VanishingPoint

Well, here goes…  everything… I guess.
I have posted on my primary blog host a few times about my unhappiness with many of the changes that have been occurring on the site for the last few months.  The reduction of some services, (iTalkr among my favorites) restriction / reduction of widgets and a [...]

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etting ready for the beginning of another school year is both a daunting and overwhelming task.  There are a thousand things to get done, keep track of, anticipate, plan for, and just outright shoot from the hip on.  This year for us is no different.  In the past, we have used Microsoft [...]

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So, I find myself in a local oil change place waiting for the obvious and a radiator flush with Noah asleep in my arms. I can’t think of a place that I would rather be… Maybe it’s is because I am half way through the “Big 40″ (no I am not 45, I will be [...]

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I want to thank everyone who attended and stayed for an additional 30 minutes AFTER the conference was actually over to participate in and work with me to get through the way to much information I prepared.  I could have rushed through the six topics, but we got to move through them at a pretty [...]

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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 [...]

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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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http://allthingsliteracy.com 
Live Blogged: Please pardon the incomplete thoughts, omissions, and or errors.
Kelly Doubek  and Anna Beard
How to evaluate software or tools by breaking them down to along literacy goals.
Reading to learn: Reading and writing across content area
Project CRISS, PowerUP, etc
What are your District’s current reading Initiatives? How is technology supporting reading initiatives?

Data Tools
Online Assessments
Student Practice and [...]

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Well, 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: [...]

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Greg Noack just posted his first blog post and he relates a great story of efficiency and the utilization and experimentation of new tools specifically Google Docs and Zoho Writer. 
I left a long comment and it got me thinking about my use of Zoho’s myriad of applications and how they might be better [...]

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In this post I will be expanding on the category of RSS I started in this post. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a tremendous way to simplify your processes in searching and gathering information. I know that I could hunt for words to describe an RSS Aggregator but Lee Lefever from Common Craft really sums [...]

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