Things to consider for educational leaders as you start in any kind of large scale deployments of technology like laptops, iPads Etc. I’m happy to speak with anyone about our experiences, just send me an email or give me a call. Educational technology models, begin with the end in mind Pro-d for teachers Include everyone, […]
Category: Communication
Technology Services Work Order Stats
Currently we have the following work orders in across Technology Services. 177 Open 51 Scheduled/Pending 16 Waiting for Parts 11 Parts Arrived 9 At Facilities 11 Billing We have closed 18,167 work orders since May 20, of 2008. Work orders help to show the volume of work in our department. Emails do not reflect this […]
IT4K12 WordPress Slides
Here are my slides from the WordPress session at IT4K12 conference. I’ll try and get them up on slideshare as well shortly. it4k12 wordpress slides pptx It4k12 wordpress View more presentations from School District 60: Peace River North
Regional Workshop – Curriculum & Assessment
This afternoon I was able to attend a presentation about a prototype for curriculum and assessment at the North Peace Cultural Centre. There were over 80 participants from School Districts 59 and 60 who took part in what I felt were exciting proposals around how we handle curriculum and assessment in the future. Here are […]
Skype and Around the World in 80 Schools
Would you like to take part in a neat project to connect with classrooms around the world? This is a great project that began in 2009 and involves classrooms connecting via skype for a short conversation. http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/03/around-the-world-with-80-schools/ http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/02/reasons-for-skyping-in-the-classroom/ http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/11/16/videoconferencing-with-elementary-school-students/ http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/ If you are interested please email jbell@prn.bc.ca and Technology Services would be happy to help […]
What is MT in Twitter?
Many of you familiar with twitter know that RT signifies a Retweet. MT stands for a Modified Tweet or Mention Tweet (thanks to John for the Mention Tweet). I edit some retweets so I can fit in a comment or change a hashtag. When I do, I change the letters RT to MT and leave […]
Responses to Online Communication
The face in the “Don’t Feed the Trolls” icon I made above is from various places on the internet (which, nb: are not always safe for work). The icon is often used when someone is being trolled and is frequently called the trollface [wikipedia]. Trolling is the act of intentionally trying to anger, frustrate, or […]
12 things kids want from their teachers
I saw this on twitter last night. http://www.angelamaiers.com/2012/02/12-things-kids-want-from-their-teachers.html I shared it with my wife and she said that those are likely 12 things that people would like from their supervisors as well. How are you doing with these 12?
myBrainshark
A staff member shared myBrainshark with me. It allows you to upload a PowerPoint and easily record a voice over for each slide, share it online, share it via social media etc. Quite neat! Here’s my first go at it below
Planned Outage – Sunday Feb 5, 2012
Please be aware, there will be a five minute outage on Sunday, February 5th anytime between 7:01am and 10:00am for network maintenance. RFC# 80378 Location(s): Fort St. John RNC – All users Window: 2012-02-05 06:01 through 2012-02-05 09:00 PST ( 7:01-10:00 MST) Impact: 5 minute outage for network maintenance