Web 2.0 – Recommended Reading
In this blog, we’ve spent a good bit of time highlighting tools and have also spent some time discussing some of the general difficulties with seeing technology truly integrated into …
Humbled by rootkits, a hard lesson is learned
Most of my blog entries are entirely work-related. I’m going to deviate from that because (1) I can tie a personal issue to work and (2) this has been on …
Kentucky Center for School Safety
After my recent post on digital citizenship, I’ve been thinking about resources available to help CIOs get the message out. We do a great job of analyzing the problem and …
Free science and math simulations
I ran across this site from the University of Colorado containing interactive simulations. It’s difficult to find good examples of technology integration in some subjects and at some grade levels. …
Digital Citizenship
I feel like this is one of the most important concepts for today’s K-12 CIOs, so I’ll spend a minute on digital citizenship. K-12 CIOs are placed in a unique …
Screenr
It seems that the most effective Web 2.0 tools are those that allow you to accomplish something quickly and easily. Twitter is a good example. At a most basic level, …
Silence, Patience and Privacy – Where Have You Gone?
In today’s web world, there’s no need to be silent and little tolerance for delay. Twitter asks “what are you doing” and Facebook asks “what’s on your mind”. I can …
Plinky (and my efforts at asking ‘why not’ instead of ‘why’)
Cryptic title perhaps, but I do find myself often staring at web sites in amazement, wondering why such a site exists. I usually follow up by asking something like “…how …