About Me

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 16:41

I am a educational technology geek and fitness enthusiast whose goals is to combine the two with as few typos as possible.   I typically fail on the typos... but I am trying.  My website is, as always in a state of flux and I would have it no other way because to me it means that I am constantly pursuing my believes in education and fitness.  Constantly moving, constantly changing, constantly growing.  I'd have it no other way.

My life focus rests in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT), health and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).  I have earned a Computer Science Bachelor Degree and am in the process of completing a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction at CSU Fresno and with a possible Ed D down the road.  I enjoy teaching very, very much and often find myself seeking positions, hobbies or activities that involve teaching or coaching. 

I am also very interested in social networking for the greater good of mankind, so to speak.  Teachers, coaches, community groups and individuals who love education and healthy lifestyles are the types of people that I would like to network with, share ideas with and struggle with to met the endless needs of children, students, teachers and community groups.

Contact me if you need help with your educational and fitness goals.  If I can help.  I will.  If I can't, maybe I know someone who can.  Together we can try and together we can.

For the Love of Scrubs: PorterHouse Media Remix

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 20:10

I love Scrubs... and this rocks..!

Student Protests At CSU Fresno

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 12:33
CSU Fresno Protests March 4 2010

 Students all over the nation today are protesting increases in tuition, reduced class offerings, furloughs and more.   At CSU Fresno, students marched from Shaw Avenue to campus chanting and carrying posters and the like.  The event was tame and offered the gathering of peace officers little to do.

Go 'Dogs...!

 

Traffic on 19th Avenue was temporarily shut down today when students from San Francisco State University protesting cuts to educational funding poured into the street and blocked traffic.

~SF Gate

Technology: How to Strategically Plan

Submitted by Peter on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 16:31
what we do in computer class

Strategic Planning

Obama Wants to Reduce Educational Dropouts

Submitted by Peter on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:09
Statuesque Obama

President Obama has a new game plan that will have lasting implications for the American Education System.  His goal: Closing low performing schools, fire teachers and principals that haven't improved the academic scores of their students.  President Obama is proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change/close or reopen their worst performing schools as charter schools.  The president's new policy is a bid to help roughtly between 2,

Isbn: 
Image of The Plan: Barack Obama's Promise to America and His Plan for the Economy, Iraq, Healthcare, and More
Image of The Obama Education Plan: An Education Week Guide

Drupalist & Author, JRedding

Submitted by Peter on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:28
Drupalist and Author Jacob Redding

Drupal Training with Jacob Redding (his awesome site though a bit out of date) and Chapter Three.  We are going to be covering the use of Drupal's Panels on websites.  Panels is a way to present data/information in different ways.

At the very bottom of this article you'll find Jacob's new Drupal 7 book cooming out shortly.

Isbn: 
Image of Beginning Drupal

Laptops Spying on Students - Lynn Matsko

Submitted by Peter on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 14:24

Spying on students through the use of webcameras on laptop isn't how computers and technology should be used in the classroom or homes of students.  I'm greatly dismayed by the allegded act of Vice Principal Lynn Matsko.  I hope that in the end the students don't lose faith in their teachers, their district or technology.  What a horrible alledged misstep by an educator.

 

 

Every Teacher Fired

Submitted by Peter on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 12:58

Every Teacher Fired?  The first wave of school closings are occurring even now as President Obama is pressing for the closure or cronically poor performing.  One of the first school in the nation has now fired its educators and has closed its doors.

Flashlight Online 2.0

Submitted by Peter on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 12:22

 

Today I went to another Brown Bag Technology Seminar at CSU Fresno.  JoLynne Blake presented Washingtion State's new FREE survey application for teachers and educators.

 

Fresnostatenews.com - My T-shirt

Submitted by Peter on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 13:41
Fresno State News

 

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