Google being the behemoth that it is means that it is constantly under attack from many forms of spam. Newsgroups (Google Groups) get flooded with ads for Nike shoes, their email servers are pummeled with spam (hooray for good spam filters!), and when it comes to user creation for services like GMail, lots of bogus [...]
The thing that our esteemed Mr. Seamon should know is that it’s a dangerous situation, asking teachers to talk about themselves. We talk for a living!
My history of tech – well, let me put it this way – I remember using Yahoo when it was a Stanford University project, using a Windows 3.1 program [...]
Digital documents are created with many different programs. Many of my students use various versions of MS Office and some use Open Office. Others use Mac Pages and some use Wordpad. Over the years I have become pretty good at dealing with just about any kind of file format that’s thrown at me. I know [...]
Hello to all of you brave souls interested in integrating technology! I’m Sam Haskins, a part of the Senior class and a lifelong tech-aficionado. Since before I was in middle school, I’ve been fascinated with the way that computers and gadgets work. Interactions between parts of computers and their environments has [...]
I have always been a big fan of using test corrections. Sometimes they are required of all of my students and sometimes they are optional and students can earn some points back. Over the years I have worked to push my students to make more careful corrections. For the most part I haven’t had trouble, [...]
I started using del.icio.us in my two AP Calculus classrooms last week and the results have been grand. My two AP Calc classes have been tagging websites that they think are valuable to class with “stjcalc” along with whatever tags are applicable. You can view all of the pages they have tagged right here.
In order [...]
If you want to get in on the technology integration movement you need to do two things. You need to watch the presentation that’s embedded below and then follow the steps on the “Get Involved” page.
It is really important you complete the first step on the Get Involved page first. Having a GMail account is [...]
Here’s a recording of Thursday’s tech meeting. The sound is synced to the slide show so the slides will change by themselves at the appropriate times. You can also jump around from slide to slide and the audio will jump along with you. Keep in mind you can zoom in on any slide by hitting [...]
Here’s the general outline of what I’ll be presenting on Thursday:
1) Themes: You don’t know what you don’t know and anything is possible.
2) Immediate goals: Create a wide-ranging community, maximize how we use what we already have, and be transparent from day 1.
3) What now: Follow the “Get Involved” steps, start playing NOW, and [...]
The SJA tech revolution has begun.
If you’d like to be involved, plan on attending one of the following introductory meetings:
Thursday, 1/24, 7-7:30am
Thursday, 1/24, 3:30-4pm
NOTE: Both meetings are now in Thursday.
Both meetings will be held in the Library media room. We will be focusing on the new Academics Manager as well as several [...]