I’m trying to come up with a reasonable solution for shared calendars for the staff in my district. Administrators, especially, need to be able to find times when key people are available for meetings. It’s also useful for administrative assistants to be able to manage the calendars for the administrators, without having to check that [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2008 by John Schinker
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The year is 2019. The world is afflicted with five major threats. Respiratory Distress Syndrome (REDS) is here to stay. Outbreaks are common, especially in tropical and subtropical cities. The disease, for which there is no cure, has become pandemic, affecting millions of people worldwide.
At the same time, we find ourselves facing a global food [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by John Schinker
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Here’s how education works: You determine what the students need to know. Part of that is identifying what they already know. You find the gap between what they already know and what they need to know. You provide instruction to fill that gap. Then, you use assessment tools to see whether the student has acquired [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2008 by John Schinker
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When I started this job as technology coordinator, I realized that I had five years. I knew that after that, I would burn out on the technology gig, and it would be time to move on to something else. It’s not that I wouldn’t like the job. It’s not that I wouldn’t be good at [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2008 by John Schinker
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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to provide some feedback on grant proposals submitted by teachers. I’m on the Ohio education advisory council for FirstEnergy, and we were going through this year’s crop of mathematics, science, and technology education grants. I was impressed by the committee, which includes thirteen education professionals from across northern Ohio. These [...]
Posted on October 2nd, 2008 by John Schinker
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