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Will has posted an entry that addresses a topic we’re going to hear quite a bit about for the next few years. With students doing so much publishing, on line safety is an issue that is going to be at the forefront of many people’s minds. His post specifically deals with Xanga, but […]

This little tidbit has been sitting in my ‘to blog’ file for long enough that I forgot where I got it from. The problem with passwords it that most people use the exact same one for every site. If somebody discovers your password, they more than likely have access to an incredible number […]

Well, the survey is all set to go! In celebration of my 200th post here at Teach42.com, I’m giving away a free Flickr Pro account. Personally, I love Flickr and think it’s a fabulous service.
Here’s how you can win. Below you will find a link to a brief survey […]

Couple of interesting podcast items from the Chicago front. First of all, the local chapter of NBC is now producing three podcasts daily, one about the news, one about health and one about entertainment. They claim that they are the “first major market TV station in the country to offer daily podcasts.” […]

Saw this post by James Farmer and realized that it’s been a while since I posted a link to his IncSub blogs. It’s an install of WordPress Multiuser that he has opened up to educators. Hey says, “It’s the best free edublogging service I know.” I do have to admit that I’m […]

Will Richardson has a post entitled Learning to Learn that I can really get behind. I know this is going to sound crazy, but I think one of the problems with education to day is that we spend far too much time teaching.
Want me to wait for a minute so you can […]

Warning: Once again, these are notes that I’m taking during a meeting which has a few presentations in it. Forgive the grammar mistakes, forgive the seriously informal voice, and most of all forgive the tangents. It’s just the way I interact with material I’m experiencing. Just go with the flow!
I’m taking […]

Ok, I have way too much going on to hold off and do what I wanted to for the 200th post. So instead, I’ll announce what I will be doing! First of all, I ecstatic that I made it to 200 posts. It’s an arbitrary number, but I’m still excited nontheless. […]

Well, it looks like I’ve got it worked out so I can attend NECC this year! To say that I’m excited would be a gross understatement. Of course, I’m not content to simply attend, this is way too much of an opportunity to squander. I’ll definitely be doing something similar to ICECasting […]

The Apple Learning Interchange has a workshop conducted by Alan November entitled Fearless Learners, Courageous Teachers. The session itself is definitely worth watching, particularly if you’ve never seen Alan in person. However, what’s got me jazzed up right now is the way it’s organized and presented.
This is basically no different than […]

Will is constantly talking about the people drinking the Blog “Kool-Aid”. It’s a pretty poignant analogy, and in my last podcast I talked about people drinking the Podcast Kool-Aid as well. However, leave it to an art teacher, The Academic Aesthetic, to come up with a logo to go along with the phrase. […]

Every once in a while, I check the Technorati feed for people who have linked to my site or podcast (Ok, that’s a lie, I check it all the time). Somehow I missed this one though. Will caught wind of the EduPodcasting explosion that has been going on lately. He referred […]

I did my first Google search of the day about 15 minutes after I arrived at school. I noticed in the upper left hand corner that Google logo looked a little different. Personally, I’ve always been a big fan of the artwork Google substitutes in for their logo on various occasions, so I […]

I’ve been thinking about why there aren’t more teachers drinking the blog Kool Aid. At every conference, blog sessions tend to overfill their rooms. Blog was the word of the year last year! Everyone has heard of it, but it still seems to me that relatively few educators are actually making use […]

Found this Podcast Hosting roundup today. Podcasting is so new that the companies targeting it are just barely starting to crawl out of the woodwork. However, I have to admit that so far I have yet to be thrilled with any services directly aimed at podcasters. From my experience, LibSyn.org does do […]