Today was a productive day. I spent the morning clearing the immediate items off of my desk. I accompanied one half of our 5th Graders on their filming day. Today’s group is responsible for telling the story of Little India. There were no major technical difficulties, so I was able to shadow two groups of [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2007
Hanging on so I don’t fall off the Rutabaga Cart
April 29th, 2007 · No Comments · teaching and learning
An old Upper School head, Paul Perkinson, used to remark at this point in time of the year, that it was “important to hang on so you don’t fall off of the rutabaga cart as it flies downhill towards the end of the school year.” This year promises to be no different. This week alone, [...]
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Notes from the PC Tablet Roundtable
April 26th, 2007 · 5 Comments · teaching and learning
These are my notes from the PC Tablet Roundtable held at the Lake Forest Country Day School. Notes for the proceedings can be found on the Roundtable wiki. At Lake Forest Country Day School, they have seen use of classnotes and journal as being helpful. Glenbrook North (GBN), uses airliner with Texas Instruments integrated with [...]
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Birth of a New Blogger
April 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
My wife is a k-5 Music Teacher. Now that her major musical is finished, she was wanting to know how to create a blog like a collegue of hers. So, I sat down with her, created created her blog, and showed her how to add a post. She is now a certified blogger. Check out [...]
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A Sense of Pride and Satisfaction
April 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Staff Development, teaching and learning
As someone whose mission is to empower others so that they feel comfortable integrating technology on their own, it is gratifying when teachers and students begin to think of ways that they can utilize the tools and then do so on their own. Today, I had one of those experiences. Kevin Randolph (krandolph@nscds.org), one of [...]
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