One of the systems I support in my school district is a relatively new technology, a Learning Management System (LMS). Of course being a model of public K12, my system has some entrenched prior systems with unique idiosyncrasies. For the… Continue Reading →
National Public Radio’s Fresh Air segment on The Inquisition is an interview with Cullen Murphy, author of God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World. (National Public Radio, Fresh Air podcast. January 23, 2013) In this interview… Continue Reading →
One facet of my job is to support an LMS. I recently had occasion to enter the 200th trouble ticket and since it felt like a milestone I browsed through some of the previous tickets. How I have Grown I… Continue Reading →
Not that I am trying to deduct my TV bill on my taxes, but I had an educational epiphany while watching National Football League (NFL) playoff games this weekend. In the NFL teams change end zones after each quarter of… Continue Reading →
The week back from winter holiday is always an odd experience for any educator; the caffeine is never strong enough, every one seems to wander about trying to find the couch for the obligatory 2 PM nap, and work generally… Continue Reading →
Who am I you say? Oh, well, I am the blog owner. Although from the infrequency of my posts I can see why you might ask. I was weeding out my GoogleReader feed and was struck by the abandoned blogs… Continue Reading →
I have just transitioned to a new laptop and was mindful of the steps I took when customizing my new computer. I thought it was interesting to see what I “had” to do “first.” Here is the order so far:… Continue Reading →
I could not care less what celebrities think about anything, call it a personal bias. So the first time my Sirius radio station was talking about how Jon Bon Jovi blames Steve Jobs for killing the music industry I didn’t… Continue Reading →
And you thought getting someone to buy you technology was tough. The first things cut are teacher professional days or the purchasing of new equipment. Try getting technology and training/professional development together!
But imagine a job where you were hired for your high degree of competency … and then a topic sneaks up on you in which you feel you are tremendously ill-prepared.
This is the type of educating that any person in the school can do to help prepare our decision makers for the tough choices in technology they will surely encounter.
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