Information comes in all shapes and forms. This project from hint.fm is intriguing. It’s also so appropriate since I went to bed last night, comfortable in the knowledge that spring had finally come and then awoke this morning to snow…
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Mapping the Wind
Tagged with: Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, Texas, Weather, Wind
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, postsofthepast, Read/Write Web, Teaching
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, postsofthepast, Read/Write Web, Teaching
You Still Matter
This is a repeat of the first of the school year post from a year ago. I think it’s as important today as it was then so I’m doing a repost. Actually, given the political situation in Ontario, it may…
Tagged with: Angela Maiers, Education, Environment (biophysical), learning, Student
Posted in Education, postsofthepast
Posted in Education, postsofthepast
Curating Groundhogs
In case you missed it the first time around and are looking for Groundhog Day ideas…. It’s pretty hard to keep a secret on the internet when you’re transparent. That came to bite me this morning. I’ve been working on…
In the beginning…
… we were pretty much on our own. We’d heard of this Twitter thingy and joined just to see what it was all about. Some stuck with it; some put it on pause and then got back to it; and…
Retro Computing
Today’s post brings a tear to the eye. Retro computer advertisements. For all you 21st Century learners, there were indeed, computers before iPads…. How many readers remember… penril modems; digi-log systems; when 16K of RAM was enormous; 80MB for under…
Been there, done that, still like it…
So, I was reading in Zite and people mentioning this wonderful web application called Flipsnack. I went to the website, read a little bit, and thought “This is way cool”. I know what I could do with it. I could…
Posted in Computers, Education, Just Rambling, learning, PLN, postsofthepast, Read/Write Web, software, Teaching
Co-Learning with Ontario Educators
This is a Post from the Past (about a month ago) about the Minds on Media event on the Saturday of the ECOO Conference. Next week, in fact. Today, I saw a message from Peter Skillen indicating that registrations are…
A New Start
This was originally posted last year at this time. I enjoyed writing it at that time and would like to take the opportunity to share it again. I think it’s just as relevant now as it was when originally posted.…
Posted in Computers, Education, iPad, learning, PLN, postsofthepast, Read/Write Web, software, Teaching
An Open Source Goldmine
I’m excited. Like many people, I want to have it all. While I’m working on moving most of what I do to the web, there are still times when nothing beats having the right software on your computer. Like many…
Response to “Blogging Pet Peeve Number One”
I enjoy it when I read a blog post that expresses a strong opinion that I can agree with. It lets me know that I’m not alone in my feelings. I ran into such a post about blogging yesterday morning. …
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