Joy of Technology

Today, I found out that another teacher on staff, as part of a PLC, has obtained her own notebook-webcam-microphone setup. As we talked about the potential for WizIQ, Skype, etc, etc, a student walking by noticed our "joy of technology". This was the same student who responded on her own to a discussion thread in my http://hacklscience10.wikispaces.com arrangement, and who said "I read all the posts that are there".

I think the 'joy of technology' is contagious...

Teaching from Afar

So I found myself in a dilemma this Tuesday/Wednesday... how to plan/teach without actually being near the building.

With the death of my wife's dear Grandma (which is why I missed the first online meeting we'd scheduled as part of a technology learning committee), I found myself in Maidstone, SK trying to plan/teach a class in Spiritwood, SK (close to 2 hours away).

Online content worked out well. Emailing plans appeared to work. As I move towards implementing wikis and Moodle into the course delivery, this should make such unplanned events even easier.

1st Message, 2nd Time 'Round

I admit it. I've lost the original blog listing. But that's OK. I've made another.

I guess 'bookmarking' sites really IS a good thing :)

The Focus? The Focus!

So as I've been thinking about (but not writing on) blogs, I've wondered to myself: 'what should the focus of this blog be'? I've run across enough out-of-school-scope blogs to know that not all blogs are worth reading. Kind of like 'to the making of many books there is no end'. Random thoughts (like this one, I suppose) may give insight into the thoughts at the moment, but some pre-thought needs to be entered.

The result? The focus! Using technology to further enhance Chemistry/Physics/Science 10 processes.