Every July 4th I make my poor children sit through the musical 1776. I do live in Massachusetts after all. There is a line in the movie that has always stayed with me. “I’ve never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn’t be talked about. Hell yes, I’m for debating anything!” (Spoken by Stephen Hopkins in the movie 1776) As a tech integration specialist part of the support I provide is how to wade through…
I attended BLC 2010 last week and am finally getting a chance to digest and process all the information I have gathered. The following are some notes I took on some of the sessions I attended. They are pretty raw and I only have added a few thoughts since the conference. I really need to explore some of these more fully. There is just so much to learn and think about I just want to do it all and it…
(Please excuse a little personal rant) Science is big in my household – my husband and I are both scientists at heart. He still teaches science and I used to before moving into Instructional Tech. We are fascinated by all science; Earth, Space, Bio, Chemistry, Physics it does not really matter. My daughter’s dream since she was 5 has been to go into space and hopefully Mars with NASA. So when NASA scrolls by my twitter or plurk feed I…
It is summer here in the USA and many of us in education are transitioning from our day to day experiences at school to summer, a time full of family and play. For many of us that also includes a second job and an opportunity to attend conference such as ISTE, underway now. In my household it means time for my husband to plant seed clams and begin shell fishing. For me it means driving my kids around, and attending…
In March I wrote about looking at the soon to be released iPads. I thought it was time to give you an update. Our iPads arrived mid May and our mini research project has begun. First the iPads were shared with the Tech Team for about a week. If we were going to support them it would be good if we actually tried them. Next they were delivered to an elementary school for 2 weeks. Today they head to the…
Many schools are now using google apps for education to provide a collaborative space for students and teachers to create and share content. Some districts provide their students with blog and wiki space. I myself have created over 2,000 student identities for our Google Apps domain. Many grad students in education, as you can see from comments of previous posts, are blogging as part of their course requirements. Dave Truss asks the question, Who Owns the Learning? This has opened…
The DEN in SL will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo social gathering at the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum in Second Life. I am looking forward to connecting and socializing with educators I can only connect with online. I encourage you to stop by, say hello and have a good time. For details please see the DEN post. I hope to see you there.