August 2009

YOUniversity: Virtual College Tours

August 30, 2009

I spent some time this evening on a new site known as YOUniveristy. According to eSchool News, YOUniversity, a “Boynton Beach, Fla., startup YOUniversity LLC is hoping to draw users to its sites by offering prospective college students an unbiased, third-party source of information about hundreds of schools in an interactive, social environment”. The Career [...]

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I love to help, but…

August 26, 2009

sometimes this is tempting to pass out instead: </>

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Student Resume Resources by Microsoft Student

August 24, 2009

I came across a cool resource by Microsoft Student tonight called “Own Your Future”. From the funky design of the web page, to the opening video with Kevin Connolly (‘E’ from Entourage), this looks like a site that will capture my students’ attention instantly. The opening video has several good points for students (or anyone [...]

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Gadget (Pre)view: HTC Touch Pro 2

August 23, 2009

I’ve been exploring the features of my new phone, the HTC Touch Pro 2, for the past few days. I haven’t had time to write a proper review yet (it’s coming soon!), but I did want to share a photo I took with it yesterday. This is completely straight out of the phone, no retouching [...]

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What I’m Reading Right Now

August 21, 2009

Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers (Voices That Matter); by Shel Perkins Amazon Description: “This comprehensive guide includes everything designers need—besides talent—to turn their artistic success into business success. You’ll find information on key issues facing designers from freelancing to the management of established design firms. A strong visual focus and to-the-point text [...]

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Public Service Announcement: The Dangers of Texting While Driving

August 18, 2009

Almost two years ago, several of my students participated in a Business Professionals of America (BPA) activity where they created a presentation about the dangers of texting while driving. I remember thinking “What? Who does that?” and being shocked that it was actually possible to do such a thing. My class partnered up with the [...]

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Social Networking for Teachers is coming soon!

August 17, 2009

I read about a new site today, BetterLesson, which bills itself as place that is  “committed to saving educators from ‘reinventing the wheel,’ giving them more time to focus on creating innovative content, delivering innovative content, grading, tutoring, analyzing data, communicating with parents, finishing paperwork, and sleeping.” It was started by a group of teachers [...]

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Student motivation

August 14, 2009

As the new school year quickly approaches, I find myself thinking about the typical things – what will my new students be like? Will they be excited to learn? How can I get them excited if they aren’t already? I read an article on a blog today about motivating students. In it, the author was [...]

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Online resources: Thinkfinity

August 13, 2009

Yesterday, I drove down to Dover to attend a Thinkfinity Field Trainer workshop. According to the Delaware Center for Educational Technology’s (DCET) website, “Thinkfinity.org is a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational and literacy organizations. This web portal brings together over 55,000 free, standards-based resources including lesson plans, interactives, reviewed web [...]

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Social networking with a Science focus?

August 10, 2009

I learned about a interesting technology resource for Science teachers today called Scitable. There was an article written about it on Forbes’ site here. According to site, their content “currently concentrates on genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms”. The site is so far geared towards the undergraduate-level student, [...]

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