Monthly Archives: January 2007

Wiki Concerns

Last year I had one of those incredible professional discoveries. I think these discoveries only come along once every few years. During my search last year for quality Professional Development I stumbled across the Education.au organisation. I had a chance … Continue reading

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Public School Students Getting $100 for High Scores on Exams!

An eastern Ohio school district is experimenting with an incentive usually deployed by parents to coax good grades out of students — paying them up to $100 for good performances on state achievement exams. So what do we think of … Continue reading

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Someone thought I was interesting…

Recieved an email from Russ Egan last night requested an interview about my life as an educator.  If you are interested the interview is on his site. Thanks for the chance to share some thoughts Russ!!  Blogged with Flock

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School 2.0 Project

After taking some time this afternoon to look over some blogs that I have failed to keep up with I came across the School 2.0 Project. This looks like a great project with plenty of promise….  Worth keeping an eye … Continue reading

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Where does time go….. Time to KISS…

I have had an extremely busy week and a bit since coming back to work after the Christmas break. I had planned to get a podcast up this week but things got out of control and once again I stopped … Continue reading

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Macworld 2007 Keynote on iTunes

Apple has created a podcast page on the iTunes Store for the Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address. It is a very large file (over 1gig) but it is worth downloading for a few reasons. Number 1 this is just … Continue reading

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Steve Note Set to music!!

Who would have thought that you could sum up an 1.5 hour address in a song. This is great…. Some genius has mixed the stevenote (Steve Jobs Keynote Address at Macworld) to some funky music. Apple nuts will do anything!! … Continue reading

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I am Back

I am back after a great Christmas break.  Looking forward to a great 2007.  Have been back at work for almost a week now and have just started getting my head around another busy year.  I have started my morning … Continue reading

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