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Archive for March, 2007

Did you know?

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

via Ginny Hendron

VITAL at William & Mary

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Vital Training

This week I got to attend a session at the College of William and Mary sponsored by VITAL with Karen Richardson and Chris O’Neal. Attending were some Goochland principals, Henrico administrators, and other folks from Albemarle County, Norwalk, and Richmond-city.

The guest speaker was Jim Moulton. He talked about his own humanist approach to technology. What I found most interesting was his call to focus on project-centered approaches and people instead of all the tech. Yes, having access is important, but the real focus should be on goals for great projects that teach (and of course integrate great technology).

We then spent the second half of our day there making podcasts. I got assigned to “help” others. I was proud of the Goochland efforts.

More people should hear Moulton’s messages, and more administrators should have had the fun opportunity to use Garageband and learn how to edit/record podcasts!

Incidentally, here is my help for GarageBand materials.

Copyright

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

This blog outlines tips for dos and don’ts with copyright.

Comic Life

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Here’s a great tutorial for using Comic Life in the classroom.

On Typography

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Some interesting notes from a presentation on Web typography. Some time I want to go to SXSW.

Spell with Flickr

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

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Script and service lets you spell out words with pictures from Flickr.

Badger Fun with RSS

Monday, March 12th, 2007

This is neat: a nice little “widget” holding an RSS feed:

Check out the Badger page and make your own with Javascript and Yahoo! Pipes.

Interested in Podcasting?

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Podcast Free America offers free advice for staring out in the world of podcasting.

Goochland “Takes On” Technology

Friday, March 9th, 2007

A recent article appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by Calvin Trice:

Goochland Takes on Tech

They include a focus on teacher Kim Bachmann’s Digital Graphics classes at Goochland High School, and include quotes from Tom DeWeerd.

New Canon Camera

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

This is on my wish list.

Canon PowerShot TX1: hybrid video and point+shoot.

7.1 MP plus video in HD! Wow!

VSTE Wrap Up

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

I have published three podcasts from the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) conference from February 25-27, 2007.

If you attended the sessions, please leave comments below.


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