Year: 2007
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Podcast181v: How I Plan and Write for Publication and Presentations
This podcast is a video response to six questions I was recently asked pertaining to the ways I plan for and write articles and blog posts. Since I find the process quite similar, I also shared how I plan and create presentations for conferences, workshops, and other events. Click here to watch this podcast in…
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Strange WordPress, mySQL and other errors
Many, many thanks to Bob Sprankle for guest blogging here the past 3 days! It has been great to rest easy, knowing my blog was in such able hands! It was also a joy to have Bob videoconference into our workshop yesterday (using iChat) briefly, in Goodland, Kansas, to discuss the value of students sharing…
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“Upgrading” by Bob Sprankle
Day 3 Guest Blogging at Wes’ by Bob Sprankle Yesterday I picked my daughter up from the neighbor’s to “fetch” her home for dinner. She was playing with the two boys on their lawn, and they had all made these incredible tents and lean-tos. They designed them with natural resources (branches) as well as bandanas…
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You CAN take it with you! by Bob Sprankle
Day 2 Guest Blogger @ Wes’ by Bob Sprankle YouTube woes got you down? You’ve a little nugget that would work perfectly in your lesson, or you want to show your staff Karl Fisch’s “Did You Know (2.0)” on the first day back to school? Well if you work in 99.9% of the schools in…
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30 Days with Twitter by Bob Sprankle
I’m honored to be a guest blogger for one of the most prolific bloggers in the universe! Thanks so much, Wes for all the hard work and inspiring words and thoughts you give to us! —Bob Sprankle There’s a great television show called “30 Days” created by Morgan Spurlock (the director/writer of “Super Size Me”).…
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Good del.icio.us and Google Notebook how-to guides
Does anyone know of some good, printable “how-to guides” for del.icio.us and Google Notebook suitable for K-12 teachers to use? I’m sharing some workshops this week on these tools and I’d love to link to someone else’s printable how-to guides rather than create my own! 🙂
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iPhoto 08 First Impressions
At my suggestion, my family’s birthday gift to me this year was an iLife 08 family pack. After playing with the new GarageGand for all of 15 seconds and experiencing the power of “magic GarageBand,” my 9 year old was convinced this was the best purchasing decision that could be made for Dad! I also…
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From Webkinz and Avatar to Sitting in a desk
Well, tomorrow is the first day of the fall 2007 school term for students and teachers in Edmond Public Schools (Oklahoma) where we live and our kids attend school. I have been amazed this summer to watch both our 9 year old and 7 year old play and learn on Webkinz, and most recently watch…
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Relying on technologies and attitudes toward creativity
We had a great conveners meeting for the K-12 Online Conference early this morning, and I was struck by how much I am starting to take newer communication technologies like Skype for granted. We were going to meet on Thursday morning this past week, but an authentication issue actually made the entire Skype network unavailable…
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About this blog
Inspired by Doug Noon, I’ve created an “About” page for my blog. (This is probably long overdue.) I’ve included links in a couple of places on my blog sidebar previously to information “about me,” but I hadn’t previously tried to summarize in 150 words or less (my own self-imposed word limit) the focus and purpose…