Monthly Archives: January 2012

Passion and Inspiration in teaching…with great power.

Posted on 01/30/2012 by William Stites

As a kid I played Dungeons and Dragons a lot! On weekends my friends and I would get together play throughout the night.  We’d spend hours diagramming maps, dungeons, fantasy worlds and coming up with new and outrageous adventures. We … Continue reading →

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My day at Educon 2012

Posted on 01/29/2012 by William Stites

This was the second year in a row that I attended Educon for the Saturday sessions.  If you’ve never been to Educon before it is held at the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in center city Philadelphia. If you have never been … Continue reading →

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Who owns the data in your school?

Posted on 01/24/2012 by William Stites

[Part 3 in a series on institutional data] When an address change comes into your school who owns and enters that data into your system(s)? When standardized testing scores come in, who enters the data? If an alum, who is … Continue reading →

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Is there an educational rationale for BYOD programs?

Posted on 01/22/2012 by William Stites

I spent the morning pouring over a number of blog and ISED listserv posts to try to catch up on the latest talk around the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device or BYOT – Technology) debate in education. I found many comments … Continue reading →

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Pressing Pause on Lion

Posted on 01/21/2012 by William Stites

[UPDATED – 1/26/2012] There is doing something and doing something right. When you take on any project, particularly one effecting 1000+ people you better make sure you’re doing it as right as possible. My school is a year and a … Continue reading →

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I say 1:1, you say…

Posted on 01/20/2012 by William Stites

NOTE: Originally posted on the Educational Collaborators blog on 1/18/2012 – Update for Ultrabooks below – 1/21/2012. When you hear people talking about a 1:1 program they could be talking about a lot of different things. A few years ago … Continue reading →

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Design, intent and actual use.

Posted on 01/14/2012 by William Stites

While running a few errands today I had to withdrawal some money from the ATM.  It was freezing outside so I want to make use the drive-up machine so not to have to get out of my nice, warm car. … Continue reading →

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The iPad is not considered an educational tool?!

Posted on 01/05/2012 by William Stites

“Hi… I went to the apple store and asked for an educator’s discount on the iPad and they told me that they do not give a discount on iPads because they are not considered an educational tool.  After you picked … Continue reading →

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