Yazan: amoore | 14 April 2012 | No Comments
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Over the last few years, I have attempted to sell and market some t-shirts on cafepress.com. After many failed attempts to create good looking shirts, I decided to change the store. Zazzle look pretty promising. I like their updated technology and hope that the product will finally catch on. Here is a flash panel of [...]
Yazan: amoore | 18 February 2012 | No Comments
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Yesterday, the boys and I decided to take a walk through the woods and fields surrounding our house. It was a great trip. Today, Parker and I decided to expand the trip a little farther. Our goal was to make it to the creek! I decided to take along a little technology to help remember [...]
Yazan: amoore | 31 July 2011 | No Comments
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This is a short video as we drove through town. The immensity of the storm is still really unbelievable. Notice in the video how wide the path of destruction was. Something to remember is that this is 2 months after! The wreckage that you see sporadically is what covered the entire area after the storm. [...]
Yazan: amoore | 29 July 2011 | No Comments
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We arrived in Joplin around 4:00 this afternoon. Mark Rohr (city manager and Brother-in-law) took us around town. The stories from he and his wife Lois, who has lived in Joplin her whole life were incredible. All I can really say right now is that the cliche “seeing it on TV doesn’t do it justice” [...]
Yazan: amoore | 28 July 2011 | No Comments
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We are getting ready to leave for Joplin later today. It has been 2 months since the tornado hit, but we finally have some time to travel out there. We are hoping to help wherever possible. I continue to be impressed by human nature! I mentioned briefly Tuesday morning to our morning basketball group (pictured [...]
Yazan: amoore | 12 July 2011 | No Comments
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This is a graphic that I created a long time ago to help teachers understand the power of providing resources for their learning community through a “classroom portal”. We first began using the term classroom portal back in 1998 as a metaphor to show that technology can provide a window into your classroom (Thank you [...]
Yazan: amoore | 29 June 2011 | No Comments
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Switch Change or Die http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/94/open_change-or-die.html Second Story They wanted to change things in very small increments… With a support system or road block. You have someone when you need it!!! You need the emotional response and motivation. This is the argument for having Learning Coaches with a specialization in technology in each building. The most [...]
Yazan: amoore | 29 June 2011 | No Comments
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Live notes from session…will be edited later What are interactive portfolios? Reflect and share in multiple formats – flickr, Diigo, sites, facebook, edmodo Balanced? Student centered Focus on interests, passions, goals Choice and voice reflection Lifelong learning School centered Standards Graduation requirements Becoming reflective students and teachers – book Unified #7 ePortfolio Vision Statement Active [...]
Yazan: amoore | 28 June 2011 | No Comments
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DIY Revolution There is a positive trend that is looking at DIY stuff. Fab – Neil gershenfeld Personal fabrication Bricolage How to make almost everything Making things is better than being passive Making good things is even better Robot Ballerina School does not teach Ballerina Scintonic body Geometry Sim-middle ages Phonograph story Reggio Emilia The [...]
Yazan: amoore | 28 June 2011 | No Comments
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Live session notes…will have to be edited Starts with two video trailers… Number the stars: We must look at both sides Root zone database Eli Pariser YouTube