Month: August 2011
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Evernote as a Syncable, Offline Database for High School CX Debate Evidence
This year I’m very enthused to be serving as a parent volunteer assisting our school debate team at Classen SAS in Oklahoma City Public Schools. This is the first year ClassenSAS will have cross-examination (CX) debate teams. My son has participated and competed in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate the past two years, and went to CX…
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The iCloud Cometh
iCloud services are rolling out for iTunes consumers, and this evening when I updated iTunes software I saw a new message directly related to iCloud: Now when anyone in our family purchases a new song, app, or book on iTunes using a mobile device, iTunes on our family computer will download that file automatically without…
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Reflections from the M
As I write this blog post on my iPhone, I’m gazing out the window of my Delta aircraft at a spectacular vista of Montana mountains. It’s been a huge blessing to have opportunities the past 11 days to share ideas with educators at two conferences hosted at the University of Montana in Missoula. In between,…
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High Stakes Testing Damages Student Writing Skills
Research Papers vs Blogs: Defending “Antiquated” Teaching from 21st Century Education Reform This is a great, reflective post from a university professor on how high stakes testing continues to damage students, our educational systems, and student capacities to effectively write at “college level.” The last two paragraphs summarize: First, college professors like myself should realize…
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Google Earth as a Transformative Tool for Teaching within Content Domains
These are my notes from Jeff Crews' session "Google Earth as a Transformative Tool for Teaching within Content Domains and Indian Education" at the 14th Annual August Institute, "Technology Runs Through It" conference at the University of Montana in Missoula. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Attaching places to names is a powerful…
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Visualizing Tornados in Oklahoma City with Google Earth
This afternoon in Missoula, Montana, I’ve enjoyed taking a Google Earth workshop with Jeff Crews. (This is Jeff’s intro Google Preso for our workshop, I’ll post more notes from his session soon.) Jeff showed us all kinds of layers and KML/KMZ files which can be viewed in Google Earth, including this layer of historical tornado…
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iPhonography Examples from Montana #wildtech
Wednesday at the 14th Annual August Institute, “Technology Runs Through It” conference at the University of Montana in Missoula, I’ll be sharing a three hour workshop on iPhoneography. In preparation for the workshop, I found several photos I’ve taken this past week in Montana which represent some of my best “artistic efforts” as an aspiring…
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Support Wings of Valor: The Jimmy Doolitte Air & Space Museum in California
Do you know know about the contributions of Jimmy Doolittle to the United States military during World War II? Do the names “Doolittle Raid,” “USS Hornet,” and “North American B-25 Mitchell bomber” bring stories of historical significance to your mind? If not (and especially if you’re a U.S. citizen) they should. If you’ve seen the…
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Adventure Based Learning by Brian Dufresne #wildtech
These are my notes from Brian Dufresne’s learning walk presentation, “Adventure Based Learning,” at the 14th Annual August Institute, “Technology Runs Through It” conference at the University of Montana in Missoula. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Going to share some lessons learned, taking kids backpacking for the past several years – I’ve…
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Capture: Setting Up Traps to Organize Mountains of Information #wildtech
These are my notes from Jason Neiffer‘s breakout presentation, “Capture: Setting Up Traps to Organize Mountains of Information,” at the 14th Annual August Institute, “Technology Runs Through It” conference at the University of Montana in Missoula. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Jason’s awesome high school debate website is bigskydebate.com Jason’s resources for…