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XO Laptop in Uruguay
November 30, 2008 in Education, Tech by Stephen
I just love this photo.
More about the project here. (It’s in Spanish!)
Nice to see they used Wikispaces!
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New Camera
November 30, 2008 in Photography by Stephen
Yes, I managed to sell my Canon XTi and here is the one I purchased as a replacement.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
And I got a pretty good deal at Amazon.
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links for 2008-11-26
November 27, 2008 in Delicious by Stephen
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Ed the Handyman teaches you how to be safe…in a hilarious manner!
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Sometimes, you just need a sad trombone sound.
November 26, 2008 in Humor, Music by Stephen
As a former trombone major, I can assure you that I have provided more than my share of sad trombone sounds. Since I’m probably not going to be around when you need one, you can get your own sad trombone sound here.
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links for 2008-11-25
November 25, 2008 in Delicious by Stephen
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Lots of good uses!
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I need to spend some serious time with these!
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Canon Rebel XTi for sale!
November 22, 2008 in General, Photography by Stephen
I’ve decided to sell my Canon Rebel XTi. I love the camera, but I just don’t have the time to learn all the advanced features. I’d be better off getting a nice point and shoot, so if anybody is interested, here is the listing on Craigslist.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/ele/929274348.html
UPDATE!! The camera has been sold!
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Will you be here??
November 21, 2008 in Education, Tech by Stephen
Winning design by Bill Moseley for the NECC 2008 button contest.
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Ten ways to boost learning with technology
November 20, 2008 in Education, Tech by Stephen
A pretty good list. Do you have any others?
1. Ensure that technology tools and resources are used continuously and seamlessly for instruction, collaboration, and assessment.
2. Expose all students (pre-K through 12th grade) to STEM fields and careers.
3. Make ongoing, sustainable professional development available to all teachers.
4. Use virtual learning opportunities for teachers to further their professional development, such as through online communities and education portals.
5. Incorporate innovative, consistent, and timely assessments into daily instruction.
6. Strengthen the home-school connection by using technology to communicate with parents on student progress.
7. Provide the necessary resources so that every community has the infrastructure to support learning with technology, including assessments and virtual learning.
8. Obtain societal support for education that uses technology from all stakeholders–students, parents, teachers, state and district administrators, business leaders, legislators, and local community members.
9. Provide federal leadership to support states and districts regarding technology’s role in school reform by passing the ATTAIN Act.
10. Increase available funding for the e-Rate so that schools can acquire telecommunication services, internet access, internal connections, and maintenance of those connections.
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links for 2008-11-19
November 20, 2008 in Delicious by Stephen
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I knew it!
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Upload a file, and this site will create an mp3 for you to listen to! It's free!
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Online enrollment continues to rise.
November 18, 2008 in Education, Web by Stephen
Look for this to keep increasing.
Enrollment in online college courses in the United States outpaced overall growth in higher education last year, and officials predict a sustained increase in online enrollment as the economy slumps and good jobs become scarcer, according to report published this month.
“Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008,” published by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, says 22 percent of American college students took at least one web-based class in the fall 2007 semester, or 3.94 million students. That marked an increase of 12.9 percent from the fall 2006 semester. During the same period, overall higher-education enrollment increased by only 1.2 percent, according to the report, which surveyed officials from more than 2,500 colleges and universities.
The jump in online enrollment from 2006 to 2007 is just part of a steady increase in web-based classes this decade. In fall 2002—the Sloan Foundation report’s first year—1.6 million students were taking at least one online class, meaning 9 percent of college students were taking online classes. That number eclipsed 2 million in 2004 and topped 3 million in 2005.
Jeff Seaman, co-author of the Sloan report, said some in higher education have expected the increase in online enrollment to level off in recent years, but students’ interest in web-based learning has yet to peak.
“Every year, we think it will level out, and it hasn’t done so quite yet,” Seaman said. “At some point, the demand is going to be met and [enrollment numbers] will meet some sort of steady state.”
Suspicion of online college degrees remains, Seaman said, but almost exclusively at institutions that have not developed an online program. Seaman said that in the past six years, online education has grown from a curiosity to an accepted way to earn a college degree.
“Six years ago, the questions were, ‘What is this stuff?’ And then, it was, ‘[Online learning] can’t be any good, can it?’ … Now the most common question is, ‘How do I tell people how to find the right online program?’” he said. “The perception has changed considerably.”