March 2009

24 posts published in March 2009.

  • Goomoodleikiog: Naming things is importantSo, this came across my tweetdeck today: http://sites.google.com/site/goomoodleikiog/Home It outlines in very specific terms one way of…
  • 15 questions…I was given the task recently of coming up with 15 questions to ask a information technology director candidate during an interview. While I…
  • Too busy to work on workflowThe other day I was working with the principal of our online school on creating a workflow for contacts, email, and calendar that would allow her…
  • What is it now?There is a syndrome that I see from many of the people that I work with, and at many times, it I can be guilty as well. It happens when someone…
  • Moving Day!Image by leff via Flickr I can only say this about a few days in my life, like the day when my daughter was born or the day that put together my…
  • The glue has just become superglue.Image by Irish Typepad via Flickr As I have written before, I am more and more convinced that the glue that is holding together all of the small…
  • Add Video Tutorials to Google SitesAlthough I am very excited about using Google Apps for Education for school communication and collaboration I can honestly say that I am not at…
  • Making moving easy…Every night this week and last I have been packing. I have been packing up my family to move us to someplace better, with more room and more…
  • Virtual attendees unite.I was thinking some more about Sloodle and Second Life in general today and a thought struck me: why don’t all conferences have a SL or Open Sim…
  • Login from Anywhere!Image by Mirko Macari via Flickr While this may not be an earth shattering to anyone else, I just figured out how to embed a login to moodle into…
  • Sloodle: The potential for 3d learning environments coupled with LMSImage via Wikipedia I have been looking at this project for quite some time, but I have only begun to explore the real potential here. Over at…
  • LMS as LegosImage via Wikipedia As I am pursuing my theory of Moodle as the glue that can hold together all of the parts of authentic online learning, I have…
  • Pilot with purposeImage via CrunchBase I want to make sure that I talk about this before I lose sight of the student’s faces when they started… Today I had the…
  • Challenging question…Earlier today I was talking with a colleague that I highly respect who was challenging the premise of my blog post from yesterday. She was saying…
  • Recasting Education: the problem of continuity.Image via Wikipedia I was just thinking about one of my favorite movies, Gattaca. In it, Ethan Hawke is trying to assume a genetic identity in…
  • Logging back in…Image by Extra Ketchup via Flickr So, I have run into quite a few hiccups with my Google Apps and Moodle Integration so far, all of which I think…
  • The power of possibility…The power of possibility the only kind of power that matters. The power of the status quo no longer is a value because it can no longer provide…
  • Making content your ownImage via Wikipedia In order to document just what I am doing with moodle to make sure that it is the direction I would like to go in for creating…
  • Rolling it outImage by Tom Raftery via Flickr Yesterday was my first attempt to inject Google Apps into the conversation about our online school. Now that we…
  • I bought a house today!Image by Azhure* via Flickr This post doesn’t have a whole lot to do with educational technology, but I really had to let everyone who might care…
  • Moodle as glueI have to say that for a long time I really missed the boat on Moodle. All this time I really just thought of it as a way to put courses online…
  • Have an idea!Image via Wikipedia One of my favorite moments of The West Wing is during a conversation between the communications directory and his deputy. It…
  • Another Senior Project: Social Network ResearchImage via Wikipedia I don’t have a lot of time to write this post (crazy things happen when I get excited about an idea) , but I really want to…
  • Best Senior Project, Ever.Image by Getty Images via Daylife As I have been looking for people who are working to roll out Google Apps for Education in their schools, I…