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Sharing files

Need to share some files?  Piece of cake:
http://www.4shared.com
This site allows you to create an account in the amount of time it takes to type in your email address.  You instantly have 5 Gb of online storage. 
The best part about this is that they give you the URL to hand out to others if you want to [...]

Final Post

This is my final post on this blog.  I put wordpress on my server and I’m going to work from there.  The new blog is
blog.hohmanprovement.com
I still get a little traffic on this site so as long as WordPress lets me leave it here I will.
Later!

New Project

Grad school is over for the semester. I am in need of a project. I think that is how my mind works. I need projects. This latest one is a website called:
How-to-jump-high.com
I used to have serious hops. I played volleyball in college and could dunk fairly easily. Now I’m [...]

Final EPSY

I have to admit it took a while for me to appreciate appreciative inquiry. If the semester had ended halfway through I think I would have though that this was a weird course. After designing an evaluation using AI and thinking about the results and thinking about what can be done with the [...]

Math Cartoons

 
I’m writing some math cartoons and checking out how they look in wordpress.

Making Movies With Text

Before they start charging money go to xtranormal and make some movies!  All you need to do is type in the script, add some gestures, facial expressions, background noises, and plenty of other fun stuff.
I think I am going to have my algebra class create a bunch of quick movies that explain various vocabulary words [...]

Ed Tech? Is that a job?

I am trying to figure out what this job really is.  I’ve asked around and found out that the job title, description, and tasks vary greatly from school to school. Here are the titles I’ve heard:

Instructional Technology Specialist
Ed Tech Specialist
TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment)
Technology Coach
Technology Liaison

The job descriptions have included:

Run computer lab
develop/maintain school website
assist teachers [...]

SRS Evaluation Key Questions

My questions are below.  There is a lot of research out there on SRS (student response systems.)  A lot of this research is saying the same thing.  Basically they all say that the SRS is great, teachers and students like it, engagement is increased, but there is no statistically significant increase in test scores. 

I [...]

Kids and the Ipod Touch

Here is something that every techie type needs to know when they are about to have kids.  Get an Ipod Touch. (A PSPworks also but the IPod is way cooler.) 
Here is why:  There are going to be many times in your life when you need to be sitting in the room just to be sitting in the room.  [...]