Category: Russo’s Ramblings
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Middle Ages Project Rocks!
Hi everyone! So my blog is an example of a website where the web address is not the same as the title of the site. It can sometimes be difficult to determine all the details from a website, but with a little detective work you can do it! From a website, you want to try…
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All it Takes is Money…
We submitted an update to our 5-year Technology Plan today, along with our wishlist for technology purchases for next year. The wishlist shows exactly what we need now to meet all our technology goals, as outlined in the Technology Plan. The pricetag on the wishlist is a little over $200,000. It is not very likely…
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Podcasting “Behind the Scenes”
I had the pleasure of getting a behind-the-scenes look at producing a podcast today. My brother works at a local radio station. Each night they produce a podcast of the daily call-in show. I got a personal tour of trimming the audio file, converting it to m4a format, adding podcast chapters, and updating the xml…
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Firefox Fun
So, having a little time this week, I’ve been playing around with Firefox themes. I usually don’t mess around with these (meaning no time…) but it’s kinda cool to change things around. I found and really like the Noia 2.0 eXtreme – click on the image to enlarge.
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A New Appreciation…
Great news – the electricians have determined what the issue is has caused the power problems we have had. I have a new and renewed appreciation for electricity that we depend on every day. Not only for how it powers everything we do, but for how powerful it is. Check out this BrainPOP movie for…
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The Point of PowerPoint
“There is an ever present danger that the excitement of creating multimedia slides and presentations will distract students from the very real and difficult challenge of addressing a human audience, face-to-face, eye-to-eye.” – McKenzie, Jamie. “Scoring Power Points.” From Now On 10.1 (Sept. 2000). 30 Jan. 2006 http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html. The point of PowerPoint is to be…
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Keeping Up
I was teaching an inservice with Mr. Saia today about Internet search strategies. He made a comment that resonated with me – he said, “…the things we are showing you now about searching will all be different in 6 months…” Well, it was something along those lines – maybe not exactly. The point is, the…
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Knee Surgery, Anyone?
Edheads (www.edheads.org) is a cool site where you can learn some stuff about weather, simple machines, and yes, knee surgery. Check it out to try your hand at being a surgeon!
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Happy New Year!
PC Magazine has posted The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years. Without showing my age TOO much, let’s just say I own/owned at least 4 or 5 of the goodies on the list. While the box on the right may look like a dinosaur (and if you saw the graphics on it you…
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Student Showcase
If you have not checked out the Student Showcase in WITS recently, you should now. Quite a few recent projects have been posted – new Wall Tiles, PhotoShop collages, Colony Advertisements, and more!