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Harnessing the Digital Landscape by David Warlick
These are my notes from David Warlick‘s presentation, “Harnessing the Digital Landscape” at the February 8, 2012 Oklahoma Technology Association / Encycl-Media Conference. David maintains the fantastic website “Landmarks for Schools” and blogs at 2ยข Worth. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official session description was: Never before have the walls of
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Learning About Notetaking on the iPad at @thedivorg via @ipadwithwes
Last night I led the first “iPad App Coffee Chat” meetup at The Div in Edmond. We had six people in attendance and learned about a variety of note taking applications, focusing specifically on Evernote. Access more links to all the apps we discussed and learn more about these FREE, monthly meet ups in Edmond,
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Avoid Cellphone Text Messaging Scams with free Purchase Blocker Feature
How often do you carefully scrutinize your cell phone bill? Cell phone text messaging scammers are hoping you don’t do it often. Recently I noticed an unusual charge for $9.99 on my wife’s iPhone line we have with AT&T. I called AT&T and after discussing this, they added a feature to our phone package called
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FREE iPad App Coffee Chats start Tuesday, February 7 in Edmond, Oklahoma
This week I’m starting a monthly series of “iPad App Coffee Chats” on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. These meet-ups will be FREE from 6:30 to 7:30 pm CST and held at The Div in Edmond. Meetings will also be streamed online via Ustream. Register online for free via EventBrite or just show up! Follow @ipadwithwes
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Don’t Blame School Officials if Your Child Chooses to Look at Porn on His Laptop
Last month, Ponca City Schools in Oklahoma faced a news headline any 1:1 laptop school could potentially confront in the local media: “Ponca City student accesses porn on school laptop.” According to the article: A Ponca City mother is outraged. She says her son has been accessing pornography….on a laptop that was issued by the
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Cross Examination Debate Flow Template for Numbers in iWork ’09
This year I’m continuing to serve as a parent volunteer with our speech and debate team at Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City. Last semester I ‘made the digital switch’ and started flowing all cross examination (CX) debate rounds on my laptop instead of using legal pads. I’ve seen some different ways people
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Teach Your Students to be Digital Artists (and learn from Kevin Honeycutt)
Today was my fourth week teaching a 50 minute “Life Skills” lesson at the “Tiger Club” after school program hosted by our church in Edmond, Oklahoma. This is a free after-school program provided for students attending Central Middle School in Edmond Public Schools. In this post, I’m going to describe the lesson “Be a Digital
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Use Digital Voice Recorders to Hear Student Voices
The ten minute video, “Hearing Student Voices,” by National Writing Project 1st grade teacher, Renee Webster, provides a fantastic window into the ways a skilled and sensitive teacher can use simple audio recorders to transform reading and writing experiences for students. The technology tools in this case, digital voice recorders, ARE important for the learning
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Going Mobile with WordPress and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
These are my notes from the January 30, 2012, Oklahoma City WordPress User’s group meet-up at The Div in Edmond. WordPress is a free, open-source content management system used by tons of folks worldwide to create websites. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. http://yesdancan.com is the website Dan Lovejoy built by hand (not
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MinistrySafe Online Video Training for Youth Protection from Sexual Abuse
These are my notes from the MinistrySafe online training video for churches. This is a required training program our church has paid for all adult volunteers who work with children and youth to complete. My wife saw these trainers (who are lawyers in the Dallas area) present in person and helped bring this training program
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Calculate and Learn about Percentages with Percentage Calculator
Mateusz Mucha, a web developer in Krakow, Poland, has developed a free, online tool called “Percentage Calculator” you should show to your math students and use with them in class. Use this tool by visiting percentagecalculator.info I tried embedding the actual calculator on my own website, but for some reason that version didn’t work to
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A Touching Example of Family Digital Documentation
If you have not already, take 91 seconds and watch the YouTube video, “Google Chrome: Dear Sophie.” It’s a fast-paced, touching look at how some dads are using digital technology to document, share and preserve the lives of their family and their love for their kids. It’s a compelling bit of media, and an outstanding
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