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May 2008 - Posts
Professional Development Meme
28 May 08 06:34 AM
I’m a big fan of goal setting. It can provide a road map for the short or long-term and can be an effective motivational strategy. I have set a few professional development goals for this summer and have challenged a few of my friends/colleagues
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Daily Blog Post 05/28/2008
28 May 08 06:30 AM
FireShot - Take screenshots of web pages with Firefox extension! FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates and edits screenshots of web pages. tags: Imaging=Photo-Editing, Video, Teaching Live Twitting - LiveTwitting.com “LiveTwitting is a new
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French Open Predictions
27 May 08 01:44 PM
It is time for the second slam of the 2008 season. I don’t think anyone predicted that the tennis landscape would look as it now does. Federer is a shell of his former self and Henin is adjusting to retirement. Nadal seems to have lost a bit of
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A Twitterer’s Favorite Moment
27 May 08 08:00 AM
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The Boys See the Braves
26 May 08 04:17 PM
My brothers and I took Dad to see the Braves play this weekend. Our brother-in-law and one of the nephews joined us, too. We saw the Braves play the Diamondbacks. It was a great weekend with good weather and lots of laughs. Click on a thumbnail to view
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Happy Memorial Day
26 May 08 12:56 PM
I know I’ve already posted an entry about Memorial Day. I just like the meaning of this commercial too much not to add this video today. I’m spending time in airports today and have seen similar demonstrations of appreciation in action. With
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We Remember
26 May 08 06:30 AM
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Diigo Notes for 05/25/2008
25 May 08 07:30 AM
WikiMatrix Effective way to compare wiki options. iFind the Wikis that match your personal needs: Just answer a few questions in the Wiki Choice Wizard or create a customized Search. tags: Wikis, 2.0, Collaboration=Telecollaboration, Writing IDT7078 Google
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Daily Blog Post 05/24/2008
24 May 08 06:30 AM
W.o.W! Website of the Week - Tech Happy Useful educational resources tags: Resources, Teaching, Education, Lesson-Plans, Educational-Technology NECC Unplugged Three days collaboratively created and scheduled by participants. Held in the open lounge areas.
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Tech Notes
23 May 08 12:48 PM
Share This has added Diigo to their list of available social web services. That means that you can add content from this blog to your Diigo bookmarks using the Share This plugin at the bottom of each post or page. I’m still a big fan of Diigo and
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Prayers and Thoughts
22 May 08 08:48 PM
It’s a day later and my heart continues to ache for the Dobbs family. Please keep the family and friends in your prayers. While I don’t personally know Steven Curtis Chapman I am saddened to learn of the tragedy in his family. Isn’t
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Rethinking Education
22 May 08 05:05 PM
Lloyd Rieber’s presentation, What’s in a Name?, during the PIDT Conference have caused me to carefully reconsider the terms that we use to describe teaching, learning, and what it is that educators do. I’ll say no more at this time to
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Notes from Clif
21 May 08 06:05 PM
Love, prayers, blessings and thoughts to John and Maggy Dobbs. You’ve impacted my life and the lives of my very best friends more than you will ever know. My heart aches for you. I apologize to all the recent commenters for not replying more promptly.
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Daily Blog Post 05/21/2008
21 May 08 06:30 AM
NECC 2008 Online Community The NECC Ning Network, designed to help you connect to like-minded NECC attendees and extend the conversations. tags: edubloggercon, ebc08, necc2008, necc08, necc, Conference=Convention SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Daily Blog
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Bad Week for Evil Empire
20 May 08 08:50 PM
It’s such a great time to be a Yankees hater. There’s been nothing but bad press for the organization in the past few days. Here’s a quick recap. Yankees Slump into Last Place in AL East - Even I admit that this will be temporary, but
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Internet Jukebox
20 May 08 08:07 PM
Since writing the post on the sleek online radio Pandora, Clif and I have decided to start a review series of online music applications. Next on the chopping block is the internet jukebox Songza. Again, I will provide my opinion on how the site operates
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Integrating 2.0 Tools Meaningfully
17 May 08 12:32 PM
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Daily Blog Post 05/17/2008
17 May 08 06:30 AM
PIDT on Hitchhikr An aggregation of the river of information coming out of the PIDT Conference via a combination of RSS feeds. tags: pidt, pidt2008, Conference=Convention, Instructional-Design, Instructional-Technology, Research SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:
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Virtually Participate in PIDT
15 May 08 09:00 AM
The following message is a repost of PIDT 2008 Coordinator Michael Grant’s message on the PIDT Blog. You are encouraged to actively engage in this event. ————— Dear worldwide PIDTers, I know that many of you are tied
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PIDT Conference
14 May 08 09:23 PM
The Professors of Instructional Design and Technology (PIDT) Conference is an annual retreat where professors, selected doctoral students, and other individuals interested in instructional design/instructional technology gather from around the nation.
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Newsletter on Educational Technology
13 May 08 05:20 PM
Throughout the years many of the preservice and in-service teachers in my classes, workshops, and presentations have requested that I start an email newsletter. They indicate that in addition to this blog they would like to receive occasional emails sharing
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The Not-So-Evil Box of Music
13 May 08 04:18 PM
PANDORA RADIO Trevor Acy Music is one of my things, just ask anyone that knows me. I own more CDs than most people and almost always have music playing, whether I’m relaxing, working, reading, or studying. Even with all the music I own, I sometimes
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Civil Rights
13 May 08 11:27 AM
We will be taking groups to tour the National Civil Rights Museum during this weekend’s Professors of Instructional Design and Technology Conference. It’s an awesome museum and I believe everyone should visit it at least once. I’ve been
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Diigo Bookmarks for 05/13/2008
13 May 08 06:30 AM
PIDT Wiki Wiki for PIDT 2008 in Memphis, TN tags: pidt2008, PIDT, Conference=Convention, Wiki Professors of Instructional Design & Technology Conference Memphis, 2008 tags: pidt2008, PIDT, Conference=Convention Huddle Huddle combines online collaboration,
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IMG_5850 [Flickr]
13 May 08 12:43 AM
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If You Give a Teacher a Mouse
12 May 08 05:11 PM
This is a clever idea and highlights many of the current key points and issues related to technology integration. Kudos to Amy and the others hat worked on this project. Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s2 = new SWFObject("http://clifmims.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer.swf","n2","425","350","7");
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Claymation Video by Sixth Grader
12 May 08 03:29 PM
Since childhood I’ve always wanted to learn how to do claymation, but I’ve never gotten around to it. Sixth grader, Charlie, has already figured it out and released his first video. Watch the video and then consider leaving Charlie a comment.
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More Social Networking Comic Relief
12 May 08 06:01 AM
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Happy Mother’s Day
11 May 08 09:18 AM
In honor of all the wonderful moms let’s set the blog color selection on pink (see top right) today. A few of the things we love about the Mom in our home. “I love it when she hugs on me…and kisses on me.” — Our middle child
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Diigo Notes for 05/11/2008
11 May 08 06:30 AM
Yudu Freedom Yudu Freedom is a new on-demand publishing service that lets you turn a PDF file into a live, Flash-based Web page within minutes. Like Scribd, Yudu Freedom allows you to publish documents in an interactive, page-turning digital format and
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A Default Setting of Love
10 May 08 01:46 PM
This brief message is too important not to share. Enjoy! From Mike’s Blog: A couple weeks ago I visited with a woman from our church whose memory is fading. We sat in her living room, and she mostly listened to the conversation around her. But four
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Awesome Song
10 May 08 12:07 AM
I first heard this song over a year ago. I’ve listened to it oodles of times since: the kids and I have danced and jammed to it, I’ve sung it while commuting back and forth to work, I’ve hummed along with it at 30,000 feet on multiple
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Did You Read to Your Children Today?
08 May 08 05:45 PM
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Diigo Notes for 05/08/2008
08 May 08 06:30 AM
Imaging the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Miguel Ghulin’s visual interpretation of the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy tags: HOTS, 2.0, Teaching, Learning, Lesson-Plans, Educational-Technology, Instructional-Design Tradtional Approaches and Digital
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Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0
07 May 08 07:00 AM
I’m teaching a special topics seminar this summer for graduate students. The topic will be Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies. I began preparing for this course in June 2007 and I’m very excited about it. While we’ll consider
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Did You Change the World Today?
06 May 08 05:27 PM
I think it’s important that we ask ourselves this question from time to time. I know it helps me to readjust my priorities and tweak my moral compass. So,… Did you change the world today? photo credit: j / f / photos SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:
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Jott.com ROCKS!!!
05 May 08 01:25 PM
I’ve been using this amazing technology for just about a week and I’ve already discovered dozens of reasons (or excuses) for using it. I think it is useful for people that commute back and forth to work like I do. It integrates well with the
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More Favorite Children’s Books
05 May 08 09:19 AM
I enjoyed our recent discussion of favorite children’s books so much that I wanted write a follow-up. A lot of teachers have mentioned that they have already bookmarked it for future reference. This blog exists for exactly that reason - to be a
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Daily Blog Post 05/05/2008
05 May 08 06:30 AM
oh, don’t forget… This is one of those simple technologies that only does one thing, but does that 1 thing really well. I’m surprised at how many times I’ve used this site since discovering it. A very handy resource. Send text
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