VanishingPoint

Now, I like to think that I am a high falut’n VIP every now and then … well at least until I get home… family is such a humbling experience… Recently, I must have attracted someone’s attention because I received the following email back in late May:
Hi Scott,
As a quick introduction I’m from [...]

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I’ll admit it… I have been miserable at posting here… It is not that I have not have a ton to write about, I just have been really lazy with the little free time I have. Well maybe selfish is a better way to look at it, but still … I am a very big [...]

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Ok, I am really think that I should be asking what did you learn this week… but my brain is having time issues right now.  Let me give you a bit of background.  About 3 months ago, a colleague of my and I decided to offer a summer in-district course on Web 2.0… after [...]

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PHPmotion :: free video sharing script - free youtube clone - free youtube script - free video sharing software - you tube clone
Youtube type clone that can be put on a district server … think of the possibilities for digital stories!
(tags: Resources tools web2.0 youtube digitalstories)

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Charlotte Danielson’s framework on changing staff accountability
Notes to come in the future
(tags: iltce2008 charlottedanielson staffdevelopment)

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Fixitnow.com Samurai Appliance Repair Man: Appliance Repair Wisdom for the Ages: Appliance Tip of the Day: Replacing the Drive Coupler on a Whirlpool (or Kenmore) Direct Drive Washer
Awesome resource for self-help fix it projects. With this resource I was able to diagnose and repair a broken coupler on my washing machine. What could [...]

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Classroom - A Tale of Two Cities
I am so excited! This is a wiki that will be built and developed by her two freshman honors English classes. She approached her students with this idea as “A Tale of Two Cities” is a difficult novel to master. Before the end of the day two of [...]

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Safe Chat Universal Messenger with Parental Controls
Launch looks at making one of the main things that kids do online (chat) safer. Its a start but our teens are smart enough to get around the safety.
(tags: parenting internetsafety)

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This post comes on the heels of reading Will’s post, From Access to Information to Access to People… aw, dang…
[side not commentary here.  This is NOT what this post was intended to be about... well it's happened.  Will Richardson is so popular (he has reached 1000 people following him on twitter) he has been [...]

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Texas AG: MySpace safety plan is smoke and mirrors
Texas Attorney General’s response to MySpace developing a taskforce to create age/identity validation technologies to improve internet saftey on the social networking site.

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