Seriously Wired

2009-09-14T18:43:00.001-04:00

Was so cool to see a hot air balloon sailing by while we squeezed in one more evening dinner on the screen porch. Summer is winding down but the cool fall air is refreeshingly welcome.

Trying Again

2009-09-12T09:02:00.000-04:00

Cool fall temps have returned and once again I embark on my try at running. I generally do not like running but once I get in teh groove its OK. I like to run in the fall and I usually follow the Couch to 5K podcasts to guide my fall running. I like to run on the state forest roads around my home. I like to run with my wife (a veteran runner who tolerates my slow pace) and our dog. Saturday

Cycling The Erie Canal – July 2009

2009-09-09T05:44:00.000-04:00

The stone dust takes a few MPH off your average but it is a tour, not a race, and going slower lets you take in the scenery. Because you are following the canal, it is pancake flat. A couple of TCC folks I talked to who had done it before said that it was flat, but I can tell you, it is really flat. The one or two big hills engendered much attention and conversation among the riders, but they

A Summer of Ennui?

2009-09-09T05:21:00.000-04:00

Where did the summer go? The late end to the school year in June and Labor Day falling late into the calendar has left me with a disjointed feeling as the school year starts. Summer always goes fast and you almost always get the feeling that it went way too fast but this last one just felt out of sync. It was a summer of change with the youngest going off to college and the "empty nest" being

Now That Was a Class...

2009-06-21T20:17:00.002-04:00

As teachers kids come at us in groups. You remember them as sets, and individuals in sets. Every once in a while you get to interact with a set that stays with you. Today I got to say goodbye to one of those extraordinary, no, the most extraordinary group of young people I have gotten to know.I am not their teacher, I am just a father of one of the kids in this Class of 2009. We live in a little

Plain Speaking by Peggy Noonan

2009-05-17T10:45:00.000-04:00

On Meet the Press today Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter, suggested that a way forwad for the Republican party was to contrast itself with the present administration by "speaking English, something that Republicans have not done good ..."

Feed Me Twitter, Feed Me!

2009-04-05T08:50:00.000-04:00

Robert Scoble wrote a quick post about the new upcoming Friendfeed beta and discussed ideas for Twitter in 2012. One of the ideas was an automated tweetback for info like wait times. He referenced Washington State's border crossing wait times as a current example. Let me add the following idea. I live about 30 miles from a large suburban mall-plex. You know, one big mall w/ a couple of smaller

The Great Ski

2009-01-20T05:43:00.003-05:00

I have written before of the perils of being cross country skier in southern New England, land of the sloppy snow. You wait, you hope, the Nor'easter moves up the coast and 50 miles one way or the other in the storm track means 3 inches of wet concrete or 12 inches of fluff. For some reason over the last week and especially over the weekend the snow gods have been smiling. Ten days ago we got

Internet Free Speech Ruling Favors Burlington School Administrators -- Courant.com

2009-01-17T08:37:00.001-05:00

The Hartford Courant is reporting this AM on the latest rulings in a CT "Internet Free Speech" case. Follow the links to the full story which does a good job in outlining the basics of the incident with the student and the school's administration (in contrast to other media reporting which was amazingly inconsistent and IMHO incorrect). For me the key piece in article was the description of the

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2009-01-17T06:54:00.001-05:00

A Twitter friend posted a link that made me think of Rick..(not the idiot part)...http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/im_an_idiot.png

Periodic Table of Awesoments

2008-12-20T08:45:00.001-05:00

http://www.dapperstache.com/index.php?contenttype=ptoa

For Douglas! - The Year in Tweets: 10 Most Memorable Twitter Moments of 2008

2008-12-19T20:47:00.001-05:00

The Year in Tweets: 10 Most Memorable Twitter Moments of 2008 tags: no_tag The Year in Tweets: 10 Most Memorable Twitter Moments of 2008 Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Durff's Blog: Network Challenge

2008-12-14T13:21:00.002-05:00

The next best thing to be wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. CS Lewishttp://durffsblog.blogspot.com

50 Things

2008-11-30T13:50:00.001-05:00

50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do | Marc and Angel Hack Life tags: lifehack, lifehacks, coolthings4school Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

A 30/31December to Remember?

2008-11-30T12:52:00.004-05:00

A couple of years ago a blogger friend set up a challenge to her circle of friends to keep up their level of exercise through December. For her, December was the hardest month to keep up her high level of fitness. Between the cold, the short days, holiday temptations and travel it was the month to get off track the easiest. The challenge was to keep up a December schedule where you exercised for

Twitter for Douglas?

2008-11-30T09:26:00.004-05:00

I have been spending the last few months encouraging (provoking?) a newbie blogger, Doug Hammerstrom by correcting many of the misconceptions contained in his posts with his initial foray into the blogging community at It's Not About Me. Now I will say that this really is not new. For over 30 years in dorm rooms, over pints of various kinds of beer, in long train rides, car rides, VW micro bus

Blogging at a Snail’s Pace - NYTimes.com

2008-11-23T11:19:00.001-05:00

Blogging at a Snail’s Pace - NYTimes.com - Annotated tags: web20, mansfield20, blogging, DaHammer “I’m definitely noticing a drop-off in posting — I’m talking about among the more visible bloggers, the ones with 100 to 200 readers or more,” said Danah Boyd, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies popular culture and

Star WarsAcapella John Williams Tribute

2008-11-16T20:41:00.003-05:00

This one just speaks, or perhaps sings for itself. Many thanks to Leo and Amber at Net@Night:

More Cities Upon Hills

2008-11-09T10:04:00.005-05:00

Looks like on beat up on my friend Douglas a bit too quickly. Today's Hartford Courant reveals that contrary to the remark by Babinski, I do not live in the People's Republic of Eastford, but on an island of red in the sea of Connecticut blue.http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2008-11/43270443.pdfI fear that I have not been a good enough Democrat, a Democrat that has forgotten the lessons of

Joni Revisited

2008-11-04T17:44:00.002-05:00

This is more than likely to be a depressing night for my friend Douglas. A deeply depressing night. A Joni depressing night.So, Douglas my advice is settle back into the easy chair, pour yourself 3, maybe 4 fingers of a good stiff single malt, turn down the lights and watch the colors change across the map. Oh, and have your wife lock the knife drawer. This one is for you.....

When Pumpkins Drink Too Much

2008-11-01T21:07:00.002-04:00

Courtesy DRAFT Magazine - http://news.draftmag.com/2008/10/29/when-pumpkins-drink-too-much/

The Rising Tide Turns the City on a Hill Into an Island

2008-10-31T16:53:00.011-04:00

The Rising Tide Turns the City on a Hill Into an IslandRE:http://notaboutme.typepad.com/not_about_me/2008/10/why-im-not-an-obamaite.htmlNow it is a well reasoned island, but as the article below notes, the tide has turned even in the orthodox gulag of CO Springs and its environs.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/reportersblog/2008/10/colorado_hispanic_voters_push.htmlI do think that a lot of

Killing the Vampire On My Right

2008-10-26T10:04:00.003-04:00

Peggy Noonan on ABC's This Week - "He threw a Hail Mary pass w/ the choice of Palin .... A Hail Mary pass to a section of the Party at a time .... when they needed to redfine what they were .... to go broad to the United States of America ..... Palin on the stump has the authentic sound of the old hit the line ...Republicanism or conservatism.. it is the old party, it is a party dealing w/ old

The End of Cowbells

2008-10-26T09:56:00.003-04:00

The post XC State Championship & Homecoming Dance sleepover is breaking up. After 8 years and 2 daughters, I am no longer a cross country Dad, now & forever nomore. Lots of melancholia w/ Ms17 taking the final lap. I learned w/ the first that it becomes a very empty nest once they go and mine is still half full for a few more months.On the brighter side it could be as little as 14 years +/-

Pass the Fork Please?

2008-10-19T23:50:00.005-04:00

So did Colin Powell stick a fork in McCain and Palin today on Meet the Press? Not just for the mere fact of endorsing Obama, but his rationale. He said that he has known MCCain for a long time, and respects him, and thinks he is qualified to be a good president. Powell said that he was evenly decided in September but he the looked at the last few weeks as a "final exam" for the candidates. He

The Belly of the Beast

2008-10-19T08:14:00.003-04:00

So what are we to make of the hypocrisy of a candidate who on the stump runs hard against the eastern liberal media elite, and yet has no problem crawling into the belly of the beast when it suits her purpose? Are we to believe she is so vapid that there is no cognitive dissonance? Or is it a case of situational ethics? Or just one big 'ole hoot to go on a TV show? One thing for certain she had

CNTRL-ALT-DEL on Blog Spot

2008-10-19T07:52:00.003-04:00

Welcome!As of the October of 2008 this blog is changing. This is the place where I will reflect on life and the world around me, from a personal point of view. I will continue to blog about K12 education Web 2.0 issues and ideas, at my other blog- Life In The Fast Lane (http://stevesoko.edublogs.org).For a log time I had been kind of playing with Blogger vs Word Press to learn the different tools

What I Learned at BLC08

2008-07-19T08:06:00.003-04:00

This is will not be the comprehensive, reflective blog post it should be. More like a random stream of consciousness trying to get my head into that state of emptiness that David Allen calls a "mind like water". There are some things rolling around in my head so I want to do a brain dump to capture it someplace before time and failing brain cells reduce it to dim notions that exist in some set of

My Audiobook Experiment - Update

2008-07-15T08:56:00.002-04:00

Just a quick update on my audiobook experiment for this summer. I am enjoying the books so far with a mini-review of the audio experience.I have read "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card a re-issue of a Sci-Fi Classic, which was exciting, moved well, and made me want to read more about the pre-story and other character. The ending did leave me a little flat.I have read "The Forgotten 500" which did

The Digital Summer

2008-06-25T05:45:00.002-04:00

Well summer is almost here for me. A little more teaching, a few more tasks, and it is summer time. I decided that this summer, I am going to make my summer reading, audio books. I traditionallly make a summer pleasure reading list and devour 6-8 novels. I love to read but during the school year, I find that I do not pleasure read. Perhaps it is because I am reading so much other stuff. Summer

The End of the Innocense

2008-06-19T19:26:00.003-04:00

The end of this school year brings a subtle yet great change. Over the summer a new security system will go into place and I will wear an ID card around my neck that will also serve as a swipe card to enter building doors. The main doors will have a camera and office personnel will connect with an intercom and visitors will be buzzed in. This is not in response to any serious incidents, although

Change At The End Of The Year

2008-06-15T08:22:00.004-04:00

Many educational bloggers are taking the time at the end of the year to blog about the highlights of the year. For me, this has been a year of subtle, yet great change. Not so much in the day to things I do in my job but in the overall tenor and intellectual scope of my job. Much of that change will hit in September.I serve 3 schools, PK-4, about 240 kids in each school. In those buildings I have

What Comes Around?

2008-06-14T05:57:00.003-04:00

I have written here before about the case of Avery Doninger, the CT high school student who got in trouble for calling her school administration "douche bags" in her blog. It is a complex tale and I invite you to look at earlier entries as I wrote and reacted to the story as it unfolded in the news media.The latest chapter appeared in today's Hartford Courant. The article, as written, has a

Tweetup Part 2

2008-04-14T21:12:00.003-04:00

So looking by looking at pictures of Tweetup on Alice Barr's blog, I found she had collected this video, which I find very interesting:

What I Learned at The New England Tweet Up - 4/13/08

2008-04-14T19:43:00.004-04:00

I have an informal criterion for a successful vacation trip. One - I have to go someplace I have never been before. Two - I have to eat some food I have never eaten before. Three - I need to meet some new people or be intellectually stimulated in some way. Yesterday's NE Tweetup at the Grog Restaurant in Newburyport MA met (and exceeded) all of the criteria. It was fun. Long drive up and back

Turducken Cordon Bleu

2007-12-23T20:20:00.000-05:00

Turducken Cordon BleuA traditional Turducken is a duck, stuck inside a chicken, stuck inside a turkey. There are complicated ways to de-bone the birds to get them to fit. In my version we will use Skinless, boneless breasts of chicken, turkey, and duck, rolled together Cordon Bleu style. Since it is holiday time I had no problem finding boneless chicken breasts, and turkey breasts in the grocery.

Reconciling Pink: The Bellweather for the Future?

2007-12-15T11:25:00.000-05:00

So, I am glad to say that in my reading of Daniel Pink's, A Whole New Mind, he dealt rather quickly with my concerns posted last week. While I can identify myself as an ubber-left brain, concrete sequential step-by-step process geek, there does seem to be room in Pink's brave new world for me. In all seriousness, it took Pink about 10 pages to dispel my concerns. His central concept is that that

Left Brain vs Right Brain

2007-12-09T08:26:00.000-05:00

Today I will "attend" a softball clinic. I get to sit upstairs in the parent gallery for 3-4 hours while my daughter squats and catches for some very high quality pitchers who aspire to go on to the major college level. She also aspires to a college softball career, and if she learns to hit rise ball and change up as well as she catches them her aspirations will move forward. It is winter in

Testing for the Coolcatteacher.

2007-12-01T14:33:00.000-05:00

This a new post for Vicki Davis (coolcatteacher) who asked via Twitter for folks to tag the FEED from their blogs in twitter. I think I did that correctly. However, I thought that if I posted, she would know for sure.

Hello from NH!

2007-11-27T12:57:00.001-05:00

Quick post between sessions from the Blogger Cafe at NH Reach for Stars Conference. Great fun to be here to do this. Able to put some names to faces of folks in the Bloggasphere. No disasters at home w/ wireless techs (yet). Go Jaime GO! Fix that thing finally!Good Discovery Streaming presentatation, so so Senteo, going to Virtual Field trips next.Blogger Cafe is cool!

More on the D Word and Freedom to Blog About Your School

2007-11-26T20:16:00.000-05:00

A couple of posts back I was posting on the student who got suspended and banned from running for class secretary for calling her administrators douchebags in her blog. This month's Connecticut Magazine (connecticutmag.com- but don't bother there is little current content online) has a column by long time Connecticut journalist Larry Bloom the sheds more light on the circumstances. Pardon me

The Stupidest Guy In The Room of 140Characters

2007-11-25T15:02:00.000-05:00

This my response to Jen Wagner's post on Friendship and 140 CharactersFascinating conversation. My reaction? OK, once again, I venture into the realm where people write sonnets and I am going to sound all - blah, bub-blah, bub-blah, me-too, bub-blah, me-too.How do I sort through all the thoughts posted, reconcile the conflicting themes in my heart and head, and tease from the conversation the

School Board to Use Local Blog to Share Information

2007-11-25T07:24:00.000-05:00

This morning's Norwich Bulletin contains an article about a local school board submitting information to a local blog to share information with the community. I am in a nearby town and I share some of the frustrations about trying to understand the issues and decisions of local elected officials when living in a rural area with sparse local media coverage. Part of my involvement in local politics

A Contrarian View of Education 2.0

2007-11-18T21:43:00.000-05:00

There are times in the headlong rush to pronounce that the world flat and our kids are round, that I have a disquieting feeling in the pit of my stomach. We pick up the pace as teachers to engage in all the new tools because the kids are there, and we are behind, and we are sending them into a world of global competition, and if they are not willing to view the world as a 24 hour market place

A third of this a third of that....

2007-11-17T09:57:00.000-05:00

Does anybody else divide the school year into thirds? It is easy for me as we have three semesters and report cards just went out Friday. Next week we have 1/2 days as classroom teachers conduct parent conferences, and then we are off for US Thanksgiving. As a school district it feels like we are all taking one deep breath and saying "Phew". It is catch up time for me. Nobody is starting anything

This is my first attempt...

2007-11-05T22:04:00.001-05:00

This is my first attempt to post a blog entry from my Jott account. listenPowered by Jott

The Dropout Factories

2007-10-30T05:39:00.000-04:00

A analysis of US Dept of Education data by researchers Johns Hopkins for the Associated Press, has caught attention by labeling schools with very high dropout rates as "dropout factories". Media hype aside (one wonders if the study had not been done FOR Associated Press if the pejorative term would have used) the web posting on te local NBC affiliates site had this telling quote -"Education

The Times They Are a Changing

2007-10-25T22:34:00.000-04:00

Today after school I ran errands, one of which was to stop and get a hair cut. One of the gals in the shop I frequent had a baby that day (a little earlier than was expected), and the buzz was all about the baby. Of course it took me back to that exciting, happy time in my life when my first was born. One of the things I was proud of was that I made sure I knew where the closest one hour photo

A disappointing CECA/CEMA Conference in Hartford

2007-10-23T22:16:00.000-04:00

Caution, rant aheadMy brethren and sisteran of CECA/CEMA, I cannot tell you how angry I am after attending your conference at the Hartford Convention Center today. I have to vent it all here tonight. Now let me begin by stating that I get it. It is an all volunteer effort. It is in a new venue and it was a marriage of money between the techies and the librarians to get the new Connecticut

One Thing You Can Do...

2007-10-14T20:38:00.000-04:00

I am posting this late on Sunday night because I have a n early and long day tomorrow. I have just a short message. Get involved in something that can make a difference. I am a tree hugger of the first rank and have been for a long time. From the very first Earthday through Silent Spring, through Nuclear Freeze, the Bottle Bills and Global Warming, I grew up with the environmental era. I

Blog Action Day is Monday October 15 - The Topic is the Environment

2007-10-13T16:53:00.000-04:00

Can a Student Call the Superintendent a "douche-bag" in Her Personal Blog?

2007-09-04T21:35:00.001-04:00

Judge Rules On Student's Slur -- Courant.comThis case from my state was percolating in the news at the end of last school year. I will direct you to the article from the Hartford Courant for the current state of affairs. The short version is that the student was active in school affairs and a popular spring activity was canceled because of some kind of screw up by the adults at the district

Back to the Wired World

2007-09-04T20:39:00.000-04:00

I purposefully stayed away from the keys over the late summer. I wanted a break and I wanted to see if after a couple of years of social and professional blogging what would happen if I stopped. Would I want to continue? Would I miss the daily checking of others blogs and posting my ill formed and half baked thoughts.Obviously, I am back. I found that the structure of the school year settled my

Counting Down to September not June

2007-06-15T06:47:00.001-04:00

Scot McLeod wrote about the countdown mentality and what it means for schools. kids, teachers and learning.(Dangerously Irrelevant: The countdown mentality). I too have been always struck by this phenomenon. It has been a curiosity from my earliest days of teaching where my colleague literally had a calendar by her desk and "X'ed" off each day starting with our first day inSeptember, to now where

Sustitute Teacher Porn Case - Rick Green, Hartford Courant

2007-06-07T06:46:00.001-04:00

Rick Green's take in today's CourantConnecticut News from The Hartford Courant ::: State, Regions, & Towns On courant.comLesson In Justice `False Information,' `Erroneous' Testimony Cited As Judge Throws Out Teacher's Conviction June 7, 2007Sure I want to believe that the railroading of Norwich s

Norwich Substitute Teacher Porn Pop-up Case Granted New Trial

2007-06-07T06:26:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, a judge ruled that the police "expert" who looked at the hard drive did not perform adequate checks for adware and spyware, and that an expert for the defense had not been afforded enough of a chance to present his evidence. Thus the jury did not have the correct evidence to make a judgement, and she should be afforded a new trial. A victory for the army of internet bloggers who took

Sex and Violence in Second Life

2007-06-03T10:16:00.001-04:00

I ran across this Washington Post (via Hartford Courant) article on virtual sex, and disturbing child sex simulations in Second Life, that runs afoul of laws in Germany. I am like many folks I read. Excited by the open nature of Second Life but there is this small voice in the back of my head that says, be cautious, be careful. I know that these stories often grab media attention and statistics

Sentencing in Norwich Teacher Porn Case Postponed for Fourth Time

2007-05-19T06:13:00.001-04:00

Just an update on this case. Rick Green, writing in the Hartford Courant seemed to hit the nail on th ehead with his opinion piece. Connecticut News from The Hartford Courant ::: State, Regions, & Towns On courant.comhttp://www.courant.com/news/local/columnists/hc-rgreen0518.artmay18,0,418792.column?coll=hc-utility-home

Wait a minute, it stopped raining....

2007-05-13T20:41:00.000-04:00

A funny thing happened on my way to my week in Second Life. After a cold, wet and miserable spring in New England, the sun came out and spring was sprung. All of a sudden SL could not compete with spring in RL in all its glory. Work also picked up to a whole new level of intensity as projects that were in planning and formation stages have started to come together, and now are requiring extra

Day 2 - The SL Vacation of Estaban Zenovka

2007-04-15T16:36:00.000-04:00

The RL Blog of the Sl Vacation of Estaban Zenovka Day 2 - 4/15/07 7:00-8:00 AM I had a little time to play this AM. I was able to modify my appearance and learned how to thicken my body into a hunkier, muscular SL me rather the relatively skinny “city-hip” avatar that I began with. I liked the shocking green hairdo that I developed. From one of the tips I learned, I “forced” daylight so

The Spring Break of Estaban Zenovka - A RL Blog of a SL Experience

2007-04-12T22:19:00.000-04:00

A RL Blog of a SL experience The Spring Break of Estaban Zenovka I have now been in SL 3 times. I joined last weekend. Made an avatar and wandered pretty clueless for a while. I completed the orientation island sequence and wandered around aimlessly. I realized here I have no skills, little knowledge, and currently no skills and no way to make money. Like a FOB (fresh off the boat)

My Take on Imus

2007-04-08T22:29:00.000-04:00

My take on Chris Lehman's Imus post in: Practical Theory My Take on Imus. A little disclosure. 1) I grew up in western CT. I turned in my teenage years to New York radio to follow sports (Mets, Rangers, Knicks, and Giants). In that capacity I ran across Imus in his early years of shock jockism when he was local and just NY market. Our view: Porn was Amero's burdenFailure to protect children is the crime Julie Amero is scheduled to be sentenced March 29 in Norwich Superior Court. It is a sentencing and a case that has received international attention.Amero could

From Peter Reilly's- Ed tech Journeys

2007-03-16T15:41:00.001-04:00

Ed Tech JourneysEducation’s Hidden Messages March 16th, 2007 by preillyHidden messages are being delivered by our educational system to our students each and every day. Peter asks and discusses what are these hidden messages? Everytime I read Peter Reilly, my jaw drops and my brain hurts. Thank you, Pete.

For Fran - an aspiring Math teacher

2007-03-15T18:32:00.000-04:00

Via Cool Cat Teacher7math » home: "Welcome to the Seventh Grade Math Page!Thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to share any ideas or resources you use for teaching any of the topics listed below.Alabama Course of Study - 7th Grade Math1 - Integers2 – Order of Operations3 – Rational Numbers4 – Patterns as Algebraic Equation5 – Translate Algebraic Expressions6 – Equations7 – Transformations8 –

Latest Article in Local Paper on Sub Teacher Porn Case

2007-03-09T16:51:00.000-05:00

Latest Article in Local Paper on Sub Teacher Porn Casehttp://norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/NEWS01/703090344Experts rebuke Amero ruling By GREG SMITHNorwich Bulletin The president of a Florida computer protection software company, skeptical of

MySpace.com in CT

2007-03-08T06:02:00.000-05:00

Several of the local TV news stations gave the story below a bit more detail including the fact that if you were under 18 along w/ the age verification the parent would have to be given access to their child's site. I have not seen any details on how this would be done but in his news conference, Blumenthal declared that "there is no excuse, the technology exists".More to come as the legislature

Teacher Porn Case - Open Letter in Hartford Courant

2007-03-06T07:06:00.000-05:00

An 1/8 Page Appearing on Page A4 in the Hartford Courant, March 6, 2007 An Open Letter To Chief States Attorney Kevin T. Kane The Julie Amero case created outrage in internet forums and among computer experts all over the country. Briefly, Julie Amero was seven months pregnant and acting as a substitute seventh grade teacher in Norwich, Connecticut. She left the classroom briefly, and while

For Music Lovers - this is great

2007-03-04T17:25:00.001-05:00

I just became aware of this site which is like an Internet radio station. You put in a song or artist you like and it finds other music similar. I just played with it today but I think you can end up combining artists into play mixes. As I have pretty obscure musical tastes this has been a treat today.http://www.pandora.com/

ACES - Make the Connection: iPods and Podcasting in World Languages and ESOL

2007-02-27T20:22:00.000-05:00

Went to a pretty good workshop presented by the ACES – the Regional Educational Service Center (RESC) that services the greater New Haven area - ACES - Make the Connection: iPods and Podcasting in World Languages and ESOL A bunch of us went to see what folks were doing with World language and podcasting. It was really pretty good. It was Apple dominated (and co-sponsored), so you got

Testing Testing Testing

2007-02-27T18:34:00.000-05:00

Mac and Windows Podcasting Software

2007-02-27T14:14:00.001-05:00

List of Mac and Windows Podcasting SoftwarePodcasting Software (Publishing)

Inaction sank sub teacher in school porn case; read the full trial transcript

2007-02-25T13:32:00.001-05:00

Well, the Norwich "teacher porn" case made the front page of the Sunday Edition of the Norwich Bulletin as a feature with side bars and extended coverage on their website. Links below should lead you to full transcripts of the trial and the commentary of local commentators on the story can also be read.My take? Been there done that. Had adware and adware storms attack some of my school computers.

Norwich Substitute Teacher Porn Case May Be Delayed

2007-02-22T07:20:00.001-05:00

This morning's offerings from the local newspaper's reporting of this case. A few notes from me: 1) It is my emphasis on the letter to the editor below. You are hearing this theme more and more from folks outside the system, as they comment. It seems that if you have a computer back ground and some distance, the first thing t hat strikes you is - How did that porn pop-up storm happen on a

Better link to eSchool News Article - Steve Jobs Criticizism of Teacher Unions

2007-02-20T13:00:00.001-05:00

eSchool News online - Jobs, Dell appraise technology, schools According to Jobs, no amount of technology can hope to improve schools, until principals and superintendents have the ability to make personnel decisions independent of union oversight. If schools really want to perform like businesses, Jobs said, the first step is for administrators to start acting more like CEOs, and less like

Apple CEO blasts teacher unions; Dell encourages innovation, unveils new web site

2007-02-20T12:47:00.001-05:00

eSchool News online - Jobs, Dell appraise technology, schools Jobs, Dell appraise technology, schools Apple CEO blasts teacher unions; Dell encourages innovation, unveils new web site From eSchool News staff and wire services In a joint appearance in front of executives and educational technology advocates at a statewide summit in Texas Feb. 16, Apple CEO Steve Jobs

From preilly

2007-02-20T07:06:00.001-05:00

Ed Tech Journeys Shake your head when you see a school district with more than 100 infrastructure support people: custodians, drivers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, etc.; and (4) network technicians to maintain thousands of computers in sixteen buildings. Pray when you hear of a school district that has no security budget, hasn’t audited its greatest vulnerabilities, has

Federal Resources for Educators has an updated interface

2007-02-15T19:15:00.001-05:00

CT Educational Technology & Information Literacy: Federal Resources for Educators has an updated interface From Art Skerker (CT SDE) : Thursday, February 15, 2007 Federal Resources for Educators has an updated interface FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. (http://

Tends to Watch in Education

2007-02-14T22:15:00.001-05:00

From eSchool news: eSchool News online - Report identifies ed-tech trends to watch

Yaay Diigo!

2007-02-14T18:24:00.000-05:00

Looks like Diigo has figured out how to interface with the "new" Blogger. Thus you can find an item or page on the 'Net an post it to multiple blogs. Cool!

Teacher denies guilt in porn case

2007-02-14T18:21:00.001-05:00

The latest article (w/ local reader comments) on this case. These towns are nearby to me. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS01/70214003 Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.: "Norwich substitute is ‘scared’ Teacher denies guilt in porn case" Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.

Passion?

2007-02-13T20:30:00.000-05:00

There have been a few postings of the future of Web 2.0 in schools and where it needs to go, what is needed next and who will bring it forward. One thread has been around passion for teaching. It was my great delight to watch the recent PBS series on the Supreme Court. One of the commentators was R. Kent Newmyer, now Professor Emeritus of the University of Connecticut. The face was older, more

OR Virtual Charter School from eSchool News

2007-02-10T22:51:00.000-05:00

eSchool News online

Tagged

2007-02-10T22:24:00.000-05:00

I am flattered to have been tagged by Rick Schrieber for a Leadership Meme - “What are seven qualities we don’t know about you that help you be a leader?“ I do not know about this. There are clearly days when I do not think that I lead much, or lead well, but here goes: 1. The Ability to Think Ahead: It is important to me to understand what might be coming around the next corner, get there first,

Youtube in the classroom

2007-02-10T18:59:00.000-05:00

Comment I left on Chris Lehmann's Practical TheoryI too struggle with this. In my district, I am one of the people excited by Web 2.0 and who has a set of keys to the filtering system. I think that I am expansive and liberal in my thought, but conservative in action. I take very seriously that every day 1500 mothers and fathers hand me their most precious possessions, their children. If I do

Testing Again

2007-01-29T23:01:00.000-05:00

Seriously Tired

2007-01-29T22:21:00.000-05:00

Post New Year's 5k - Central Park, NYC 1/1/2007

Testing, Testing, Testing

2007-01-29T22:15:00.000-05:00

Web 2.0 Tools

2007-01-26T06:32:00.000-05:00

Life In The Fast Lane: "Silvia Tolisano (Langwitches) blogging from the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) about Kathy Schrock’s presentation has a nice outline of Web 2.0 toolsLangwitches » FETC 2007 - Shedding Light on Web 2.0 with Kathy Schrock Listen to this podcast

2 Cents Worth » Reflections on Science Blogging Conference

2007-01-22T07:36:00.000-05:00

David Warlick has some very interesting observations about this science blogging conference. Don't forget to check out his reference to the Hitchikr posts 2 Cents Worth » Reflections on Science Blogging Conference

Links for EASTCONN Talk 1/18/07 - Six Months After NECC’06: Open Source » Life In The Fast Lane

2007-01-18T18:28:00.000-05:00

Cross Posting for EASTCONN Talk - Open SourceLinks for EASTCONN Talk 1/18/07 - Six Months After NECC’06: Open Source » Life In The Fast Lane

Links for EASTCONN Talk 1/18/07 - Six Months After NECC’06: Edublogs » Life In The Fast Lane

2007-01-18T18:27:00.000-05:00

Cross posting fromEaSTCONN talk - EdubloggingLinks for EASTCONN Talk 1/18/07 - Six Months After NECC’06: Edublogs » Life In The Fast Lane

Life In The Fast Lane

2007-01-18T18:26:00.000-05:00

Life In The Fast LaneEASTCONN Talk Cross posting - $100 Laptop