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The Best Thing on The Internet

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Quite Possibly the BEST THING EVER ON THE INTERNET
Shiba Inu Puppy Cam Oh. It’s live. Oh, it’s adorable. Reminds me of Foxy.

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Tags: Stupid Internet... · Technology

Getting kids off the couch

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

There’s a middle school teacher in Denver on a quest to get kids off their butts and get outside and do something. To get press for his cause, he decided to go to the 50 highest points in 50 states in 50 days. And to my Web 2.0 glee, he blogged it!
Yes, the high point [...]

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Tags: Technology · We Go Outdoors

More awesome

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

New theme is up.
It’s….darker. Let me know if anything looks funny.
I also installed a neat plugin that makes the site PDA, cell phone, and iPhone compatible.
I’ve been working on my school’s site. We’re going to be using WordPress there too. Just have to make sure the district installs MySQL and PHP right on our server. [...]

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Tags: Blog Stuff · Technology

Holy mother of pearl!

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

That’s all I gotta say about that!

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Tags: Stupid Internet... · Technology

Talkin’ ’bout a revolution

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I mentioned in passing yesterday about the Remote application for iPhone. But let me go into detail about Mac OS iPhone 2.0.
I downloaded the software on Thursday thanks to AppleInsider pointing out the final build available on the internets. After a painless but long install I got it loaded onto my phone. In the interim [...]

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Tags: Technology

I have an interview tomorrow

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

And its for a job that I really want. 6th grade social studies. And if I were to land that job, it would be wicked awesome. I have gone all out for this one. Created a powerpoint presentation, printing up brochures to hand out, and I’m practicing my oratory skills this evening to make sure [...]

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Tags: Personal Stuff · Technology

French French Revolution

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Students were clamoring to have French French Revolution uploaded so they could see it again. Now it is.

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Tags: Classroom Things · Technology

I Have a Plan For Technology

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I have a plan to have students record a podcast to the internet. What they’ll record, I have no idea. However, I already have a hosting solution. Gcast. When it’s ready I’ll surely post a link.
We’re doing World War II tomorrow in Social Studies, so might be something to do with that.

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Tags: Classroom Things · Technology

Activity for April 9th

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

With the election season looming upon us, information literacy is important. I would like to focus on the ability to read political cartoons.
This is by far one of the most difficult skills to master when dealing with either current events or historical cartoons. However, they are an excellent way to get the sense of an [...]

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Tags: Classroom Things · Technology

Valentine’s Fun

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

For today’s assignment, take a look at the GooglePages site I’ve set up specifically for today.Mr. Swanson’s Page. Links are provided from there.

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Tags: Classroom Things · Technology