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Video Gaming
So we finally moved into the gaming era, albeit quite late, with the acquisition of a wii over the holiday. The girls are quite the dancers and bowlers already! That got me thinking what are we doing with gaming in our schools? I will assume you hear about the interesting things they do with World of Warcraft [...]
The Whole Reason for the Internet: Interpreting Data
The internet gives a powerful tool to us–a way to utilize a huge amount of data. For instance death and birth rates in the US in real time. Yeah, just head over to https://googledrive.com/host/0B_n1OLMaOursZUwxSUpsX1JFb1E/ and see this simulation using US Census data. Pretty powerful. Does not matter if you use a tablet or PC, Apple or [...]
BYOD Progress
In our district we continue to plan for the inevitable…BYOD. Bring your own device. Allowing students and staff to bring in their laptops, tablets, netbooks, and phones and using school system connectivity. To plan for it, we completed a massive upgrade of our wireless LANs at each school, adding about 40-50 N WAPs to each [...]
ScootPad
I first found this good resource from Richard Byrne’s site at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/. I always find lots of great resources there, and if you do not subscribe, you need to. So he recently reviewed a very interesting site, ScootPad. So at first glance, ScootPad includes EVERYTHING. A way to practice math, reading, even spelling. Ties to the [...]
Rollercoaster Designer
Anyone remember the old Roller Coaster Tycoon games? I LOVED them! As an avid roller coaster fan, building my own amusement park represented the next logical step. I could manage money, build coasters and ride to meet the desires of my ‘guests,’ all within a safe simulation. So of course I used it when I [...]