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According to an article on CNN’s website, the smiley face consisting of a hyphen, dash, and parenthesis will celebrate its birthday tomorrow.  It seems that Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman first used the emotional icon, aka emoticon, in an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982.  It’s amazing to [...]

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8 Random Facts Meme

While reading the 21st Century Collaborative blog a few days ago, I jealously noted that Sheryl had been tagged by the 8 Random Facts Meme.  It brought back that feeling of wanting to get picked for the team out on the playground.  She’d been picked and I hadn’t.  Guess she was just more popular or [...]

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The New School Year

It officially began today – the new school year.  Our faculty returned today for the first of five work days before the students arrive.  The summer seems to have flown by, and I can’t believe it’s time to start another year of school.  I have high expectations for the year and hope to implement many [...]

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Not long after my first Skype conversation, I read Carolyn Foote’s post about Skype and its possible uses in the classroom.  I loved her thoughts on using it in a library media center.  She says:
I’m imagining the use of this tool as a librarian, skyping in a guest speaker, or guest “researcher” for a class [...]

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One of the questions I asked myself when I began this blog was, “Who is your audience?”.  In my thinking, my audience would be educators and others like me who were somewhat new to the Web 2.0 technologies with a great desire to learn more about them.  In learning to use them for ourselves, we [...]

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Using Bloglines

For one to truly get the most out of blogging, besides creating your own blog, of course, you should read other blogs.  Other blogs are a great form of professional development and help you to keep your thumb on the pulse of blogging.  The other blogs that I read regularly are listed in my blogroll.  [...]

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I’ve Been Discovered!

Wow, the dust had hardly settled on my first post when the comments started coming in.  Thanks again to Frank Buck and Cathy Nelson for their support.  Both wrote a post on their blog today after reading mine.  The posts are all about MY BLOG!  I truly do feel like I’ve been discovered.  In addition [...]

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The Journey Begins

Although this is not my first blog, it is a first in terms of its purpose. I plan to use this blog to educate myself and others, especially those in my school and district, about the endless uses of technology and their application in the classroom. I have so much to learn, but have learned [...]

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