The two minute video on Oklahoma City’s KOCO.com Channel 5 website, “Grant Provides Laptops for Students,” shares information about the exciting rollout of Macbook laptops in August 2010 to 8th graders at Del Crest Middle School in Del City, Oklahoma. Dr. Don Wilson, the director of instructional technology for MidDel Schools, is among those interviewed
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The power of video to inspire and move us in less than three minutes is amazing. This video by Nick Vujicic (“Are You Going To Finish Strong?) can help anyone get some perspective on their life and day, as well be inspired. According to the current English WikiPedia article for Nick: Nicholas James Vujicic (born
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The news article, “Internet Meme Turns Headline into iTunes Hit” shares the inspiring story of crime victims turned empowered entrepreneurs in Alabama. Antoine Dodson’s angry rant to reporters following the attempted rape of a family member in his home went viral on YouTube, and he recorded a song about the incident which is now being
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This semester for my undergraduate “Computers in the Classroom” course I’ve setup a class blog on the website 21classes. Since the free version is limited to just 10 students, and I have 24 in my section, I went ahead and paid the $9 per month for the upgraded version. I like how the site is
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The Great Book Stories project continues to be one of the most successful wiki-based collaborative initiatives I’ve helped start. Its focus is sharing basic digital stories about different books, using the website VoiceThread. This evening, unfortunately, I noticed we’ve had some spam added to the site in past months. I’m not sure why, but although
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It’s about time! How long till our university and K-12 texts make the digital switch?! Via http://mashable.com/2010/08/30/oxford-english-dictionary/ Sent from my iPad Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
I’ve watched the news with considerable interest in the past few years as Mexico’s incredibly high levels of drug related violence continue to make headlines. When I lived in Mexico City in 1992-93 and wrote both “Mexican Security” and “U.S. Drug Control in the Americas: Time for a Change” (2 of my 4 Fulbright-funded papers
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This podcast is a recording of an interview with Nathan Parrow of Oklahoma Robotics LLC, discussing EV (electric vehicle) technology and plugin hybrids. According to their website: Oklahoma Robotics LLC is a group of design engineers ready to take on your custom project. They have worked in various fields including electronics, programing, audio/video, computer,
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Podcast356: Discussing EV (Electric Vehicle) Technology and Plugin Hybrids with Nathan Parrow of Oklahoma Robotics LLC [ 50:38 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2322)
Great article in today’s Boston Globe about laptop learning prospects in Massachusetts under the leadership of high school principal Patrick Larkin. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/08/29/burlington_high_principa… Patrick’s school is not 1:1 yet, but is moving in that direction under his leadership. According to the article only ONE school in Massachusetts is 1:1 now. Burlington may opt for a BYOL
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This was my response to the following comment by Dea on “Digital Footprints Essential in Modern Job Hunt: “…how can you get rid of a questionable posting [on a social media website]? …How do you suggest overcoming questionable hits that come up on a search but don’t fully represent one’s work or the context of
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This is a great article from last week’s New York Times. Share this with your students (as well as fellow educators) in discussions about social media, digital footprints and Internet safety. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/education/26SOCIAL.html H/T Will Richardson. Sent from my iPad Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
If you haven’t sipped the Google Kool Aid and pronounced it GOOD in the context of email yet, here’s yet another compelling reason to do so: Gmail now offers FREE phone calls from within the Gmail interface to all phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada. That’s right: NOT just free cell phone to cell
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Need to sync Google calendars to your iPhone or iPod Touch? After logging into Google, just visit:http://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect H/T to Karen Montgomery for this tip! Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
My reply today to Facebook Educational Extremes: Banning versus Promotion: “In response to your last question, I think a big thing Facebook offers which a roll-your-own school social network does NOT is Facebook is already on the “information radar screen” of many school constituents. When you create your own digital garden not connected already to
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The K-12 Online Conference is the best free professional development opportunity for educators worldwide of which I’m aware. The call for 2010 conference volunteers has been posted. photo credit: woodleywonderworks Please read over the post, consider the different committees, and submit the provided Google form to volunteer. The conference starts in mid-October, so there’s only
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Did professors at your college sometimes leave old textbooks outside their office, offering them up as free gifts to anyone who wanted them on a first come, first serve basis? This happens most often, I think, at the start and end of term. I snapped the following photo today at The University of North Texas,
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Kudos to CNN for it’s published video today, “Texting to Learn.” Unlike a lot of the mainstream media coverage we see and hear about cell phones in schools, this segment does a good job providing a fairly balanced viewpoint on the struggles as well as opportunities available with cell phone technologies in school. Students in
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These were my comments this evening on Tim Holt‘s re-blogged post, “Not Invited to the Buffet: Opinion.” I’m much more optimistic. A lot of what I hear you saying resonates with me under the concept of “voice.” We need to empower more people to share their voices, share their perspectives, share their dreams. There is
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This evening I asked my three children, ages 6, 10 and almost 13, to create their personal “top 10 lists” for their favorite iOS applications. Here are their lists, which I’ve curated as linked lists on Appolicious, starting from youngest to oldest. I asked each of them to share a sentence or two about why
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If you’ve heard of projects like the Millennium Photo Project and 24 Hours of Flickr, you’ll readily understand the basic idea behind the “One Day on Earth” video documentary project. In one twenty-four hour period of time, 10.10.10 or October 10, 2010, volunteers from around the world on seven continents will work together to document
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