Mr. Butler has been getting a great response to his book blog over at http://staff.bbhcsd.org/butlerj/archives/2007/03/16/first-two-weeks-a-smashing-success/ Mr. Wasil has also been having a lot of fun with his blog. Check out this post about passwords: http://staff.bbhcsd.org/wasilt/archives/2007/03/23/changing-your-password-for-email-and-logging-into-your-computer/
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by John Schinker
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Last week on the Ohio Tech Coordinators’ listserv, tech guy John Case tore the lid off the web filtering debate. He pointed out these facts: Most schools block social networking sites, because objectionable content can easily be posted by visitors to these sites. Most schools have filtering systems that can be circumvented by knowledgeable and/or [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by John Schinker
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By request, here’s the current version of my WordPress Getting Started Guide. It’s specifically aimed at staff members in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights schools, but others may find it useful as well. This document covers WordPress 2.1, sidebar widgets, and all of the plugins we have installed. It was last revised March 1, 2007. WordPress Getting [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 by John Schinker
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The New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative have released the 2007 Horizon Report. Each year, this report describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education. The report has been issued annually since 2004. Within the next year, the report predicts that we will [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2007 by John Schinker
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This is just a test to make sure I can podcast and have it show up in the feed. I hope Andy doesn’t mind that I’m using his song. Just Can’t see
Posted on March 7th, 2007 by John Schinker
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