Monthly Archives: August 2007

You Know It’s Fall

I think fall is the best time of year.  Spring may be when the flowers bloom and all the plants start to grow, but fall is when we humans start fresh. School starts a new year and all the sports … Continue reading

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School Tech Support Costs on the Rise

Here is shocking story from eSchool News.  As if schools had anywhere to go but up.  It seems the trend is the same as I remember it years ago.  For many schools, total cost of ownership equals acquisition cost. Now … Continue reading

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Quick Web 2.0 Drawing Tool

Best4c has a completely online drawing tool called NetMapApplication.  There are icons for flowcharts, floor plans and networks among others.  It’s mostly drag and drop.  All icons are re-sizable (they work like vector images).  All the objects have snap points.  If objects … Continue reading

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Flood Pictures

Someone has put together a few hundred pictures of the August 2007 flood in Findlay.  You can click through them or watch them in a slide show. http://sidelinephotos.phanfare.com/album/389129/535360#imageID=24612159 One section also has pictures taken from an airplane.

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Positive Online Profile – POP

I’m starting something new with my students this semester.   I’m calling it “POP” or Positive Online Profile. Each student starts by making sure he/she does not have pictures or posts on the web that show conduct unbecoming of a teacher.  If … Continue reading

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