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Broadband Update
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Administration Building & Algonquin Middle School are up & running on the new AT&T fiber-optic network. We are planning on turning on three more buildings Tuesday November 3; Forest Elementary, Central Elementary, & Building & Grounds. Stay tuned for more. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fblog.d62.org%2Fsethbowers%2F2009%2F10%2F29%2Fbroadband-update-2%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Broadband+Update’; addthis_pub = ”;
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Broadband Update
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Sonoma Underground, originally uploaded by sethbowers. I shot this pic the last week of September with my iPhone. I am standing in the administration parking lot and Forest Elementary is in the background. In the foreground are workers from Sonoma underground. They are boring underground to install conduit for our new fiber-optic network. We are [...]
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National Do Not Call Registry
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Since the FCC has just put the kibosh on telemarketing robocalls (see New York Times article) I thought it might be helpful to post a link to the National Do Not Registry for all kinds of unsolicited telemarketing. If you want to call to sign up for the Do Not Call registry the number is [...]
Alan November
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
“Every classroom needs to be a global communication center.” That’s one of the first things Alan said today during his talk at Hamburger University in Oak Brook, Illinois. I lost connectivity after typing the above for a few hours, so I’m going to post the sloppy notes I’ve been taking. Think of this as low [...]
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Digital Disconnect, Digital Literacy, Free, Tools, Uncategorized, Web2.0
Even on vacation I’m able to keep up with what some of the leading tech educators are thinking and doing – via Twitter. The video above, from the always great CommonCraft, is a great explanation of a difficult topic. (And if you follow back to ‘Twitter in Plain English’ on the CommonCraft site you’ll see [...]
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Apple IT & Learning
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Literacy, Tools, Uncategorized
This session is about Apple IT & Learning. Technology as an environment not a tool. Makes a good point & one that I commonly reiterate; teachers want to use technology, but they don’t necessarily how the technology is working. Business Productivity Model – 21st Century Monetary or Revenue Driven – Knowledge Creation & Dissemination Cost [...]
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OS X User Group Meeting
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’m attending a school technology OS X users meeting. There is a conversation about migrating to & from different email systems. It seems to me that some districts are considering solutions simply to either make life easier on them (the tech staff or director) or simply so that they can use a particular product. I [...]
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Working with Youtube
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Collaboration, District 62 Support, Uncategorized, Videocasting, Web2.0
Youtube can be a great resource. It can also be a scary place to direct students. But a lot of people don’t know that you can post Youtube videos and disallow the direct connection to Youtube. Below I’ve posted one of my favorite videos. When posting it, instead of grabbing the embed code right off [...]
