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If I were stuck on a desert island with one piece of technology…
Suddenly this week, CPS (“the clickers”) became the hot-ticket item. Their use goes in spurts – for a while noone uses them, then all of a sudden everyone wants them. At the Erie 1 BOCES Technology Integrators Forum (TIF) thiis week, 2 teachers presented about their use of CPS. At Heim, quite a few teachers…
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A Good Track Record So Far
We had our first technical error today that prevented us from broadcasting video announcements. It became clear right afterward that the issue was not enough disk space on the hard drive of the computer. These video files eat A LOT of space, and the show was not saved as we expected. The crew (especially Amy…
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And then October flew by also…
But this time, we have a reasonable excuse! Dubbed the October Suprise, we in WNY spent almost 2 weeks recovering from a snowstorm that caused havoc by snapping major branches off of almost every tree in the area. The Russo household fared about the same as most – we lost power for 6 days, had…
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In your words…
…what is a podcast? They are everywhere, but I’m curious how you define what one is. Do you use them/watch them/listen to them? Post your reply here (by clicking on the comment link above, just under the title of this post) and describe as best you can what a podcast is. Image citation: Weave. �Podcast…
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Where Did September Go?
So the last post was the day before the computer lab opened, and now *blink* and its the end of September already – yikes! Its been an awesome couple of weeks – the labs are humming with business, Open House went well, and some of our Staff Development initiatives are under way. Wow, what a…
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Welcome!
The computer lab opens for business tomorrow morning – its been a busy start to the year, but we are ready to go (for the most part – seems like there are always “loose ends” to take care of!). New question – now that we have settled in for a few days, what are you…
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Summer Haiku
Welcome back, everyone! I’d love to hear how your summer was – so let’s try it in the form of a haiku. I’ve read up on haiku a little, and the “rules” for them are not set in stone – but typically one is set with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables in…
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Hey you mouse potato – you wanna supersize that !?!?!?
Merriam-Webster has updated its 2006 Collegiate Dictionary, and added approximately 100 new words. In the technology category, mouse potato is a newcomer, and the definition is exactly what you would expect. Like its cousin the couch potato who spends too much time in front of the TV, such is the case with the mouse potato…
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Predictions for the New Year
Happy New Year!!! Well, almost…still a couple of weeks before we start…sorry to our southern neighbors who are already back 🙂 Andy Carvin posted his Back to School: Five Predictions… today, and encouraged others to do the same, so here we go. I’ll start by briefly commenting on his five predictions: 1. The Cell Phone…
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What’s the Beef?
Blogs! Wikis! Podcasts! Aggregators! Web 2.0! In a salute to the great Wendy’s slogan of the 80’s, the “beef” of current trends in technology are NOT those things listed above. Those items (except for Web 2.0 which is a general label for all of the latest technology trends on the web) are awesome products of…