Digg Toys

We all know that it’s frequently easier to understand data if it is presented in visual form. We draw diagrams, graph data, and make maps to show how information is related in various ways. A few day ago, I was commenting about the WordPress development timeline, and wanted to show how the updates are getting [...]

Posted on May 31st, 2007 by John Schinker
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Sorenson

We have a hearing-impaired sixth grader coming to our middle school next fall. One of the many challenges this student faces is the inability to use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with other students and with adults. While he certainly knows ASL, his teachers and fellow students don’t. So it’s difficult for him to [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Readin’ and Writin’

I received this email message yesterday from a teacher in my district. Teachers wonder why people don’t treat them like professionals. If we could set this up formally afterschool and provide either PD credit of stipends I think there would be insentive to come. Every math teacher in the building is going to be overwhelmed [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by John Schinker
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WordPress Excitement Wanes

A school district technology coordinator expressed frustration today after learning about yet another WordPress update. Version 2.2 of the software was released last week. This is the seventh update of the software since the beginning of 2007. In this district, every staff member is eligible to have a blog hosted on the district web server. [...]

Posted on May 25th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Unplugged

Remember when phones were tied to locations instead of people? We had home telephones. When I called your number, a telephone in your house would ring. If you were there, you could answer it. If you weren’t, a machine would answer and let me record a message for you. Then, when you came home, you [...]

Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by John Schinker
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