10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Break

Great Expectations If you ran a marathon last week, your friends would expect you to take some downtime. Some time to rest and recover. It is expected you would need some rest.If you just trekked across the desert for a month and struggled for lack of water and lack of food but you made it... people would also expect you to take time to rest...

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 05/31/2011

edubloggercon - EduBloggerCon 2011 I'm going to edubloggercon at ISTE2011 and am excited! Care to join us? Anyone is welcome. This page has all the information. tags: education socialmedia iste11 iste edu_news DimensionU - Educational Video Game Technology for the 21st...

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The Problem with Facebook Is YOUR FRIENDS!

I know that since the Facebook Friending 101 for Schools I did here that my friend Sue Waters has since come out with a handy guide for Facebook over on Edublogger about the Why and How of Using Facebook for Educators. And Facebook has created their own Facebook For Educators guide. In this guide, Facebook notably DOES NOT talk about "friending...

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Should We Let Cell Phones Ruin Great Moments for People There?

It was one of the most moving events of the conference. Perhaps in my life. Or it could have been. My great seat didn't matter.As soon as the talented South African storyteller entered the stage, it was all over. The cell phone mob rushed the stage. Jostling to raise their arms above each other and film the moment - ruining it for the other...

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Six word Saturday

Wired.Unwired.Breathtaking.Reborn.Family.Nurturing.Yes, these are all my photos. :-) Hat tip for this idea to - Ready or Not Blog - Posted using BlogPress from Vicki's i...

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 05/28/2011

Home | digitalliteracy.gov Useful website to help with digital literacy.(via Larry Ferlazzo which was sent by thingsforteachers through tumblr to me - boy it is getting hard to cite sources.)From phishing to how to set up skype. It also has a link to help you find educator tools. tags: education learning all_teachers ...

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Encourage Other Teachers Even When School is Out for Summer

Sitting in my room listening to the silent spinning of the DVD as the graduation / senior movie renders for (hopefully) the last time.I can hear the hum of my small refrigerator in my room. Funny, I put that fridge in during the second week of school and I've never noticed that hum.I guess it is because this room is always full. Always noisy....

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 05/27/2011

Google Cloud Connect - Google Docs Help Google Cloud Connect is available in over 30 languages for PC's running Windows 7, Vista and XP. (Not available for Mac yet.) It integrators using Google Apps for domains should work on this over the summer. tags: education learning google googleapps all_teachers...

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News Has A New Face: Meporter

Meporter has launched. Meporter is available online and has free apps (Android coming soon) that let you take pictures and write reports on the news and "cut out the middleman" with the mainstream media being considered the middleman in this case.Sign up is pretty simple. You don't have to use the app and can submit online directly. It does...

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12 Reasons to Blog with Your Students

I was sent a dozen roses this week by a wonderful, amazing student who found his talent for writing in this year's Digiteen project. I'm more convinced than ever that blogging and doing it with other students from around the world is essential to helping students connect with themselves and a larger world. You ask me to give you the reasons....

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A Beginner's Guide to Tumblr

Tumblr is a blogging platform that is sort of a cross between Twitter, Facebook and full-scale blogging. While some might use Tumblr as a full blogging platform, from reading a free e-book I picked up on Kindle about the topic (the book isn't free any more btw.)The growth of Tumblr is surprising. "Facebook and Twitter have dominated social...

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Performance Art? Flash Mob? Fun? Mass Collaboration? All of the above.

Flash mobs are becoming a big part of the viral hit scene on Youtube. Just take the University of Kansas Jayhawks mens basketball game flashmob this week - over a quarter of a million hits since posted on the KU Athletic Youtube Channel . Over the next few years it will be interesting to see as this trend grows.Will it cause problems? yes.Will it cause controversy? Yes, there will be times it will be innappropriate, done poorly...

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A look in the Mind of Your Toughest Student

Jo McLeay shared a touching letter in her comments on a post I wrote this past week  about 5 Stories to Inspire Teachers to Never Let Anyone Steal Your Joy where I commented about a "secret student" who is stealing things off my desk in my room this year.So many veteran teachers have reached out on the blog, Twitter and via email to...

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 05/22/2011

Gesture Based Future - Net Gen Ed Project The video on this blog post is a funny take on gesture based gmail. For those familiar with Google's April fools day joke, you'll get a kick out of this. tags: education netgened google School Laptop Use - Digi Teen Love this discussion...

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Finding Your Beautiful Moment the Last Week of School

"For a few brief days the orchards are white with blossoms. They soon turn to fruit, or else float away, useless and wasted, upon the gentle breeze. So will it be with present feelings. They must be deepened into decision, or be entirely dissapated by delay." Theodore CuylerIt is Saturday. I just ate my lunch at school halfway through grading...

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