwestern High School
7000 Adelphi Road
Adelphi, Maryland 20782
Highlights
*8 hands-on computer labs
*Model lessons on integrating technology into the curriculum
*Vendor booths and presentations
*Innovative instructional ideas
*Door prizes including a COMPUTER
*Yours truly (The Art Guy) doing a presentation on Creative Commons Multimedia
For additional information:
Call the Department of Instructional Technology at 301-925-2874, or visit the web site at www.pgcps.org/~support and then click on the conference link.
Registration:
Preregistration is $40 (in the form of a check or money order, no cash, please) which includes a continental breakfast, box lunch, and conference materials. Onsite registration is $45. Mail registration form below with fee to Christopher Fuller at the Department of Instructional Technology, 8437 Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785 by October 28, 2005. Checks should be made payable to the Prince George’s County Public Schools.
31 is fun, if you don’t mind listening to me rant.
In this episode I rant about a “news” story I found in Google News, then make a connection to one of the things that David Warlick talks about: It is not enough to teach our kids how to read and write. We need to teach them to read and figure out if it is RIGHT.Hopefully I’ll get to do that in my Art Club.
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… On an unrelated note, I think I need new background music. Any ideas?
30 is wordy, but I’ve summarized it below.
In this episode I give tips for how to make a good web site or PowerPoint. I go on for a bit, but it all boils down to this:1. Decide exactly what your website is about. (Example: Mine is about art, education, and technology.)
2. When adding anything, ask if it will support or get in the way of that content.
It sounds simple, but you’d be surprised how many things you can add to a page that you really shouldn’t add.
WebPagesThatSuck.com – a great site that teaches good web page design through bad design. They also have a book and a sequel.
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I really like my Gmail account, so when Google introduced Google Talk it did manage to snag my intrest. While they don’t have a Mac client yet they have provided links to several alternative clients that are Google Talk complient. (I’m partial to Adium at the moment, although those default sounds were horrible!)
If you’re trying out Google Talk as well you can send an IM my way – my Gmail addy (Which is of course also my account name for Google Talk) is theartguy [at] gmail.com.
The local news had a story on backpacks being too heavy for students nowadays. When I went to their website to reference the story I couldn’t find it, but I DID find that they had in fact covered it several times before: 8/17/04, 8/23/02, I can go on, but I won’t.
In a society where we stress more and more learning we seem to be putting more than just emotional weight on our students’ shoulders, and apparently we’ve known about it for years. Think about how much an iBook weighs compared to all the books that it could replace. (And when you figure that e-books are cheaper and updated more often, those laptops can be very cost effective.) If there ever was a just reasoning for using digital media over printed texts, this is it!
29 is fine, but I’m sure 30 will be better.
Show Notes:On this episode I geek out. Sorry.
The Art Club computer lab is shaping up, today I upgraded some systems and installed some drawing / editing programs. Tomorrow: Linux!
Why Linux? Because spyware and viruses scare me.
(I forgot to mention this in the podcast, but…) We’ve got a Flickr group for elementary school art projects! … wanna share?
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Now I’ve got one show for every year of my life.
Show Notes:Steve Dembo set up a moodle page for me to play with! Boo-Ya! It’s very nice and I’m sure I’ll be using it in the future, but for now Thingamablog and BlogMeister meet my needs.
Art Club will be starting soon! I’m setting up computers and scrounging/begging for more. I don’t need to beg for software, thanks to programs like FuturePaint. (Scroll down on that page to see FuturePaint. Yes, I know it says “shareware” on the page but the program’s documentation says it’s freeware.)
We’ve got a Flickr group for elementary school art projects! … wanna share?
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Now almost 50% shorter! I’ve registered academicaesthetic.com and pointed it to my server. Those of you who still see pop-up ads when visiting my site should no longer have that problem.
Ok, so I did get lost on the way home today, but
I finally got my 27th podcast uploaded.
Show Notes:Steve Dembo set up a moodle page for me to play with! Boo-Ya!
On to the sessions!
Session 1:
Session 2:
Crayola Dream Makers – Fred the bug says “hi.”
Session 3:
National Museum of the American Indian … I think I got the name wrong for this one when I was recording …
A different session:
I didn’t actually get to attend this session, but I got to see some cool sculptures that were made with clothes hangers, wood, elmer’s glue, and water based paint. (Step 1, Step 2, Step 3)
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