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Monthly Archives June 2008

NECC Vendor Area

Today was the first opportunity to spend time in the vendor exhibits. For me, this used to be one of the most useful parts of a NECC trip. However, with more and more services and tools moving to the web, I personally have picked up less and less. One interesting item this year was that [...]

Posted 30 June 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

NETS-T Refreshed

ISTE announced the new Standards for Teachers this morning. Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity Design and Develop digital-age learning experiences Model Digital-Age Learning Promote and model digital citizenship Engage and professional growth I am sure groups of loyal ISTE-ites spent hours arguing over the wording of these values. One thing I noted in [...]

Posted 30 June 2008 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Killing Time at Necc 2008

necc08intro Originally uploaded by grabe This is pre-session day and I am not attending a pre-session. Cindy is off to a meeting with ADEs and I am exploring. Here is a short video from the Convention Center. I am spending a little time in the Bloggers’ Cafe. Lots of folks staring at their computer screens. [...]

Posted 29 June 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Twitter-II

I am still trying to find useful applications for Twitter and I am about 50-50 on whether this is a long term application for me. I am beginning to form some opinions: people I think are great as bloggers may annoy me on Twitter, I find little value in following those who Twitter (if that [...]

Posted 27 June 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °

Online at 2

My two-year old granddaughter likes to talk to grandpy (not sure how she spells it) on the computer. She stands on a chair, looks into the monitor, and talks about her day. She and new brother went to the park. She swings high. Her brother is a baby and just sits in the stroller. For [...]

Posted 26 June 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Hitchhikr

We leave for the National Educational Computing Conference on Saturday. We are lucky to be able to attend conferences. The cost of professional development is getting out of hand. Cindy’s costs are mostly covered by the school district, but I pay my own way. Travel costs keep increasing and we all are going to have [...]

Posted 26 June 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

NCLB and More Capable Students

Education Week (you may have to register for full access) recently offered several articles on NCLB. Putting the information together, it appears that NCLB has raised average performance, but has not benefited more able students. The data show, for instance, that from 2000 to 2007, the scores of the top 10 percent of students essentially [...]

Posted 25 June 2008 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: