Emergency Fund Raisers

I was sitting in the movie theater when my cell phone rang. It was on vibrate, and it didn’t disturb anyone near me. I pulled it out, silenced it, and glanced at the caller ID. It was our school district’s emergency notification system. That’s bad. Something’s wrong. When I listened to the message, I learned [...]

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by John Schinker
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Talking to Students

Note: Some people have said that they won’t vote for school levies if the schools let students watch the President. If you’re one of those people, please don’t read this. It’ll probably only make you more upset than you already are. And so, after a week-long firestorm in the political world, President Obama will address [...]

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by John Schinker
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Not Everyone

“I have said it before and will say it again….not every one in every district has a cell phone… All these ideas are cool, but technology is not 100% pervasive, despite what we as tech people want to think.” — A Technology Coordinator on the Ohio Techcoords Listserv Not everyone has a cell phone. Not [...]

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by John Schinker
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