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Keeping up…

Information overload has the potential to overwhelm good citizens all over the world, and I am not immune!  With a busy life that begins with five children and all their great adventures, I am often not reading all my RSS feeds, not checking Twitter, nor updating Facebook.  However, I do utilize these tools and many others to organize information that I find useful, and I know that I will eventually get to the pieces of info that are meaningful to me.

I can’t keep up with it all and that is okay.  There are no laws that require us to keep up to date on every piece of information rolling around on the web, and there are laws that warn us not to neglect our children.  Remember that the next time a little one is trying to pull you away from a digital device screen.

By the way, happy anniversary to my dear wife Dianna.  19 years and still going strong!!! 

Nebraskaland Days Parade

We spent part of Saturday at the Nebraskaland Days Parade.  The following is footage utilizing the new Kodak camera that we are trying out.  The NPHS band is the featured entry in the video!

Professional Development

A few odds and ends keep showing up on my blog as I share examples of how to blog in various professional development workshops that I am facilitating this June.  We are podcasting, blogging, doing digital storytelling, video conferencing, trying out online tools, and experimenting with several tech gadgets including the Wii.  We have also been involved in Quest Atlantis professional development too.  It has been quite rewarding so far, and I myself have learned so much.  Our training resources can be found at one of my wikis:  HIT – Hokanson’s Instructional Technology Wiki. Enjoy!

NASCAR Pit Stop in Times Square

I just saw this on yahoo.com – that is awesome!!!

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Posting from the ipod again…

This works quite well!!!

Good Afternoon

Hello!!!

Comments

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Test iPod Post

Hey, does this work?

Welcome New Bloggers!

This is a post to welcome some new bloggers to the blogosphere!  It is an interesting world and fun too!  Students can definitely benefit from teachers that blog, and a classroom blog extends your classroom and shares what is happening with the rest of the world.

A blog is simply a type of website that is easy to put together and maintain (See the video clip below!).  Here is hoping that you enjoy blogging!

Common Craft: Their Product is Explanation

I love the Common Craft site and the informative, easy to understand videos that explain everything from Twitter to saving money.  My favorite is from a couple of years ago during the Halloween season:

School Year Ends, PD Begins!

What a whirlwind school year!  It is hard to believe that it is over.  My posts to this blog (lack of posts!!!) are a barometer of how busy I was especially over the last few months.  I am preparing for summer professional development workshops, and I wanted to share my resources (A work in progess over the next few days; so, please check back as I add information).  If you have anything to add it would be appreciated (Please add your suggestions to the comments, thanks)!

Summer 2009 Workshop Resources (My PBWorks Wiki)

I am a geek…

NETA Conference Notes & Resources…

It has been a few busy days since attending the NETA Conference in Omaha, and I just had an opportunity to look over my notes and add various links I wanted to share.  The conference was very rewarding once again, and despite the sketchy internet connection, I was able to gain a wealth of information.

If you are interested in viewing the resources that my team and I gathered go to the following PBworks page (So long PBwiki in name, and hello to the new name!); plus, we will be adding more notes over the coming days so check back:  http://hokanson.pbworks.com/NETA-Conference-2009

NETA Conference 2009

Another exciting NETA Conference is underway, and I am looking forward to my second trip to this event.  When I announced I would be moving to Nebraska two years ago, David Warlick mentioned this great conference!  It is an excellent place to network, pick up new skills and information, and it is an event I would recommend to anyone in the region.  I plan to share what I learn over the next two days so stay tuned!