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Digital Whiteboard for Under $60 Using a Wii Remote

April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!Digital whiteboards like the ones made by Smartboard can be very handy in a classroom, but they’re also heavy [...]

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Tags: Teaching · Technology

Wallpaper Images for Blackberry Users

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I just got myself a new Blackberry phone to help keep myself more organized, and I made some wallpaper images that I thought others might enjoy. Some are literary, and some are album covers, but all are images that I thought looked pretty cool. All images are 240×260 for the Blackberry Pearl:

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Tags: Technology

The Real Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Has Arrived

November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

It was only a matter of time before Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy became a reality. That time is now here. You can now purchase a working prototype of a real Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a book you can take anywhere that contains as complete a summary of human knowledge as [...]

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Tags: Education · General · Media Literacy · Reviews · Science Fiction · Teaching · Technology

How to Save YouTube Videos to Your Computer

October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

You want to show your class a Netsmartz Internet safety video or the “Hero in the Hallway” anti-bullying song, but your school’s Internet filtering software blocks YouTube.  One alternative is to download the video to your computer at home and then bring it to school on a CD-ROM or thumbdrive.  Here’s how:

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Tags: Technology · Video

No-Brainer Free Online Technology Conference for Teachers

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s free. It’s for beginners. Or geeks. It’s going on now. It’s the K12 Online Conference 2007:

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Tags: Professional Development · Teaching · Technology