September 29, 2008
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After reading about a candidate who could name only one Supreme Court landmark case, I decided to examine my own knowledge of the subject. The only two I could think of to add to the candidate’s list were Plessy v. … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
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Last week I created a claymation clip for the first time. I knew I could use iStopMotion from Boinx Software, but I wanted to try it with what all teachers and students have available on their laptops. I started with … Continue reading
September 20, 2008
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This past Thursday we launched our School Improvement Plan at GCPS. All teachers were involved in conversations that will hopefully make our schools better places to learn and work. I am very excited about this chance to give my input, … Continue reading
September 18, 2008
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Some of you are having problems when using math symbols in your Promethean flipcharts. You are not doing anything wrong. There is a fix out there. Check the version of ActivStudio you are running. Do this by clicking on the … Continue reading
September 16, 2008
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Thinking fondly about our old blogs, many of you will remember how much fun it was having to store media files in your Sites folder. All iWeb projects were also stored there. This year, we can simply upload our media … Continue reading
September 12, 2008
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We are in the process of upgrading many of our applications to new versions here at GCPS. All student computers were upgraded over the summer. Teacher laptops will be upgraded throughout the year in preparation for scheduled staff development. Here … Continue reading
September 11, 2008
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Today I received my invitation to submit a proposal to present at EdTech in Ashland, VA. I would like to extend this invitation to all the teachers at GCPS. Last year I submitted proposals for a presentations that listed several … Continue reading
September 9, 2008
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Today I am launching a series of podcasts to introduce our teachers and all other visitors to applications we don’t get a chance to cover in training. I hope to follow this first podcast with weekly installments throughout the year.
September 7, 2008
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Rob Dubbin celebrated Google’s 10th birthday by abstaining from using any of its services for a day. His account of this adventure appear in the Washington Post. Mr. Dubbin had an extremely difficult time avoiding Google, which seems to permeate … Continue reading
