VanishingPoint » intrinsiclearning http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org The point at which all imaginary lines of perspective converge. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 So You Have Microsoft Vista… Now What? http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/so-you-have-microsoft-vista-now-what/ http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/so-you-have-microsoft-vista-now-what/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:47:22 +0000 vanishingpoint http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/so-you-have-microsoft-vista-now-what/ image Hey all,  I just wanted to put out a plug for a seminar session I am going to be doing on Monday night . (7pm CST I believe) at the Mount Prospect Public Library, Mt. Prospect, IL.  As you can see from the title, the sessions will be about upgrading to Windows Vista (through either an upgrade or buying a new PC).   This session will NOT focus on installing Vista…

Right now here is the partial agenda / topics I have for the session:

  • Overview of the differences between XP and Vista
  • How to choose a Vista Version
  • New helpful features in Vista
  • How to find and organize your data in Vista
  • How to move your old files and data to your new Vista PC
  • Demonstrating new entertainment and sharing applications

Session Notes and Information will be maintained in a Zoho Notebook.  You can click here for the notebook (still in development).  Additionally, I will be embedding the notebook on the presentations page of this blog and into the VP Wiki.

I am still going back and forth on building out my own information or leveraging most of Microsoft’s own website.  Also, I am a bit concerned about copyright violation even just screen clipping from my Vista installation…

Finally, I will be uStreaming the entire session at: VanishingPoint (Not sure if I will have chat capabilities through the Mount Prospect Public Library so I may be streaming via BYOB through my Motorola Q Global.)

~Scott

]]> http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/so-you-have-microsoft-vista-now-what/feed/ 0 "Big Rocks" and Classroom Apathy (Stream of Consciousness) http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/big-rocks-and-classroom-apathy-stream-of-consciousness/ http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/big-rocks-and-classroom-apathy-stream-of-consciousness/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:44:34 +0000 vanishingpoint http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/big-rocks-and-classroom-apathy-stream-of-consciousness/ En route to the SnowiesWell, here I am at a crossroads. While on one hand I want to start podcasting, on the other I would like for my efforts to have some semblance of quality… I think that I achieve a podcast here. I apologize in advance for the audio quality as I am providing this caveat: I recorded this podcast on the voice recorder built into my MotoQ Global while driving home from my Grad class on Staff Development and Supervision…

SOoooo… you know how you learn things by doing? That is what happened. here. I hope that you find my stream of consciousness appealing: (17min – 4mb)


Show Notes

  • Idea of apathy and involvement
  • Crushing feeling of being overwhelmed by classroom, parent, and community initiatives /
  • Teacher Professional Development – Lack of personal initiative
  • It there a linkage between student apathy for learning and lack of teacher intrinsic value in personal life long learning?
  • Is there a linkage to the need to provide a “reward basis” for student learning with the need to provide a “reward” for educator professional learning?
  • When will we move beyond the excuse of “lack of time”?

References made

What I learned

  • Hold the phone like speaking on a phone to greatly improve quality.
  • Have quick sheet for focus of thought
  • Think of linkages to other topics / best practices / leadership
  • Possibly speak more slowly?

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