Category: humor
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The Maine Department of Tourism is Taking Care of Travelers
As you may have guessed if you’ve perused images in my Flickr stream or visited our family learning blog, I love signs. Driving from Manchester, New Hampshire today to Augusta, Maine, for the ACTEM 2009 Conference, I found the following two signs at the Maine visitor’s center just across the border. I’m glad to know…
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Podcast316: Behold the Glory and Honor of the Snack Leader!
This week, the honor of being her preschool class snack leader falls again to my five year old daughter, Rachel. Inspired by her enthusiasm and excitement for the honor and responsibilities of being the class snack leader, this podcast features some dramatic narration from her dad, a little John Williams music reminding us of closing…
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Hobo Signs, Symbols, and Parodied History
This morning I accompanied my 5 year old daughter, Rachel, on a school field trip to the Orr Family Farm, an “Agri-Tainment” destination in south Oklahoma City. One of the learning highlights for me was seeing this metal sign of “Hobo Signs and Symbols,” posted beside the narrow gauge railway at the farm. The history…
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NETA09 Podcasts and A fun Star Wars Remix Video
This evening I learned about the YouTube video “Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)” by listening to Justin Karkow’s “Digital Storytelling Frame by Frame” presentation on the 2009 Nebraska Educational Technology Association Podcast channel. As a big Star Wars fan, I found this remix quite amusing and fun. Nice use of Final…
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Big Chief Tablets ahead?
Could this road sign photograph have been taken in or near your community? [Original Image Link] Hat tip to Stephen King (@Kicode) for sharing the link to Atom Smasher’s “Highway Sign Generator.” Technorati Tags: school, reform, education, change, funny, humor, leadership
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Film on the Fly: Get your Cell Phones Ready for Movie Making!
Thanks to Orange County, California, educator Dennis Grice, I learned last night and today at ITSC 2009 about the “Film on the Fly” digital storytelling contest: A “Mobile Phone Video Challenge.” Karen Mongomery had mentioned this to me awhile back but I had not seen any of the videos submitted to the contest until today.…
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No laptops at our meeting!
I’ve actually lived this cartoon several times at official meetings in the past two years. Somehow, having a laptop in front of you makes the reality of cognitive multi-tasking more tangibly visible to some leaders. When we’ve been in class or in meetings, we’ve always had trouble as human beings maintaining a singular focus on…
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Mr. T is not familiar with connectivism
In this rather amusing advertisement for Hitachi, Mr. T claims “intelligence is never in the network.” Apparently Mr. T has not been introduced to the concepts of connectivism. 🙂 Even though this video script for the the actor formerly known as Laurence Tureaud may not reflect a basic understanding of connectivist learning theory, I do…
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Deterring bag shoplifters and trash depositors
I had a meeting this week at the Oklahoma Department of Education, and I found the following signs in the hallway on the third floor of the building rather humorous. First, there were several boxes of bags sitting outside one of the offices. Apparently, at least a few people felt the availability of the bags…
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Mobile phone counseling for teachers from My Mobile Guru
Feeling like you can’t learn new tricks with educational technology tools at school? Do you know other teachers who have similar sentiments? Perhaps you can try and recommend some of the top ten downloads from the British site My Mobile Guru. The following popular topics might be appropriate and needed at the next technology-related workshop…