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Month: October 2014
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It is the nature of us that the few will make YouTube videos about car repair so that rest of us can be “YouTube” mechanics. In such a reality, do we all need to learn how to make videos the same way we all must learn how to read and write? I don’t know the answer but…
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Recently, Jon Corippo called me out on twitter for taking the easy route with chromebooks when it comes to getting devices into the hands of students. I respect Jon immensely as a visionary educational leader who consistently challenges me to think about what I am doing and why. In fact, Jon is the person who…
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Fall CUE has come and gone. What a weekend. After an hour and a half turned three and a half hour drive up Thursday night, Friday morning came way too early. CUE had a new registration system in place. One that involved bar codes and printing instead of manual hunt and peck through folders. After…
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I’ll cut to the chase. There is no such thing as the perfect device. Not in our personal lives and certainly not in school. While I tend to gravitate to my tiny iPhone 5 for twitter, calendar, email, photos, video and the occasional phone call, I do my serious work on a MacBook or more…
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I am working on my last minute addition to the #fallcue presentation lineup for Saturday entitled “Going 1:1 with Chromebooks” and I’m having a hard time finding enough material to cover the 50 minutes. Chromebooks are just too easy. It goes something like this Step 1. Go Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Step 2. Get good…
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This past weekend, Mike Vollmert, my co-host on rebootED podcast, and I helped a one school district jump start their journey into the 21st Century. People that follow my smallschoolbigtech.com podcast know I’ve got a soft spot for small schools. I’ve spent the majority of my edtech career helping small schools go big with technology but…
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Badges! I can’t believe it’s already the end of October. The school year is flying by. I’m super excited to have 20 teachers and a Principal from my district attending Fall CUE this year. I love Fall CUE because it is a totally accessible conference for first timers, given it’s relatively small size of 1200+…
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An old acronym from my Army days. I think it’s apropos for the general state of technology support in California Public Schools. The above is the work safe definition, by the way. Checkout wikipedia for the grown up version. I’ve been thinking a lot about tech support lately. The boots on the ground, in your face…
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