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Reflections on MassCUE

Reflections on MassCUE

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I spent a wonderful 3 days at Sturbridge, MA. The pre-conference day of discovery was a fun event and Dennis Swain out did himself inspiring the teachers in attendance on how to use Discovery Education Streaming. He also brought with him some wonderful STAR educators to share their expertise. The next 2 days were devoted to the MassCUE annual conference. Our first keynote speaker was Wesley Fryer. He spoke to the differences in today’s students, the importance of 21st century…

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Gearing up for MassCUE

Gearing up for MassCUE

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Getting ready to attend MassCUE this week. Tuesday I’ll be going to the pre-conference Day of Discovery. There will be about 10 teachers from my district attending this event. Discovery always does a great job of inspiring teachers. I am really looking forward to what they have to offer. The main conference follows, Wesley Fryer will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday and Hall Davidson will be the keynote speaker on Thursday. I will be presenting on Wednesday. I never…

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Challenge update

Challenge update

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Well today is day 10 of the 30 days to being a better blogger challenge. I have managed to keep up. Day 4 I updated my creative commons license. Day 5 I globalized my blog by adding a Google translation widget to my side bar. Day 6 I asked non-blog readers to look at my blog and give me feed back to its look, feel and ease of use. Day 7 I invited a colleague to be a guest blogger,…

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Day 3 of Be a Better Blogger

Day 3 of Be a Better Blogger

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Today is day 3 of the challenge 30 Days to being a better blogger. Today we were to thank those who linked to our blogs, helping make those connections that make the web the web. I thanked the 2 individuals who most recently linked to my blog. If you get the change please take a look at what they have to say. IMC Guy and To Learn Twice. Yesterday we were to add some tools to look at the statistics…

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The Challenge: Be a Better Blogger

The Challenge: Be a Better Blogger

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Steve Dembo has issued a challenge 30 days to being a better blogger. I have been neglecting my blog of late and hope to participate in this challenge. Today is Day one, fixing up the about page. I had updated mine a few months ago but will updating today. Maybe I should place a note on my calender to update the page every few months.

Technology Survey Request

Technology Survey Request

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I received this information in a comment on another post. Passing it along. Dear Madam: I’m a senior in high school in the United States and I am doing a project about technology use in other countries. I am trying learn about the types of technology that have had the greatest impact on our world as a whole, over the last 10 years, instead of just seeing how technology plays a role in the United States. I am hoping that…

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Communicating and Collaborating: Being a Digital Citizen

Communicating and Collaborating: Being a Digital Citizen

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The following is just a brain dump as I try to develop some workshop material on Digital Citizenship and communicating. Just thought I would share. Back in the day when I started teaching I used a ditto machine, occasionally a copy machine, phone and the US Postal service. There were no mobile phones, texting, email, discussion boards, internet, among others. Somehow we managed. Now there is a large number of ways we can communicate and connect, to some this is…

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