Entries from December 2007

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to say merry Christmas to all! It has been a very exciting first year of blogging, and I’ve enjoyed the conversations. I’m looking forward to 2008 and the continued venture into a brave new world in education and life!
Photo Credit: Arkworld’s photostream

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Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Opportunity Knocking!

Picked this up off Wesley Fryer’s blog: Korean International school is seeking progressive-minded, “Teacher 2.0″ type educators for 2 year contracts. Humanities teacher/tech integration specialist Clay Burell says the job offers outstanding pay, benefits, and the opportunity to work in a 1:1 Apple environment with highly motivated students and a highly supportive administration. I [...]

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Another Great Video from Common Craft

Blogs in Plain English is the latest video from the geniuses at Common Craft. Best in the business at making the highly technical highly understandable.
 

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Google Street View Comes to My Office

Google is currently working on their amazing Google Maps street view feature in the Fort Worth area. While I will have to eagerly anticipate the opportunity to see my house (hope I had the yard mowed), I did get to see an amazing, panoramic shot of the building that houses our technology department. What, if [...]

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Technology Dumbing Down Our Children?

Doris Lessing, the 2007 Nobel Laureate, apparently thinks those of us who are so fervently promoting the use of the web in education are helping create an ignorant generation. In her acceptance speech Friday night, Lessing went so far as to describe the Internet’s resources as “inanities.” Duncan Riley at TechCrunch definitely takes strong offense, [...]

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

More to Love About Flickr

Techcrunch shared some exciting news today, as Flickr, which has been closely associated with Picnik (my favorite online photo editor), has finally integrated Picnik’s photo editing capabilities into their site. To access these tools, simply open an image or upload one to Flickr, then click the Edit button above the image (which, by the way, [...]