Teach42

Maybe it’s just the title of his blog that hooked me in, but I’m going to be participating in Steli Efti’s EduBlogger Event 07 on Saturday! Basically, every hour a new author is going to put up a post on the SuperCoolSchool blog. For the entire next hour, people can converse back […]

Every once in a while, I check out my ‘ego-feed’ to see what links are coming in (Ok, ok, I do it several times a week) and came across the blog of Andrew Pass. He linked to the post I put up yesterday and responded with a series of ‘discussion starters’.
1. What […]

When I first started working for Discovery Education, I was really worried that people would shy away from the blog because they’d think of me as some kind of corporate shill. I’d like to think that it hasn’t happened. While I do link to some of the more important or significant events, largely […]

I like to look at the world through rose colored glasses. I think the vast majority of humanity has the best of intentions and are inherently good people. Alan actually said it pretty well when he commented, “I firmly believe that the numbers of times people create meaningful, positive connections via the net […]

Ever hear of IMSafer? I just learned about it. I’m not a big fan of filters and snooping software, because I think most kids will just think of it as a challenge. But I do kind of like the spirit of this one.
Basically it monitors all IM’s from your children’s accounts and […]

Ladies and Gentleman, this is the third podcast in as many days. Being published a day behind, but that’s no big deal. And I do believe that I’ve now published as many podcasts this week as the last 12 months combined. Yikes!
Topic: Filters… *grunt* What are they good for? Absolutely […]

Two for two! This podcast was recorded yesterday, but I didn’t get a chance to upload it till now. Audio kinda stinks, but sometimes you just have to make do with the tools you have. The fact that I could still create a podcast despite the fact that I had no equipment […]

Will Richardson announced today a new blog engine that he was hired to provide input for. It’s called 21 Classes, which I can only assume is an homage to Teach42, recognizing that they’re only half as cool as me
Anyway, based on my initial trial, this looks to be the first blog engine […]

Via my wife, Jessica.
Have you backed up your data lately? You will after you read this!
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.
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That’s what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk […]

A week or two ago, Alan posted something that really resonated with me about how we tend to focus so much on the stranger-danger side of the internet that you don’t hear about the positive side of networking with ’strangers’.
There is so much fear flying about internet behavior. Yes, there are real predators, and naive […]

I know, I know. It’s been freakin’ forever. But yes, I have uploaded a podcast. It’s about 16 minutes long. It doesn’t have a fancy intro. In fact, there’s no music or editing at all. No guests, no new resources for you, heck it probably doesn’t even merit show […]

I’ve mentioned DabbleDB on many an occasion. I use it extensively at Discovery Education and it has proved itself invaluable again and again. In a nutshell, by using DabbleDB we’ve been able to take the data we’ve been collecting and actually get real world use out of it. Not only that, but […]

This Wednesday, at 5:00pm EST, I’ll be hosting a free webinar presented by Doug Johnson. I’ve been a big fan of his Blue Skunk Blog, and heard nothing but stellar things about his presentations, so I’m really looking forward to it.
The topic is definitely one I’m sure most people would find interesting.
Policies […]

I just realized that I haven’t had a link to my hosting company, Bluehost, in my sidebar for quite a long time. While they aren’t really a sponsor, they do have an affiliate program that gives me a kickback if people signup for it through my link. There are quite a few other […]

A little humor to kick off the weekend. Via Hoagie’s Gifted
1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
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