Monthly Archives: April 2006

One of the things that I really emphasize, particularly in my digital photography classes, is the absolute, critical importance of backing up your files. Hard drive failure is a matter of when, not if. I recently purchased external hard drives … Continue reading →

For those of you reading this in the Pacific Northwest, we are partnering again this summer with NCCE to offer Digital Photography Bootcamps. It’s held at the Pack Forest Conference Center near Mt. Rainier, which provides a marvelous setting for … Continue reading →

In the wake of the cyberbullying posting I put up on April 11 comes the news that five teenagers planned a Columbine-style shooting spree yesterday. (I’m not going to address the fact that it was messages posted on one of … Continue reading →

Grant Wiggins (co-author of Understanding by Design) has posted a good article in Edutopia on assessment. He focuses on healthy assessment, which is to say formative assessment that gives feedback for growth for students and teachers. It should seem obvious, … Continue reading →

Edweek has published an excellent article on cyberbullying. It gives a comprehensive look at the different forms of online harassment, impacts on students, and strategies (and challenges) that schools face in dealing with the situation. The most important step is … Continue reading →

We had a great discussion at our regional Tech Forum yesterday on the topic of one-to-one computing. We had a panel representing three nearby districts that are in various stages of implementation. Jim Golubich and David Watson came from Shoreline, … Continue reading →

Today was the day that, at three seconds past 1:02, the time and date was 1:02:03 04/05/06. I took a screen capture of the event on my network-synchronized computer clock. And on a completely different note, this is my 300th … Continue reading →

Discovery Education has launched a new online homework help service for home use called Cosmeo. Because it is a service of the same company that provides unitedstreaming online media, it has a lot of video files available as part of … Continue reading →

I was sorting through some boxes and came across some old newspapers used for packing material. I couldn’t resist taking a look to see how old they were and what interesting information they may contain. (No, I’m not the most … Continue reading →