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I had mixed feelings about today, but once I got into it all was good. I am so use to working with Mrs Crabtree that I don’t remember to tell Mrs Deakin some things. I hope I don’t forget anything! For example, tonight I added my kiddies to the Google Calendar but didn’t add hers. [...]

Posted in google calendar, school

Monday students return to school. This week we spent working in our rooms, meeting people, having meetings, and planning. Mrs Deakin and I spent time developing our course; she has a strong background in writing, so I’m glad we found ways to infuse that into the AP curriculum. It doesn’t seem like we have too [...]

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Today is the teachers official first day back to school. Last night I couldn’t sleep, and I tossed and turned most of the night. I was just relieved when I rolled back over and it was after 5AM. Perfect! I could live with that.
Yesterday I went in for half a day. Since day care [...]

Posted in nostalgia, school

This time of the year one of two things happens. I get very excited to get back to work, or I stay the heck away. Let me explain.
Before I had children by early July I was BORED OUT OF MY MIND! I would go sit in my classroom and just rearrange pencils because I was [...]

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Here’s a brief video on how to add gmail contacts to a mailing group. As we all know, Google Apps changes almost daily. As for now this way works!
Add Contacts to a mailing group

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Posted in Video Captures, gmail, technology, tutorials, vidcasts, video

Got a new phone this week, and I’ve had some ups and downs with it that I will chronicle here. I’ve been truly trying to find the perfect smartphone for me, and I’ve come close in the last year or so. For example, I had a Sprint 8700 that I thought was pretty cool, since [...]

Posted in Blackberry, gadgets, technology

Shelley Rodrigo and I have worked on a presentation on Google Apps, which I am ready to adapt, develop, update and add to. It’s a work in progress, but here’s what I have so far. I am running it by a few colleagues tomorrow as a sort of preview to larger things down the road, [...]

Posted in gmail, google calendar, google docs, google groups, google sites, presentations, teacher2.0, technology, web2.0

Thank you, Mr Adams from Devon Adams on Vimeo.
My students “borrowed” my MacBookPro and made me an “End of the Year” video in May 2008. I found it today.

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Posted in Video Captures, video, zoho