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15 Apr

4-15-13 Genesis Update

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This tutorial covers: Sending an email progress report via Genesis contacts page to parents, counselors, students, and/or VPs. Creating an email list by class, including parents, counselors, students, and/or VPs Webdesk Add assignment page- adding a title and
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19 Mar

A new way to think of searching…

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Check out this Google tool: http://www.google.com/think/tools/real-time-insights.html It’s interesting when searching is put into terms of “What are people looking for?” (Google Trends) or “What are people saying around the web?” (What do you love?-this was my favorite!). This is a
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25 Oct

Collaboration Example: Filming an advertisement for your club or activity

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Did you see the promo today? Here’s how it was produced: 10-19-12 Brian, Matt wants the Mix It Up commercial to air this Friday, Oct. 26th…is there anyway you can have someone film us Tuesday afternoon? If so, can
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22 Oct

Timeline: Filming an advertisement for your club or activity

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I’m excited that there is so much interest in Shawnee TV and opportunities for production experiences. We have a camera at almost every event that happens throughout the year, and try to accommodate all requests. I have a few suggestions
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05 Oct

Case Study: Google Calendar

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In the spirit of learning from experience, lets look into classrooms for officially tested tried and true technology.  Mike Casey sets up effective (and easy to use) Google Calendars (with cell phone and other mobile device access and reminders!) for
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03 Sep

Not Boring: Faces of Immersion. Children’s Faces Filmed While Playing Video Games

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Have you ever “leaned into” a video game, maybe while playing a car racing game? If so, you know the feeling: total immersion.  Bill Seng showed us this video from a recent New York Times post during our iPad pilot:
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21 Feb

Best Free Edtech Tools on the Web 2011-2012

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Rosemary Johnson and I presented to a large group of our faculty at our recent in service this list of free web tools: http://fur.ly/0/2_17_12shawneetechpresentation Each tool was presented in a minute, teachers were asked to explain how they have already
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29 Jan

NPR: Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool

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The buzz words are out there: flipped classroom, guide on the side vs. sage on the stage, or as Ian Jukes calls it, “full frontal”. On January 12th,  NPR’s “All Things Considered” aired a story on education titled Physicists Seek To
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01 Jan

2011 in review

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WordPress.com released a nicely designed summary for the blog postings on this site.  Very cool.  Thanks for visiting this page!  Happy New Year! Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about
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06 Dec

Be a Zen Searchmaster or Build a Network of Intelligent Friends…

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I enjoy answering questions.  Not knowing the answer to a question is even more fun.  The novelty brings about new learning.  I enjoy the challenge. I frequently use Google (surprise!) to answer most questions, most times using simple key words
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