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Well its a bit chilly here in NY today, but summer will be upon us soon. For many parents our kids will be out of school soon which poses a whole host of dilemmas. Child care while you go to work, camp, vacations. My son's school releases on June 10th! Yes folks he gets almost 3 months of summer vacation. What is a parent to do!I am a firm believer in "get outside and run and play until you

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Increasing I hear more and more folks saying that their work day is structured differently. Here is a link to another blogger who talks about it http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/category/working-from-home/ They have the ability to work from home, from Starbucks, from a park as long as they have an Internet connection. I think that the typical "office" has begun to shift dramatically but by the time

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Today I had the privilege to hear Tim Magner speak at a MOUSE conference in NYC. I thought he was very good. His PowerPoint moved at a quick pace (which held my attention), he was funny, his answers to the participants questions were thorough and his passion for Technology in schools was clearly evident. There were a few things that he spoke about that struck me as very interesting when thinking

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For our First Graders here are some thoughts pulled together from the standards set forth by NCREL http://www.ncrel.org/tech/nets/netsrubricp2.pdfStudents know how to start up the computer; locate applications; choose icons to select, open, save, print, and close files; and shut down the computer, monitor, and printer. Students identify ways that the computer is used at home and in school.

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I think this will put a smile on any Mom's face...

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My colleague, Lisa Michelle, spoke recently in her blog about the paperless diet. I find this blog entry to be particularly interesting because it speaks to the educator who inherently totes around pounds and pounds of paper. It challenges an educator to shed weight. Paper weight. Why is it that in education we feel the more paper we have the more prepared we are?I have seen it time and time

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So what is Blurb? I stumbled upon Blurb recently and was in awe of the functionality of this online bookmaking site. Unlike the traditional photo upload/book creating site this site has an added layer that takes it into another realm. Imagine creating a book rich with text, rich with photos, rich with collaboration? Yes, collaboration. Once you begin your book you can invite collaborators to view

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I am on a plane right now…heading out to NCTM, http://www.nctm.org/ National Conference for Teachers of Mathematics. My lens is always to look at curriculum and see ways technology is being used to enhance education. I also go with the lens as a mom. What would make Math fun for Andrew. Andrew’s forte in school is Math. You can dish it to him in the simplest of ways, workbooks, and he will eat it

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I decided today that I am going to activly persue the NOAA's Teacher at Sea program. I think through my blog I can open the window to many environmental issues with our oceans we are currently facing. The application process begins in October 2008. I already put it in my calendar as a reminder. I think my son would be rather jealous if I did this, but the amount of information I could potentially

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As you may or may not know…in addition to being a mom, blogger and technologist, I am also an educator. I work for the NYCDOE in technology. I would like to draw the curtains back and take a peak into classrooms and see how technology is being used in classrooms. I will focus on one grade level a week. During the weeks ahead if you are doing something great in your classroom or at home (

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Five green things you can do with your students/children starting TODAY:1. Email notices….9 times out of 10 they are created on a computer in the first place, but somehow they wind up in a copier.a. If you are a teacher think how easy it would be to create a distribution list in your email address book and send home all notes in one attachment. You can do this quickly and efficiently and save

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Andrew loves his Pokemon cards. The names on those cards are really strange and I have no interest in knowing about the damage level each character possesses but he feels compelled to share all his knowledge about Pokemon with me. The Easter bunny also brought new Pokemon cards so there is a new batch of names to learn and who evolved from who and 10 damage or 20 damage (those who know about this

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...this post was written yesterday as I waited patiently for them to fix my old blog but I thought I would share it anyway since there are some nice links in it.I worked hard Easter morning. I wrote and wrote. I came home from celebrating Easter and literally jumped into my seat to check my blog. I knew that even if the whole world didn’t read it, at least Lisa Michelle, my friend, my critic, my

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(This was imported from my damaged site) Sunday, March 23, 2008Who is the Innovative Parent? Here is a list of some words that come to mind when I need to describe who I am:Parent, Mom, Educator, Technologist, Blogger, Scrapbooker (…and not paperless), Online dater, Friend, Text Junkie, Social Networker, Sister, Cook That’s just a few, but I want you to have a sense of who I am. My goals through

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(This was imported from my damaged site) Sunday, March 23, 2008What is a digital footprint? What is the power of leaving a digital footprint? Why should we want to leave this footprint? Unlike footprints left in the sand at the beach, our online prints often linger around long after the tide has gone out. As more internet users become familiar with the idea of authoring and posting content online

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(This was imported from my damaged site ) Sunday, March 23, 2008The Easter Bunny arrived at our home sometime between midnight and 3 am. He brought lots of jelly beans, M &Ms and Butterfingers. He also brought a few other fun things like Disney's Car boxer shorts and speedo sunglass goggles for the pool. Along with these items he delivered a Webkinz. The bunny to be specific. Instantly the room

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I started a blog under another ID, but it was flagged for spam, which wasn't true. I became increasingly more and more frustrated while I waited for Google or Blogger to fix the situation. I went into the help forum and heard the cries of many people who this had happened to and nothing was done. I pulled down all my posts and I am going to place them here again. Hopefully, it won't happen

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