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For the Love of Scrubs: PorterHouse Media Remix
I love Scrubs... and this rocks..!
Student Protests At CSU Fresno
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
Strategic Planning
Obama Wants to Reduce Educational Dropouts
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,
Drupalist & Author, JRedding
Drupal Training with Jacob Redding (his awesome site though a bit out of date) and Chapter Three.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.
Laptops Spying on Students - Lynn Matsko
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
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
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.
How To Set Your Facebook Privacy Settings
If you want your Facebook profile to show up on Google, there isn't much you can do to hide the above information from strangers ... unless you’re willing to violate Facebook’s terms of agreement and make a few factual adjustments to your name, gender, and current city. You can also choose not to belong to a network or be a fan of anything. Meanwhile, lots of people use photos of their dogs in lieu of proper profile photos, so there’s that.
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