Month: December 2012
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When Creative Musical Genius Meets YouTube
There are some people in this world who have creative, musical genius that absolutely knocks your socks off when you hear and see it. Jon Cozart (Paint on YouTube) is one of those people. His 104 second video with himself, “Lord of the Rings in 99 Seconds,” has 1.3 million YouTube views to date. It…
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Merry Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas to you and your family. I hope this holiday season finds you with family and friends, counting your blessings and celebrating the holidays together. If you are separated from loved ones this holiday, I hope you will be reunited soon. As we continue to mourn the deaths of so many in Newtown, Connecticut,…
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Setting Up a Skype Home Phone
This evening I configured a Skype phone (an IPEVO SO10 Skype Desktop Phone I won in 2008 in a “What Skype Means to Me” contest) as a home phone. In this post I’ll briefly recap the whys and how-tos of this process. Since our most recent move in 2011 we’ve ditched our POTS line and…
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Google Calendar Appointment Slot Double Booking Mystery
We use Google calendars with appointment slots to let teachers book computer labs and other resources from our high school library. There is a mystery we need help solving: sometimes two teachers are able to reserve the same timeslot. Check out this short video for more details. If you have any suggestions or ideas about…
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Al Jazeera, Arab Spring, & Opposing Extremism in Our Midst in the USA
This evening I watched a wonderful, informative and challenging TEDtalk by Bobby Ghosh: “Why global jihad is losing.” This is an important TEDtalk to watch for several reasons. (It was filmed in September 2012.) According to his official TED bio: Bobby Ghosh is an Editor-at-Large at Time magazine, where he covers conflict, global affairs and…
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Setting Up Blogging Buddies with KidBlog, Excel and a Google Spreadsheet
Since January of 2012 I’ve been working with teachers in Yukon Public Schools as an “innovative instructional coach.” One of the primary things I’ve been working with teachers on is interactive writing: Helping setup class blogs teachers can use to facilitate sharing student writing online. I help teachers configure their sites so they can MODERATE…
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Whacha Runnin’ on Yer Mac These Days? (Dec 2012)
The past few years I’ve created comprehensive lists of all the software programs I run on my Apple laptop computer in December and/or January. Perhaps because of holiday downtime, this has been the month when I’ve taken the time to either perform a clean installation of my operating system and reinstall all my apps, or…