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Category: Educational Technology
A Few Good Blogs
Let’s face it, most teachers don’t read blogs. If you’re reading this blog by e-mail then this might be the only blog you read. If you have time for a few more, here are a few I may not have recommended before. I’m only recommending practical, news you can use blogs. For my other favorites, …
This I Believe Meme
I was tagged by Janice Stearns to post a few of my beliefs in education. I believe… that technology is not just for the gifted kids. that all students are gifted, it’s just that some are gifted in ways we haven’t discovered yet. all students can learn if only we could find a way to …
Cell Phone Discounts for Teachers
I’ve recently discovered that there is up to an 18% discount on cell phone service for teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District and other districts. It’s not a very well publicized offer, or at least I had to search and search for it and found out about it through word of mouth, so …
Advice for New Edubloggers
They Link Me, They Really Link Me For the first time, I made it on a list of top Edubloggers, this one by Scott McLeod of Dangerously Irrelevant. The list is based on technorati authority, which for the uninitiated is calculated based on how many blogs link back to your blog. It’s not an exact …
Summer Workshops: Film School Bootcamp
Sign up for Workshops Here The summer technology workshop schedule at the Los Angeles County Office of Education has been announced and I’m on it. I’ll be offering the Integrating Technology in the Open Court Reading Program that I’ve been doing for the past year in various forms. However, I’m also offering two new courses, …
Hola Sr. Winkle (Mr. Winkle in Spanish)
Thanks to Estrella Gancedo, my technology film, Mr. Winkle Wakes has now been translated into Spanish and given Spanish subtitles. It’s the first of my movies to be translated into a foreign language. I think it’s very cool and I’m honored. See the Spanish subtitled Mr. Winkle here.
Earth Day Resources
Here are a few resources for Earth Day coming April 22nd. Please add your own: EarthDay.Gov Wikipedia Earth Day Entry Earth Day Network, Coordinating Earth Day Events Celebrate Earth Day-EPA Site Earth Day Crafts Earth Day Activity Book Earth Day Coloring Book Earth Day Calendar Jose Rodriguez’s class presentation on Earth Day Special thanks to …
Go Out and Play: Should Elementary Students Use Computers?
Winkle Wakes Movie Reactions Thank you to everyone who has checked out my movie, Mr. Winkle Wakes and a special thank you to those who contributed their thoughts about the movie via Twitter, their own blogs, e-mail, comments on my blog and/or the Youtube page itself. I’m working on a sequel to the movie now. …
Mr. Winkle Goes to School: Movies for Professional Development
I’m excited to premiere a brand new short film here on my blog. It’s three minutes long and I created it in the hopes that it can be used to generate conversation about the use of educational technology and project based learning in schools. It is based on a dark joke that has been around …