It was another wonderful week of reading in Ontario Edublogs. Here are some of the great things I read recently. The Number Line Sheila Stewart has Klout. Inspired by another blog post, she spends some time sharing her thoughts about…
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Now with Graphics
A new feature to Google Forms appeared without any fanfare that caught my attention. I did not know that you could include images until I sat down to create a new Google Form myself and discovered it. I think it’s…
Tagged with: Drag-and-drop, Google, Google Form, Image
Posted in Computers, Education, Google, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, Google, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Two Sides to Every Story
Like most people, I watched the Toronto/Boston hockey game last night. It’s slim pickings on the tube now that Montreal has been eliminated. This morning, I decided to take a look at the way that the story was covered. From…
Tagged with: Boston, Boston Bruins, Bruins, Media Literacy, Montreal, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs
Posted in Education, learning, Teaching
Posted in Education, learning, Teaching
Filling a Dance Card
If you’ve been monitoring the Twitter stream since Sunday evening, you’ll notice that there have been many happy posts from people whose presentation proposals have been accepted for the #ecoo13 conference, BringIT,Together. Indeed, part of the ECOO 13 Dance Card has…
Tagged with: #ecoo13, Amber MacArthur, facebook, Lanyrd, Niagara Falls, ontario, Twitter, wordle
Posted in Computers, ECOO, Education, learning, Read/Write Web
Posted in Computers, ECOO, Education, learning, Read/Write Web
Good Passwords
Check out the following page. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57539366/the-25-most-common-passwords-of-2012/ This will take you to the 25 most commonly used online passwords in 2012. Are you using any of them? Hmm? @bgrasley and I still marvel that “monkey” is still on the list! I…
Tagged with: Hacker (computer security), Intel, LastPass, Password, Security
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
GIGO
The reference Garbage In, Garbage Out is a staple when teaching computer science. It generately acknowledges that a processor or a processor might be considered as a black box where data goes in one side and information out the other.…
Tagged with: Garbage In Garbage Out, Macintosh, Qumana, ScribeFire, Twitter, wordpress
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Hopscotch for iPad
I will admit to a certain level of geekyness. I’m not apologetic about it either. Sometimes, I just like to sit down and write a program for the fun of it. It’ll never go anywhere and I don’t share it…
Tagged with: programming, ipad, Hopscotch, Lego, Scratch, Drag-and-drop
Posted in Computers, Teaching, Education, software, learning, iPad, application
Posted in Computers, Teaching, Education, software, learning, iPad, application
An Interview with Cyndie Jacobs
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview my co-chair for the #ecoo13 conference, Cyndie Jacobs. I call her “the great connector” for her efforts on Twitter and other social media. She seems to hunt out problems in search of a…
Tagged with: web 2.0, Twitter, Google, social media, ontario, Niagara Falls, #ecoo13
Posted in Computers, Teaching, Education, Read/Write Web, PLN, learning, Google, Ontario Edublogs
Posted in Computers, Teaching, Education, Read/Write Web, PLN, learning, Google, Ontario Edublogs
A Couple of Days with Ubuntu 13.04
I had a friend try to grind my gears over the weekend. If you’re such a fan of Ubuntu, why are you carrying around a Macintosh computer? It’s a valid observation but the reality is that I have both a…
Tagged with: Dash, LibreOffice, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Personal computer, Ubuntu, Vaio
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Technology Refresher
I just took a look at a David Pogue TED talk. David is a favourite speaker here in Southwestern Ontario. He’s keynoted the Western RCAC Symposium twice and helped shovel my car out of a snow drift once. (it’s all…
Tagged with: David Pogue, London, ontario, Southwestern Ontario
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, Teaching
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, Teaching
- Cube for Teachers - Online Teaching Resources for Ontario K-12 Educators
- An Essential Web Tool | doug --- off the record
- 8 Must Have Tools for Dropbox Users ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
- Why It's Always Worth Asking for a Hotel Upgrade http://t.co/nhSD20KPMk via @zite
- An Essential Web Tool | doug --- off the record
- OTR Links 05/19/2013 | doug --- off the record
- Rockmelt
- iGenApps
- Schooled by Google: How Google Apps is penetrating education (infographic) | VentureBeat
- 10 Reasons Teachers should Try Blended Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
