Entries from August 2008

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Plurk Your World!

  I began the summer going to the NECC conference in San Antonio, Texas.  I’ve been to National Conferences many times, but never one focused on Technology.  I was lucky to attend with seven other colleagues and though we had a very good time, the learning was beyond my expectations.  Because we were so caught up in the [...]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

My Visit to Chinese Schools

   Watching all that’s out there about China and the Olympics right now, reminds me of my trip to China three years ago.  I had the opportunity to visited Hong Kong and Beijing.   A close, young friend lives in Hong Kong and he was our tour guide.  He’s fluent in Mandarin, and I was thankful [...]

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Is There Technology in Your School?

   When is technology at it’s best?  When it works the way you want it to, of course!  I have improved with my trouble shooting abilities when technology doesn’t work as planned, but sometimes I have to call for backup.  What about in our classrooms?  Do you see a great deal of technology integration?  I see pockets [...]