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  • 2008 Predictions

    This is one of the few last posts of the year as I take a bit of a break and as has become tradition, here are my predictions for the coming year and a review from what I said last year. So here we go. Social Systems Advertising Buyout Search I think that this coming…

  • Make it relevant

    In a recent story from Teaching Professor, Camille Belolan of Bloomsburg University wrote about about bringing media into the classroom. I think this is a quaint idea as many k-12 teachers have been doing this for quite some time – make content relevant by connecting what is in the classroom to what is outside the…

  • Picture of the Week – Still Blooming

    Still Blooming Originally uploaded by idarknight. Well, it seems that there is still no snow on the ground, so while not here, I’m sure there are flowers still blooming somewhere.I really like how the 200 can pull out colors so easily. I can’t wait to try some candids or portraits, hopefully Paris provides that opportunity.…

  • American (perhaps North American) kids are not even close

    According to a report released by SETDA and ISTE (summarized by THE), there are a number of points that should be addressed. I’ll comment on then as how I see Alberta and the U of A (in Science) might be handling this. First: Even if all students mastered core academic subjects, they still would be…

  • Increased accessibilty by using tools and design

    I went to two sessions in the afternoon – the first mentioned UDL and the other one about using cameras or iPods in classes. The take away message that I got from the sessions boils down to “if you design it for everyone, it helps everyone, if you give students more than one way to…