Dealing with Home Computers
How does everyone deal with employee's asking you to "update" or "load" software on their home computers that they bring in for you to work on (without checking first) and sinc
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Time Warner Cable - EVEN SLOWER
Time Warner Cable is EVEN SLOW
CONTROL IS AN ABSOLUTE GOOD
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Dear Daughter...About Facebook
Dear Daughter, Allow me to affirm your decision to NOT get a Facebook account, even though I have often encouraged you to reach out and embrace social media tools to construct an a
San Antonio Poetry Fair
Details about the San Antonio Poetry Fair can be found online. The San Antonio Poetry Fair tentatively will be held Saturday Oc
Thinking the Unthinkable
Jeff Jarvis (BuzzMachine) writes about change in journalism: Change isn’t easy. It’s hard on people. It’s destruc
Time Warner Cable - SLOW
When I signed that two year
Picasa 101
When I first installed Picasa on my computers, I was delighted to see such a powerful tool made available as an alternative to iPhoto. Now, Jim Henderson (MakeUseOf.com)
TCEA 2010 - Call for Presentation Proposals
Share your knowledge and expertise with other TCEA membe
Teenage Twitter Hacker
Image Source: Wargames movie,
Supporting Moodle
Some more reasons why Moodle is worth
Need Virus Protection on UbuntuLinux?
Someone tweeted me this question the other day, "Do I need to install anti virus on my UbuntuLinux installation?" The answer was a simple, "No...you're not subject to the viruses W
Netbook Comparison Updated
Rusty Meyners (Eustace ISD in Texas) has updated his netbook comparison.
November Learning Blog Host Quits
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Swift - Tracking Issues of Interest
Over the last few years, there's been a desire expressed by some to track what happens at the Texas Education Agency and in Texas in general but enable THE PEOPLE (that's you, me a
Economic Stimulus Panel in Austin Tx
Anita Givens (Associate Commissioner, Standards and Programs, Texas Education Agency) will be presenting, perhaps serving on a panel, at the economic stimulus session in Austin, Tx
Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up Survey
Results from study...thanks to Kim Farris Berg for sharing the results! I authored a report for Project Tomorrow in July 2008 and I think you (and your readers) will be intereste
Twitter Fear - The Opposite of Transparency
Acknowledgement: Thanks to a friend, T. U., who asked a question reminding me that I hadn't written about transparency and transformation recently. [Let's Really Go Online! The P
Web 2.0 Advocates Recant
The Sweet Spot vs. the Sweat Spot Source: [Gartner (Augu
TCEA TexTAN Legislative Update
From TCEA TexTAN Legislative Update: TCEA has played a big role in creating and advocating for HB 4294
Texas Stimulus Funding Update
The following update was shared with me.... This is a link of a new posting at the US Dept of Ed site about the new $44 billion in funding. In particular, look at the section ent
TxDLA09 - Online Course Facilitation
Below is my "slidedeck" for the TxDLA09 preso Tonya Mills and I are delivering at TxDLA. Her presentation is represented in my slide deck but I'll be sure to post it once she makes
TxDLA09 - Using Moodle to Create and Foster a Learning Community
Note: The following are my notes from