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Re: All The Foods That Might Be Going Extinct Soon (8 Photos) : theCHIVE

Jorgie — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 21:37:18 -0000

You spelled droughts wrong in every single instance. What you spelled is draughts an alternate spelling of draft as in draft beer. If you can’t spell correctly (or use correct vocabulary) should I trust that you fact checked anything else at all?

Re: Google Walking Navigation beta and Street View now available for Android

Jorgie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:29:51 -0000

Yah, like a cool touch screen device that edits documents, spreadsheets, shows presentations, reads books, syncs to your computer connects wirelessly to the internet, does email, plays audio and video....only this was my Dell Axim from 2003. The iPad finally almost does all it did. Don't get me wrong the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are way sexier than the Dell Axim was, but even now they won't do some of what that did like: change out batteries, expansion memory cards, work as a flash drive. Don't fool yourself Steve Jobs steals as much as he creates. He isn't the only guy out there with a good idea, he just has a cult and like many cults once you get in it's hard to get back out.

Re: http://quibblesandquips.tumblr.com/post/1006740707

Jorgie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:53:00 -0000

This your first Prezi? It's amazing!

Re: Smart Rooms

Jorgie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:13 -0000

Amen! Thanks for the post. Seems like its been awhile, maybe I am just lazy about reading up on things.

BTW could you give us a little context? How did you prompt this where did you use it and how did you collect it?

Re: One Week...

Jorgie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:17:26 -0000

Congratulations on the National Presentation and I hope it goes well, or went well as the case may be.

Re: Brace Yourself, Here Comes Another Unfair iPhone App Rejection

Jorgie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:51:43 -0000

Actually, this is not arbitrary at all. This app allows someone to access YouTube videos outside of their own app. It isn't arbitrary at all it's about killing apps that compete with their own stuff. Which makes the approval of the Skype app all the more befuddling to me.

Re: Twitter: Better Late Than Never

Jorgie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:30:06 -0000

Edmodo is another tool you can look at. @Zemote is the guy running it. It works like twitter but educators can create groups (classes) that receive certain tweets. Wish I had a class so i could try it out :-(

http://www.edmodo.com/
http://twitter.com/zemote

good luck to @canyonsdave too

Re: Tech & Learning

Jorgie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:16:20 -0000

So is this going to be a regular gig?

Re: Sometimes I ONE-der

Jorgie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:19:27 -0000

bleaargh my binary won't work anymore and I can't remember what I wrote :%

Re: Sometimes I ONE-der

Jorgie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:01:43 -0000

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Re: Social Media in the Classroom

Jorgie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:34:59 -0000

Ummm... don't know if this qualifies as used, but it sure was frustrating. I have only recently started blogging, I held off on it mostly because I was uncomfortable with being to visible to students. I wasn't so much concerned with them finding me, but much more concerned with the reaction of parents and adminstrators finding out that students were finding me. I personally think that many adults still are firmly convinced that there is something inherently siniister about an online presence or any online interactions. I don't agree but I have to admit that there is much more license in the online world.

My example of being used comes from my son watching me blog about books. He thinks it is pretty cool. Now, how long will that last? Well, I wanted him to join in but typing up his ideas is harder so what am I to do. Out comes photobooth and up comes YouTube. He posted his first book report online. He loved it! But yesterday two separate people had watched it and responded with not just negative, but down right mean comments. I think it is very true we don't realize what we are putting out there.

Students without guidance and mentors who are also in the world with them are unlikely to learn how to maturely respond to immature reactions to their work. My son did something he cared about, do I let the negative stuff kill his enthusiasm, affect his self image? I sure don't want to, but the more I put myself out there the more I am realizing the need for there to be good mentors in the online world.

book report link: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Help with Amazing List of Book Reviews

Jorgie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:34:22 -0000

goodreads.com makes a good complement to her static page or her blog plus could connect to thousands of other reviews.

Re: Learning By Immersion

Jorgie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:51:05 -0000

This analogy of taking the plunge is a vital one. It is impossible to teach someone to swim if you are on the side of the pool. How can I help kids learn anything if I am not still learning myself. Immersion is what helps us become learners.

Re: Hacking the Curriculum

Jorgie — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:00:01 -0000

Hey, one thing folks are not recognizing is the fact that they already tried this. Getting rid of the teacher by creating one expert driven course was how text books were invented. That didn't remove the teacher from the classroom. Another key element to this is that no matter how well a course is created online there is still a need for f2f. I not only know my students but what they are dealing with outside of my subject area. What sports they are involved in, what books they are reading. The f2f or even the social aspect of online interactions are highly valuable. People learn from people they know care.

Interesting side note In a book entitled The Next Fifty Years: Science in the first half of the 21st Century. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr... One of the contributors describes a world where place doesn't matter anymore. Where I work becomes about who I want to be around and work with more than the company I work for. He then has a tiny blurb just a paragraph about the idea that schools could be the same way. We no longer need a content expert, what we need is a responsible adult to be present with a group of kids (he is describing elementary schools) to help facilitate their online learning experience. Interesting idea anyway.

Re: The Invisible Political Forces At Work

Jorgie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:25:39 -0000

What you are saying is that the system is self creating! I know I came into education partly to "fix" it and partly because I was so good at it. Many of us are successful teachers in part because we were such successful students. We fit the system and worked it.

Another conflict is that there is a very real pressure against innovation. New ideas have to be approved, checked, research based, data driven...... the reality is there is very little motivation for most people to innovate and a very big incentive not to. No one wants to be the one to get 'that call' from the principal and deal with the fall-out. The system itself has a very hard time reforming itself because it is designed to self-perpetuate. Microsoft, banking, the automotive industry so much of it is that way

Re: A Google Site To Teach About Google Sites

Jorgie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:05:16 -0000

I haven't used it much, but I know that some of the other google apps
automatically add advertisements and links. Specifically gmail and the
fact that it is a google app could be seen as "sponsoring" google which
schools often try to avoid.

Re: A Google Site To Teach About Google Sites

Jorgie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:07:06 -0000

I have to agree with you on the fuctionality stuff. I actually liked google page creator more and the web addresses are simpler, too bad they aren't allowing any new users. luckily I have a couple of accounts.

Although, I have to say for your average teacher, I still like my.uen better esp. since it is a State entity the likelihood of any kind of negative fallout is lower. Plus no adds and you avoid the whole world domination thing.

Re: So That's A Mashup

Jorgie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:21:10 -0000

My favorite mashup is the Hitler Twitter Mashup on YouTube. Don't forget your Tweeple It does have a bit of strong language in the subtitles so use caution.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Re: Smart Rooms

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Re: Brace Yourself, Here Comes Another Unfair iPhone App Rejection

Re: Twitter: Better Late Than Never

Re: Tech & Learning

Re: Sometimes I ONE-der

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Re: Social Media in the Classroom

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Re: Learning By Immersion

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