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Beyond Fear

A superintendent in a small school district gave a talk at the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Midwinter's Conference a few years ago. She moved her hands quickly

Tell a Story

Educational leaders telling digital stories...it's a powerful idea that has little to latch onto in terms of "real life." How many educational leaders do you know actually tell dig

The Write Way

Shouldn't kids be taught to outline their non fiction writing BEFORE they write it? I'm not sure. As a writer myself, I NEVER outline my work. In fact, I find outlines to be too re

Kindling the Flame

In a Twitter conversation where some were lamenting Dr. Gary Stager's inflammable reproof of BYOD efforts in schools, Wes Fryer (Speed of Creativity) reference a blog entry he'd re

FISHing for IT

Note: This OLDYBUTGOODY was written after I read the book FISH. I know you have better things to do this weekend than to take some time and do some reflection. We have begun a

Earn as You Learn

Note: This "OldyButGoody" article came about as a result of what Somerset ISD was doing many years ago. I liked the "Earn as You Learn" approach since it was one that I had imple

Anyone There? 1997

As a thirteen year old, I had a profound fear of computers. I'd attended Camp Chip A Bit at Trinity University, and aside from enjoying playing Outpost on an Apple //+, I hated pro

What is Shared, Endures

Sometimes, it's true that the only thing that remains of what you've done is what you've shared with others. Such is the case with an old Technology & Learning blog entry I wrote t

Why Blog

Wrote this so long ago it seems...but it captures why I blog...but it would be inaccurate to say that I've managed to live up to my own standards 100% of the time as expressed here

Writing the Ed-Tech List Article

Writing the Ed Tech List Article The two top questions writers hear often include, “Where do you get your ideas for articles?” and “How do you have time to write?” For example, a

Be Like Them

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. High school students are going to be held accountable for what they post on blogs and on social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com. The board of commun

Freedom Itself

This conversation reminded me of the "set yourself on fire" post I wrote some time ago but now can't find...sigh. [Abject Learning](

Idiot-Proof Technologies

One of my favorite expressions to rail against when I was a campus instructional technologist and teacher, was, "Idiot proof technology." That's right, we want technology so simple

Remembering CBAM

Two years ago, a district I know well decided to invest in tablets and laptops for everyone. Due to a variety of factors (such as locking down the machines so that teachers/admin c

Resist

The pressure is insistent. "Write something educational." But what it really means is, "Write something safe. Write something no one will object to. In other words, write for educa

School Is Irrelevant

As I've been working on doing research, I occasionally run across articles that have stuff like this in them...and it hits me how appropriate this is for describing the malaise we'

HelpDesk Software

A few colleagues were looking for HelpDesk solution. One wrote: I am wondering what software anyone is using for help desks, i.e. ticket tracking, user ticket creation, etc.

PDF to Word Converter

Worth checking out... Some PDF to Word Converter can help you to convert pdf to word doc and pdf to rtf, so you can edit and reuse your PDF content. Using Some PDF to Word Conver

PmWiki Skins

I was playing around with Patrick Michaud's PmWiki quite a bit yesterday trying to add a GUI editor like FCKedit (btw, a bit of trivia I picked up..."FCK" are

phpScheduleIt

A campus level person asked, "How can teachers in my grade level best schedule ourselves and students into 2 classrooms using some kind of web based calendaring system?" The soluti

1 Reason to Change

"Why don't you type up your writing assignment like you do your stories?" I asked my 13 year old daughter a few weeks ago. Her response shocked me. "I have to write it up at school

Comparte Mas!

"Share more!" is advice I like to share with people I work with, and advice that I have to keep in mind during MY work. By sharing it, I remember. I was so enamoured of the term th

Mac GPG

On the Macintosh, there are several privacy tools you can use. While the Personal version of the [Pretty Good Privacy](

Setting Up SQL Yog

Setting Up SQL Yog Welcome! Please note that although the steps below are customized for Moodle, you can certainly use them for other Web 2.0 tools like blogs, content management

YES WE CAN!

Like many Americans, I am watching all the candidates and how gracefully they concede or acknowledge their victories. For the South Carolina election, I was impressed by candidate

5 Games for Your Macbook

Spend any time on your Macbook, and you may soon have the need to take a break. Although choosing the right game to play is really a reflection of what makes you tick (e.g. shoot '

Panamanian Empanada Recipe

One of my favorite foods from my childhood is the Panamanian empanada. This empanada holds spicy ground meat inside of it and is a joy to eat! Unfortunately, my previously posted b

Engage in Political Acts

Work in an urban school district, and you quickly realize the reality of these words: Economically disadvantaged students, who often use the computer for remediation and basic sk

Stop Doing Lists

What's your "Stop Doing List?" Do you have one? Thanks to an article James O'Hagan shared, I stumbled across a quote from Jim Collins that I'd underlined, highlighted, promised to

Emotional Triggers

Conflict Zen is written by Tammy Lenski...she offers advice on handling conflicts, which is essential reading for any leader, especially those in K 16 schools today amidst all the

TSAT

A few weeks ago (what? 2?) I shared that I'd stolen the Massachusett's Technology Self Assessment Tool (TSAT) and ad

Virtually Transparent

s a citizen journalist, and blogger who writes about education technology, it's my responsibility to NOT keep my mouth shut when questionable practices are put in place. Two recent

Asus Eee Netbook

(Note: Right click to View Image at Higher Resolution) Catching up on my Slashdot reading and saw a link to the ASUS Eee PC hand

Redemptive Conversations

Today, I stumbled across 4 blog entries that seemed to relate to the same theme Change. Sure, there were tons more to wade through, including mine, but I found myself drawn to the

YouTube Liberating Force

One of the videos that I immediately downloaded from YouTube was the UCLA Police incident involving a student in the library who was hit with tazer blasts. It is a powerful video c

Treeing the Coon

One of my favorite books and my daughter's, too, a fact I take credit for since I introduced her to it is Where the Red Fern Grows . by Wilson Rawls. I remember reading it sever

Creativity Burns

Before I allowed myself to acknowledge my creativity, my particular brand, it burned in me...I carried it around like a hot brick, too dumb to slap it down, to dumb to know that I

Dante's Inferno

Recently, I was reminded of Dante's Inferno...and the inscription: "Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs

Essence

The newspaper has to learn what its real value is and that is, indeed, reporting and its editors have to stop defending raw numbers of bodies. They need to boil themselves down t

Jesuits in MySpace

My first exposure to the Jesuit order was in the movie Shogun, which was based on the book by James Clavell. I was fascinating by the priestly order that appeared to have milit

Transition Techie

i remember now the value of constant movement. It allows one the illusion of progress without actual change. As an ed tech administrator, I live with these questions: Unrated Wha

Absolute Surrender

It's only by surrendering that we win, you know. Jesus surrendered himself. Gandhi and Bonhoeffer did. Mother Teresa surrendered. Anyone who has had something to lose (don't we all

Students Writing

Yesterday, I spent my entire day at a UIL competition. All day. No connectivity. No computer. No internet...and, I had a GREAT time. One of the frustrations I have had with the way

PDFtools

Although 99% of what I do with PDF files is to create them, I'm occasionally called upon to manipulate them, whether to delete pages, merge PDF documents, and stuff like that. On t

Spectacular Failure

Yesterday, I quoted from the "quote of the month" appearing in January, 2006's Technology and Learning magazine. Today, I looked at the magazine again still open to that page (7)

Urban School Leaders

In an issue of District Administration (December, 2005), the following quote appears: Establishing honest relationships within their building is key to how the school will pe

Take the Green Pill - Blog!

I want to know what all of these teachers are thinking. What is your purpose? Why are you into podcasting/blogging/videocasting? What do you hope to get out of it? Is your