Jan 3, 2010
A Look Back at 2009 With an Eye Toward 2010
As I start back to work Monday, I look forward to new horizons, challenges and a better Edutechation.com. The items in this look back are items that did well, FCAT posts, and items that show the direction I have started to take as the New Year begins in earnest.
- New Baby is Here – The birth of my son.
- Twitter and Facebook – Are the useful in Education? – Social Media in schools?
- Delicious as a Tool for Teachers – Social Media in schools?
- The 5 Things To Do before Calling Tech Support – You can help youself, really!
- FCAT 2009 Underway – Prediction on Scores – One of my biggest posts of the year.
- Service Desks Need Real Techs – Real people that have actual tech experience, not someone reading a script.
- Bleeding Edge Technology in the Public Sector – It takes longer than most people realize to migrate to new software.
- Stimulus Money Getting to the Right People? – We got money, but did the government get it to the right people?
- Reading Under the Stars – This is what Elementary School and teaching is all about.
- Technology Can Hinder Education – Technology, yes but is it adequate?
- Students Are Affected by Teachers – Teacher can make a difference and the students can see that.
- I’d Rather Have A Root Canal – Our personal experiences shape our lives.
- Budget Cuts Mean Layoffs – Being shortsighted leads to problems.
- Family Before Anything Else – If you don’t take care of the family, everything else has no balance.
- Manatee School District Hurting or Helping Students? – A case where common sense is absent.
- Teamwork is Nice, But Do It Yourself is More Reliable – Sometimes you need to step to the plate and win the game.
- FoxNews Clueless on Education and Safety – Media and their one sided, uneducated view of education.
- Technology Doesn’t Help Without Parent Support – You can’t do it all, parents have to be involved.
- Set a Goal and Reach It – Singapore Marathon 2009 – A friend shows us what you can do if you try.
- Runas Command for Elevated Privileges – You don’t have to run as an administrator all the time.
- A Date Which Will Live In Infamy – My birthday and no one teaches about Pearl Harbor. Lest we forget our history.
- When Outlook Express Won’t Delete Emails – This is the direction I am taking Edutechation.com. Tech Support.
- Rain Man, Kim Peek Passes Away – We are all different, we all need someone to teach us at our level with respect.
- Happy New Year – Goals, not Resolutions. If we set goals we are more apt to complete them.
The last 5 or 6 links are the direction of Edutechation.com. Real life, how does it affect me, education and technology. Straight from the hip, all connected in one way or another, but all different.
