Category Archives: EdTech

Moving to Moodle 2.0: Pt.1 The Decision

Posted on 06/10/2011 by William Stites

It wasn’t easy and came with a lot of investigation, thought and discussions, but we’ve decided to make the move to Moodle 2.0 this summer (2011). We have had a number of our teachers, students and tech staff playing with … Continue reading →

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Syncing LDAP (OD or AD) data within Moodle

Posted on 04/21/2011 by William Stites

So we have a Moodle server at our school that is connected to our LDAP server for user authentication.  This works great for us as it provides for easy integration with out other systems that use this form of authentication (FinalSite … Continue reading →

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Moodle: How big is big?

Posted on 04/19/2011 by William Stites

We’ve been using Moodle at my school for years and it’s a real workhorse for us. Moodle is used in classrooms K-12, for committees, clubs, activities and for numerous other school needs. As we are prepare for an upgrade to … Continue reading →

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Evernote at my School: Part Two

Posted on 02/01/2011 by William Stites

In December I posted a video that Evernote shot while at my school earlier in the Fall (Evernote at my School).  The video provided a brief overview of how we are were using Evernote in the early stages of our … Continue reading →

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#edipad for the iPad in Education

Posted on 01/18/2011 by William Stites

I don’t know about you but I am tired of getting spammed by Twitterbots every time I type the hashtag #ipad into a tweet! So… I am suggesting something simple for all of you out there that would like to … Continue reading →

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inService to unService and the addition of the Student Voice.

Posted on 01/12/2011 by William Stites

If you have never attended an unconference before I would highly recommend it.  I recently attended EdCampNYC (My day at EdCamp NYC 2010) and loved it. If you are not familiar with what a unconference is or how it is … Continue reading →

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The iPad in Education and the Questions

Posted on 01/10/2011 by William Stites

[New related post – The iPad in Education: The Apps & Deployment – 9/24/2011] Since the release of the iPad,  there have been a lot of questions about its use in the education space.   As someone who spent the last five … Continue reading →

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Evernote at my School

Posted on 12/08/2010 by William Stites

With the launch of my school’s 1:1 Initiative we gave every faculty member and every student in grades four through twelve a Premium Evernote account. Shortly after the start of the school year Evernote came on-site to record how that … Continue reading →

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Design for Distraction

Posted on 11/22/2010 by William Stites

The New York times story “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” point out many of the ways that technology is ingrained in our students lives and what that means for teaching, learning and distraction. But distraction isn’t anything new. Whether … Continue reading →

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Evernote in the Classroom

Posted on 11/11/2010 by William Stites

You can plan, you can train and you can offer all the professional development you want around a curricular initiative, but you never know how well something will truly work until you unleash it into the wild and have the … Continue reading →

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