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NCETC with Governor Angus King
9:15 AM
I sitting in the keynote address, being delivered momentarily by Governor Angus King, the former governor of Maine, and chief evangelist if not architect of that states 1:1 initiative.
Right now, Gwen Varsamis, the director of the conference is making introductions. I’ll be posting updates to this entry as I […]

Yesterday was a very good day. I taught An Educator’s Guide to Blogging and An Educator’s Guide to Podcasting. The podcasting session was a little tough because OurMedia seemed to be experiencing some load problems. I suspect that I’m going to, at some point spring for a commercial host for my podcasts, […]

I received an e-mail yesterday from an especially inventive educators I’ve met through the blogosphere. I’ll point you to his latest blog entry, and say no more!
http://blog.brettmoller.com/?p=67

First of all, I’m sure there is a story in the fact that as I opened my laptop this morning, in my hotel room at the Koury Convention Center, in Greensboro North Carolina, on the first pre-conference day of the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference (NCETC), my computer asks me if I want to connect […]

Here’s another post for the NCETC conference. On Tuesday, I will be teaching two pre-conference workshops: An Educator’s Guide to Blogging, and An Educator’s Guide to Podcasting. In the morning, participants will learn about blogs — the what, where, how, and why — and they will have an opportunity to establish both a […]

It’s a holiday here, but one of the real problems with working out of your home is that it is difficult to find the line between the too. That such incredibly exciting things are going on in your field makes it even harder. The kids are still in bed anyway.
There has been a […]

This is mostly for the conference aggregator that I’ve set up for the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference (NCETC), starting next Monday. We’ve encouraged presenters to talk about their sessions, and here’s my first entry.
At 3:00 PM on Wednesday, I’ll be delivering a presentation called, Telling the New Story. This will be only […]

Did I say that out loud? Well I did last week, when I met with a group of technology and media educators at a local private school. They are proceeding with a re-write of their technology plan, on the verge of committing to a 1:1 laptop or tablet initiative, and struggling with educators […]

She saw her first computer lab at age 5 and was powerpointing at 7. At age 9 she was a Microsoft Certified Professional. Now 10 years old, Afra Karim Randhawa, from Pakistan, is working on Lead Developer Certification. Recently, Afra and her father were invited to Redmond, Washington to meet Bill Gates, […]

Later this morning we will be driving half way across the state to my home town and the town that my mother-in-law grew up in, where we’ll celebrate her 80th birthday. We’re expecting about a hundred people, and Brenda has been cooking all week, mostly experimenting with recipes. She tried an amazing garlic […]