Of Mice and Middle Years…

Created by GeekandPoke

Well, it started off with a simple request to transfer to the high school. No positions.
Fine.
Then the principal of said high school resigned. Suddenly an ed tech position (.5) opened up along with a trip to the high school.
The Batman theme music certainly didn’t accompany my visit to the board office.
My mood and mindset was more to the effect of Law and Order…. bum bum, doo doo doo doo doo..
Well the interview went well, I think (in the fact I could not remember a thing I said).
And I got it. I am a .5 tech consultant. Huh?
So, the summer approaches, challenges loom (including the final year of my masters….) O. K.

Alright, this blog needs a name change. Should have happened long ago. Looking for ideas in relation to educational technology. My wife, in consideration that I work for a Catholic School Division, has offered “Tech See Scrolls”. She is officially in the running.
Any idea offered and and accepted will be given full credit under an “attribution license”!

The video may be old, but I have never come across it….

Gotta love those parfaits.

What would you do to safeguard children that may be involved with your social networked site? Well, Facebook, in conjunction with the power of the judicial system of 49 states, have decided on the following changes to help combat cyberbullying and sexual predators: A quick cut and paste to show the listed initiatives… See the full article here.

-Ensure companies offering services on its site comply with its safety and privacy guidelines.

-Keep tobacco and alcohol ads from users too young to purchase those products.

-Remove groups whose comments or images suggest they may involve incest, pedophilia, bullying or other inappropriate content.

-Send warning messages when a child is in danger of giving personal information to an adult.

-Review users’ profiles when they ask to change their age, ensuring the update is legitimate and not intended to let adults masquerade as children.

Just a thought…what present day institution that is directly involved with children would be the ideal conduit to address cyberbullying and predators and halt this “Big Brother ” mentality?
Here come the vid screens.

Zellers presents….the V-Book! Linux operating system! No hard drive….flash drive?!! Wireless? Could this be the OLPC that could have been?


Sync: VisionQuest V-Book

Just received this great e-mail and I decided to throw it on the blog! Take the test! (It does make you think) The page claims that thousands have taken the test (based on what norms who knows?)
No comments needed on the results. Let’s just say I was happy with mine….
Click here.