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Hunter College Campus School
. I support the effective use of technology in schools and classrooms.
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games in education
. Please find below an ever-changing picture of me. You know, just in case you were curious.
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Blogging
Blogging and education: a great mix. Part 1
Blogging and education: a great mix. Part 2
Blogging and eFolios
Changing and tweaking!
Crossing the line and blogging. What crosses the line?
Google RSS news reader
How do I use blogs in my classroom: securing a blogger blog.
How do I use blogs in my classsroom: an answer.
myspace, teens and education...
So you want to blog, eh?
Some nice press attention
State of the blogosphere
The Finnish
Want a great blog? do this...
Games in education
10 easy ways to miss the boat
9 Paradoxes of learning through video games & simulation
A COTS game with potential: SPORE
A new year and some new games
A stampede ...
An invitation to try computer games in your classroom
Can Eve Online be played casually?
COTS game design that works
Criteria for evaluating games in education
Designing games
Digital Games based learning article
Evaluting educational potential in a COTS game
Evidence, evidence!
Game Research
Games and assessment: a closer look
Games and compulsive internet use
Games and multitasking. A good thing?
Games and Socialization: are MMO's bad for your social life?
Games Developer Conference: Jesper Juul on broadening the game-meme
Games in education wiki
Games, public schools & religion
Getting to Z: part 1
Getting to Z: part 2
Getting to Z: part 3
Getting to Z: part 4
Getting to Z: part 5
Getting to Z: Part 6 - Final
Getting your foot in the door
Grand Theft Calculus
Harnessing the power of video games for learning
Helping teachers use games
Hold the bar higher
I want to approach buying the game as a learning opportunity
Inform 7 released! Interactive fiction
Instructional Design and games in education
Interviewed on podcast
Is Eve Online Educational?
John Kirriemuir does it again!
Know any good books on educational gaming?
meta-analysis shows games work
My little existential crisis about COTS games....
New Games in Education custom search !!
New interview from the San Francisco Chronicle
Podcasts feed finally working!
Real teachers, real games. The Games Developer Conference beckons!
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked
Richard Bartle on Games and Learning
Serious games conference notes available
Some answers to some common questions:
Spore in the NYT"
Text-based games podcast
The right circumstances for games in education to work
Um, EA? What are you smoking?
USA Today quoted WHO?!
Using Civilization in class
Violence and Computer games: a response
Virtual Worlds in education
Where is the game research?
Why dual booting Apple computers are a big deal in games in education
Wiki help
Practical Advice
10 easy ways to miss the boat
Some answers to some common questions:
The right circumstances for games in education to work
Using Civilization in class
Educational Tech
A $400.00 lightbulb
a $400.00 lightbulb - part 2
A $400.00 lightbulb - part 3 (final)
A trouble ticket success story: part 1
A trouble ticket success story: part 2
Blogging and education: a great mix. Part 1
Blogging and education: a great mix. Part 2
Blogging and eFolios
Digital image library solution?
Discernment and EdTech
Earth From Space: collection of pictures
Educational Network Security - part 1
Educational Network Security - part 2
Edward Tufte is a smart guy
Excel gradebook templates
Games and compulsive internet use
Gifted Education and Technology
Google: using shared calendars
Great podcast and a comment about making tech easy to use
How do I use blogs in my classroom: securing a blogger blog.
How do I use blogs in my classsroom: an answer.
How do we know if it's true?
How to keep track of good websites?
If it's all online, what am I going to teach?
Impact of ICT in schools
Inform 7 released! Interactive fiction
innovate and distance learning
Integrating technology in public schools: part 1
Integrating technology in public schools: part 2
Integrating technology in schools: part 3
Internet safety
Jenkins talks about myspace and the future of learning and teaching.
Mac vs PC
Major new edtech report. Some technology doesn't help math and reading
New Games in Education custom search !!
Online Learning
Open Source in education
PBS videos on iTunes
Pretty CSS font styles
Professional development
Quick! How can we make technology work in education?!
Quick! Part 2
Security and the absense of reason
Seven things you should know
slashdot tackles educational technology
Some nice press attention
Standardization
Student laptops in the classroom
Subversive technology integration
Support
Technology Survey
Text-based games podcast
That Beautiful moment of aha!
The beautiful aha
The case for using delicious
The Finnish
The internet rots your brain
The time has come, the danger is real. It's time to ban pencils
The two realms of Ed Tech - part 1
The two realms of Ed Tech - part 2
The two realms of Ed Tech - part 3
The Water Cooler Effect
The way IT is supposed to be...in schools?
Time Magazine: are kids too wired for their own good?
Welcome readers from M*U*S*H : updated with log
What does an instructional designer do?
What is a good school website??
What's up with educational technology anyways?
Who is using technology in your school?
Why do teachers use tech?
Why dual booting Apple computers are a big deal in games in education
Wiki's and education?
Windows: Math Fractals and Graphing program
Yet another reason to love Google...
Design
A $400.00 lightbulb
a $400.00 lightbulb - part 2
A $400.00 lightbulb - part 3 (final)
Edward Tufte is a smart guy
Gifted Education and Technology
Great podcast and a comment about making tech easy to use
How to keep track of good websites?
slashdot tackles educational technology
Student laptops in the classroom
The way IT is supposed to be...in schools?
Gifted
Gifted Education and Technology
platform
Mac vs PC
Security and the absense of reason
Security
Educational Network Security - part 1
Educational Network Security - part 2
Internet safety
Security and the absense of reason
Smartboards
Great podcast and a comment about making tech easy to use
Support
a $400.00 lightbulb - part 2
Standardization
Support
That Beautiful moment of aha!
The Water Cooler Effect
The way IT is supposed to be...in schools?
HOWTO
Excel gradebook templates
Google: Managing google alerts
HOWTO: Blackboard: announcements
HOWTO: Blackboard: assignments
HOWTO: Blackboard: books
HOWTO: Blackboard: Course Documents
HOWTO: Blackboard: course information
HOWTO: Blackboard: introduction to the control panel
HOWTO: Blackboard: manging links
HOWTO: Blackboard: organizing folders
HOWTO: Blackboard: Staff information
HOWTO: google: sending email from different accounts
HOWTO: Google: setting up groups in google (especially for teachers!)
HOWTO: Introduction to quickmaps.com
HOWTO: Use google pages
HOWTO: using del.icio.us
HOWTO: using giffy.com
HOWTO: using YouTube in education
HOWTO: wiki's and you
Office: how to annotate a Word document
Office: how to password protect an office document
OS X HOWTO: backing up using a USB thumb drive
OS X HOWTO: Introduction to OS X
OS X HOWTO: introduction to Word
OS X HOWTO: use a usb thumb drive
OS X HOWTO: Using iCal
Using Google documents
Windows HOWTO: Creating filters in Eudora
Windows HOWTO: excel and charting
Windows HOWTO: getting clipart
Windows HOWTO: inserting clipart in word
Windows HOWTO: Introduction to excel
Windows HOWTO: Introduction to powerpoint
Windows HOWTO: introduction to Windows
Windows HOWTO: Powerpoint advanced
Windows HOWTO: printing in powerpoint
Windows HOWTO: smartboard 101
Windows HOWTO: Using Acrobat Reader for new users
Windows HOWTO: using flickr
Windows: HOWTO powerpoint grouping and motion paths
blackboard
HOWTO: Blackboard: announcements
HOWTO: Blackboard: assignments
HOWTO: Blackboard: books
HOWTO: Blackboard: Course Documents
HOWTO: Blackboard: course information
HOWTO: Blackboard: introduction to the control panel
HOWTO: Blackboard: manging links
HOWTO: Blackboard: organizing folders
HOWTO: Blackboard: Staff information
general computing
Office: how to password protect an office document
Windows HOWTO: Creating filters in Eudora
Windows HOWTO: introduction to Windows
Windows HOWTO: Using Acrobat Reader for new users
google
HOWTO: google: sending email from different accounts
HOWTO: Google: setting up groups in google (especially for teachers!)
HOWTO: Use google pages
Using Google documents
office
Excel gradebook templates
Google: Managing google alerts
Office: how to annotate a Word document
Office: how to password protect an office document
OS X HOWTO: introduction to Word
Windows HOWTO: inserting clipart in word
Windows HOWTO: Introduction to powerpoint
Windows HOWTO: Powerpoint advanced
Windows HOWTO: printing in powerpoint
os x
OS X HOWTO: backing up using a USB thumb drive
OS X HOWTO: Introduction to OS X
OS X HOWTO: introduction to Word
OS X HOWTO: use a usb thumb drive
OS X HOWTO: Using iCal
web 2.0
HOWTO: Introduction to quickmaps.com
HOWTO: using del.icio.us
HOWTO: using giffy.com
HOWTO: using YouTube in education
HOWTO: wiki's and you
Windows HOWTO: using flickr
Linux
Linux certification
Why I love Ubuntu and my frustration at work
News
A trouble ticket success story: part 2
Blacklists and you: some information
Discernment and EdTech
Games in education wiki
Last day of school
Welcome to the new site!
Wiki help
Personal
2004 professional goals
A perfect vacation
A trouble ticket success story: part 1
Ah, Lem - Do widzenia
Announcement
Back from Thanksgiving!
Biography of yours truly...
Call to Boycott Circuit City
Can Eve Online be played casually?
Classic text-based games
comments now working!
Design changes finished
Happy IWD!
Happy New Year!
Holiday
Holiday
J.K Rowling
Last day of school
Latest resume
Light on the horizon!
Liminality
Linux certification
mackenty.org wins eSchool News award!
My first usenet post
New animation on the horizon
Off the Grid
Out of the Office!
Recharging my blogging batteries
RSS links for text-based games
Sept 11 2006
Some nice press attention
Thanks, Gary
That's a LOOOTTTT of bytes!
The nightmare that is learning Polish...
Thoughts and Prayers...
To understand Poland, you've got to understand Russia
Vacation!
We are coming for you....
Teaching Diary
1st graders and South Park
A stampede ...
busy day teaching
Digital image library solution?
Open Source in education
The real problem with American public education?
The Tethered Self
Text-based gaming
Good text-based gaming links
RSS links for text-based games
Links
Good text-based gaming links
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