Tablet PCs and Teaching

At my school, we purchased five Tablet PCs this fall and have been exploring how they work as an educational tool. We have passed them around to faculty and students to get their thoughts and ideas on how to use them. After we had a few faculty test them out, they asked, [...]

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasting - Podcast, Slides, and Outline

The following podcast is a recording of a professional development day that I led on Thursday, April 13, 2006. The topic was Blogging, Wikis and Podcasting in the classroom. As Alan November would say, I hope its good enough to criticize.
Download Podcast Here - This is a 20 meg file, so you will [...]

Professional Development 101

I’ve been quiet over the past week or so. The reason is that last Thursday (4/13) I ran a professional development day at my school. The topic was blogging, wikis, and podcasting — sorry to steal your book name Will:-). It was the culmination of much of what I have learned by blogging over the [...]

Google “Your Name” = Your Resume… or Your Life

Two podcasts I listened to this weekend brought up the concept of Googling to find information about someone, especially during job searches. NCQ Talk’s Kris went as far as to say that Googling your name could be your actual resume. At Weblogs, Wikis, and Feeds — Oh My! they discussed that anyone can [...]

Washington Post Articles - Educational Blogging

So by linking this Washington Post article to my blog, I get linked from the Washington Post via technorati. The wonder of the blogosphere.
I really enjoy reading Will and Jeff and other educational bloggers. I’d also point you all to EdTechTalk — A wonderful resource for educators who are interested in the [...]

Snow in Spring

From my back yard at 10am this morning:

Update:
My back yard at 5pm — the wonder of spring:

Getting Students to Blog

Dean Shareski podcasted a show about a 1.5 hour blogging seminar for a high school writing course that he did recently. Check it out here. He ended his podcast asking about way to make this type of seminar more effective. I don’t have any good answers, but here is what we have [...]