Category: Life Musings
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Managing the Internet in the Classroom
Managing classroom Internet can be a challenge for teachers. If you’re looking to have more control over the Internet in your classroom there are different ways to keep students in check throughout the school day. Having access to the Internet is a must for teachers preparing students to navigate the world outside of their classroom. Here…
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Fully Baked by Seth Godin
From Seth Godin’s blog – In medical school, an ongoing lesson is that there will be ongoing lessons. You’re never done. Surgeons and internists are expected to keep studying for their entire career—in fact, it’s required to keep a license valid. Knowledge workers, though, the people who manage, who go to meetings, who market, who…
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Alice Keeler’s Essential Chrome Extensions
The tech blogger/education professional who I turn to when I want to learn about Google apps for education is Alice a Keeler. Here is a link to the most recent piece I have read from Keeler; http://alicekeeler.com/2016/04/17/13-chrome-extensions/
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Race Car Drivers and Commuting
The following is an open letter to the young man driving the hopped up import car with the super fat muffler that sounds like a jet engine running down the street in front of me. Seriously dude, you remind me of a young Mario Andretti. Maybe even an Al Unser. You control your car in a…
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Raspberry Pi Sales
Have you heard of the Raspberry Pi mini computer? 10 million of them have been sold!
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Ten Things to Know About BC’s New Curriculum
Here are the 10 things you need to know about B.C.’s new curriculum: The basics of reading, writing and math remain at the heart of the education system. Students will learn – and be tested – on these core skills needed to succeed in university, in the workforce and in life. Tomorrow’s skills today – collaboration,…
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Google Classroom Without Student Email
How does your use of Google Classroom change if your district, like mine, has not activated the email part of students’ Google apps for education? http://alicekeeler.com/2015/03/06/google-classroom-no-student-email/
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Connecting a Chromebook to the Internet
Chromebooks are dandy devices but they work most effectively if you have Wi-Fi. However, the reality is that not all classrooms in all schools have total Wi-Fi coverage. If you want to connect a Chromebook to the Internet and you do not have Wi-Fi coverage you can still “hardwire” the Chromebook into your school network. …
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Summer for a Parent
This summer there have been three phrases that I have heard from my kids approximately 17,375,869 times. Not that I was keeping a precise count. Actually, I I was. The first phrase I heard the most frequently, from the earliest time of the morning was, “Papa, can you get me …” The next phrase quickly…
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The Things Kids Say…
I like to run my more “out there” ideas past my kids to see what they have to say about them and I have to admit I love some of their responses. For example, the other day I read about how kilts are making their way into more mainstream wardrobes. Not just traditional kilts, but…