| Subcribe via RSS

Happy Thanksgiving

11/26/2009 | No Comments

Please take the time to consider the things for which you are thankful.


Related Posts



Happy Thanksgiving (The SONIC Way)

11/26/2009 | No Comments

Most of you know by now that my family loves SONIC Drive-In (Evidence A, Evidence B). We enjoy half-priced drinks during Happy Hour at least a couple times a week. Their burgers, Blasts and tater tots are certainly worth the trip, too. I just discovered the Tater Taunt feature of the SONIC website and thought I’d use it to share this Thanksgiving message.


Related Posts



Cast Your Votes for the Interactive Classroom Makeover

11/25/2009 | No Comments

After receiving more than 200 entries the finalists in the 2009 Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest have been announced. One classroom from each of the three categories will receive a digital makeover worth over $30,000.

Learn more about the contest and rules and cast your votes by Noon EST on December 4, 2009.


Related Posts



Memphis City School Receive $90 Million Grant

11/25/2009 | No Comments

“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [yesterday] announced that it will invest $335 million to support effective teaching as a means to ensure all students receive the education they need to succeed in high school and beyond. [The] announcement includes $290 million in grants to support four Intensive Partnership for Effective Teaching sites that have developed groundbreaking plans to improve teacher effectiveness. Another $45 million will go toward the Measures of Effective Teaching project, a research initiative that seeks to define effective teaching and identify fairer and more reliable evaluative measures.” (Source)

Read the Full Press Release


Related Posts



Bookmarks for 11/15/2009

11/15/2009 | No Comments

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.


Related Posts



Highlights from BarCamp Memphis

11/14/2009 | No Comments

[NOTE: This post will be updated throught the event.]

Here are some of my notes and photos from BarCamp Memphis.

Google Wave: What It Is and What It’s for
By: Greg Dunn and Thom Rigsby

Designer vs. Developer
By: Steven Trotter, Joseph Yancey and Craig McCoy

PowerPoint Karaoke
This is an interesting activity. Here are the rules.

  1. No prior knowledge of slides
  2. Must pretend this is actually your deck
  3. 20 seconds each (4 mins)
  4. Look for the (stop symbol)
  5. Audience encouraged to to heckle
  6. Vote determines winner
  7. Have fun

Prosper during a Digital Age Recession
By: Ryan Hinricher

Show and Tell Tools
By: Everyone

Event Tag: bcmem


Related Posts



Bookmarks for 11/13/2009

11/13/2009 | No Comments

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.


Related Posts



Great Opportunity to Learn More: BarCamp Memphis

11/12/2009 | 1 Comment

BarCamp Memphis isn’t just a Web 2.0 conference. It’s an unconference. What does that mean, exactly? That’s up to you. The first half of the day will feature predetermined, scheduled sessions like any other conference you’d attend, but in the afternoon the topic curating is turned over to you. Throughout the morning, you’ll vote on what you’d like to discuss or learn more about in the afternoon sessions so that BarCamp is hand-crafted to meet the needs of the community. The afternoon sessions might be panels or Q-and-A with specific BarCampers, or they might be roundtable discussions — Core Conversations, as we call them — with groups of Campers looking to bounce ideas and learn from others’ experiences.” (Source)

I enjoyed SocialCamp Memphis back in March (Here are the resources from one of my presentations at that event.) and I’m looking forward to BarCamp Memphis. Please come join us.

Event Tag: #bcmem


Related Posts



Bookmarks for 11/11/2009

11/11/2009 | No Comments

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.


Related Posts



Free Educational Technology Workshops

11/03/2009 | No Comments

The Instructional Design and Technology program at The University of Memphis is pleased to offer FREE workshops on Apple tools and applications. These will be conducted by Tim Matheny, a Senior System Engineer with Apple. Seating is limited and registration is required…but these top-notch workshops are FREE.

Use the links below to discover additional information and register.

Tuesday, November 10

First Session: iLife ‘09 and MobileMe
Register for This Session
Time: 4:00 – 5:45,
Place: Room 310, Ball Hall

Second Session, Apple Show and Tell (Quick demos of Leopard, iWorks, iTunesU, etc.)
Register for This Session
Time: 6:00 – 8:00
Place: Room 310, Ball Hall

Wednesday, November 11

First Session: Mobile Learning (iPhones, App Store, Apps for School, etc.)
Register for This Session
Time: 4:00 – 5:45
Place: Room 310 Ball Hall

Second Session, Digital Video
Register for This Session
Time: 6:00 – 8:30
Place: Room 310, Ball Hall

Thursday, November 12
One Session, Enhanced Podcasting
Register for This Session
Time: 6:30 – 8:30
Place: Room 310, Ball Hall


Related Posts



  • Subscribe by Email

    Enter your email address:




  • Workshops/Presentations



  • Recently Tweeted

  • Most Tweeted

  • Google Friend Connect



  • Tags


  • Archives

  • .