A Dad’s Wait for His Teenager…

I am a dad of 5 beautiful children.  One is a teenager and another will soon be one. Parents often find themselves waiting for these kids as they are yet to get a driver’s permit. Tonight I wait at Taco Johns, free wifi, and make this latest post using my iPod Touch. It has been fun to wait tonight! Peace!

My New iPod Touch

Wednesday was my birthday and I received a 16GB iPod Touch! I am typing this post with it. What an amazing device!

A New PLC Group

This morning I had the opportunity to join my new professional learning community group made up of some of the administrators in our district. We chose to study the book “Whatever it Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don’t Learn” by Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Gayle Karhanek, and, Richard Dufour over the course of the school year. We discussed several issues we face in our leadership positions and best of all shared exciting things that are happening in our professional lives. It was a refreshing and uplifting meeting for me, and I appreciated the setting and especially the people that I will continue to share with.

Later in the day I had another iPod mini-class that went very well, and I feel the seeds are growing bit by bit here in my new district. There are so many people to reach, and I know it is important to continue to help build a network of learners that embrace technology and look for ways to integrate it into their curriculum.

As of late, there has been discussion of not merely integrating technology but rather embedding the technology in the learning process. Read Jeff Utecht’s post (see preceding link) and the thoughts of those that have chimed in to discuss this idea. I think it ties into the subheading of my blog: How to seamlessly integrate technology in the classroom. Oops! There’s that word integrate again!

As a side note, here is a humorous video clip from Late Night with Conan O’Brien on BG (Before Google), or has Google always been around!?!

iPod Basic Training

Today we had an iPod basic training! The information presented is for the beginner; and yes, there are beginners when it comes to using iPods or any mp3 player. The following are links to various resources we used in the mini class:

A Podcast (w/Mary Derby)!!!

Identification

Different types of iPods (Which iPod are you!?!)

How to videos

Downloading Music & Video to Your iPod
Playing Music & Video on Your iPod
Beyond the Basics
Troubleshooting
iPod shuffle

Integration

iPod in Education
iQuiz Maker
iQuiz

Handbook

iPod Getting Started Guide

Support

iPod Support