Getting Along
"What the heck has Beth all riled up?" I growled to a dear friend, who happened to be a 2nd grade teacher where I taught 3rd grade bilingual in East Texas. "Did you hear how she cu
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In the Mitt: Revisiting My Twitter Favorites
Do you tap on the star on a tweet to favorite it, but
MyNotes - Instructor-Made Videos as a Learner Scaffolding Tool
Source for this post comes from: Pan, G., Sen, S., Starrett, D., Rodgers, M., Tikoo, M., & Powell, D. (2010). The effectiveness of video component: An expanded follow up inve
Not In It For Money
Colleague Randy Rodgers recently shared this video and it's sadly ironic to hear some of the remarks made by 1981 newspaper editors captivated by the technology: [youtube=
Readdle Documents Stumbles For Me @readdle @ifilesapp
With a few zillion ePubs loaded onto my iPad, I used Readdle Documents to view ePubs. Unfortunately, the last few times [Readdle Documents
Transfer of Computer Equipment to Students txed @bevweather
We need to find a better use for
Wrong-headed and Stubborn
"Miguel," my wife as
Dancing on Hot Coals privacy NSA
In a blog entry Are We Building Google Loyalty In Our Students?
Do Something Risky
"Do something risky today, something that makes you sweat a little." I so wish I remembered where I read the quote that paraphrase is adapted from, but I don't. Instead, I'm
GarROTE Learning
Have you ever noticed that when you're doing something new or for the first time, that it seems to take forever? And, that the memories of those first efforts are richer in detail
Loosely-Joined- Our Destiny as Learners?
If Dr. Scott McCleod's broadside, Are We Irrelevant?, against school leadership programs doesn't get your blood going, then you must have ice for veins! One…
Exploring Cloud Storage Solutions - @bittorrentsync
Earlier this week, I embarked on a short journey to discover Will BitTorrent Sync enable me to drop Dropbox and other cloud services? The answer is, "Yes, but I won't be can
Peace Peace - Security at the Price of Chains
"How ironic," I find myself thinking, "that the president I voted for has stripped away our freedoms as Americans, starting a slide down a slippery slope more perilous than anythin
When Misunderstandings Occur
"When misunderstandings occur," I've often reflected after a crucial conversation at work or home, "it's often because we failed to communicate, to lay bare our thinking or lack o
Get Rid of the Middle-Man: Exploring BitTorrent Sync cloudstorage
Last week, I read of one person's effo
Get Rid of the Middle-Man: Exploring BitTorrent Sync (Updated)
Last week, I read of one person's effort to stop relying on cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. Intrigued by this approach, I decided…
eCourses Available for Sale moodle friendly
Note: The following was shared via an email with me by a colleague, Jeanie Cole (jcole@hcde texas.org) at the Harris County Dept of Education.
@Evernote and @Hootsuite - Easy Sharing Combo?
Some time ago, I shared how Pocket had become my new content curation+sharing tool. The reason why is that Evernote had eliminated RSS feeds from its Notebooks, making it impossibl
Good Enough principals lead
"Most of us in those days were pleased to have a roof above us and a solid earthen floor, but not Mrs. Macken. "Mr. Shafter," she said, when I was counting my work finished, "i
Stop Using Google Chrome and Chromium Browsers?
It may be a moot point given that the NSA is spying on all our web services, but if someone were to analyze your passwords, would they be able to figure out how you construct them?
Why Care About Privacy
Believe we, as educators, should be teaching digital citizenship? Then why are you ignoring encryption and privacy concerns and remaining silent?
Featured in @HaikuDeck Gallery - Get Twitterpated!
Thanks to @HaikuDeck iPad app creators for featuring my slideshow, designed for New Teachers session next week, Get Twitterpated! online in their Gallery! [Link to the Gall
Be the Difference - Growing Comfortable with the Face of Fear @paulrwood
Over at Paul R Wood (@paulrwood) shares his personal story
For the Sake of Creation
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