Comments for The Pace of Change http://thepaceofchange.com A Blog for Sagacious Educators Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:53:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on NECC 2008 - Moodle and More by Laurie Korte http://thepaceofchange.com/2008/06/28/necc-2008-moodle-and-more/#comment-824 Laurie Korte Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:08:53 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=66#comment-824 Hi Barry, I wanted to thank you for promoting Moodle, my book, and the Ning. Found you while surfing summize.com, so am now following you on twitter. If anyone wants to continue playing with Moodle...I did a session on Tuesday that was a hands-on exploration and is still open and live to explore. Here is the how-to: Go to http://globalclassroom.us Click on Teachers College Free classes NECC '08 Moodle Magic: Make It Happen add to cart (its free) check out register (if you live outside of US use zip 60047) play around all you want. Available anytime, Laurie Korte Author Moodle Magic: Make It Happen Hi Barry,
I wanted to thank you for promoting Moodle, my book, and the Ning. Found you while surfing summize.com, so am now following you on twitter. If anyone wants to continue playing with Moodle…I did a session on Tuesday that was a hands-on exploration and is still open and live to explore. Here is the how-to:
Go to http://globalclassroom.us
Click on Teachers College
Free classes
NECC ‘08 Moodle Magic: Make It Happen
add to cart (its free)
check out
register (if you live outside of US use zip 60047)
play around all you want.
Available anytime,
Laurie Korte
Author
Moodle Magic: Make It Happen

]]> Comment on Interwrite Learning Video Contest by Brian B. http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/11/01/interwrite-learning-video-contest/#comment-169 Brian B. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:36:48 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/11/01/interwrite-learning-video-contest/#comment-169 Barry, My school district has someone in the finals too... http://www.aswiftlytiltingplanet.com/2007/10/they-need-your-vote.html Good luck to your district's class! Barry,

My school district has someone in the finals too…

http://www.aswiftlytiltingplanet.com/2007/10/they-need-your-vote.html

Good luck to your district’s class!

]]> Comment on Interactive Slate vs. Interactive Whiteboard by Brian B. http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/07/19/interactive-slate-vs-interactive-whiteboard/#comment-14 Brian B. Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:57:29 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/07/19/interactive-slate-vs-interactive-whiteboard/#comment-14 I totally agree with your point of handing students the school pad instead of the tablet. The idea in my post was to have the teacher using the tablet pc while the students passed around the MUCH more durable school pad. I think it is great that you have 200ish teachers already using an interactive wireless pad. Our district is definitely looking at the benefits of them (my cost analysis is just part of that, we are piloting pads in several classrooms this year). Thanks for highlighting my post! I totally agree with your point of handing students the school pad instead of the tablet. The idea in my post was to have the teacher using the tablet pc while the students passed around the MUCH more durable school pad.

I think it is great that you have 200ish teachers already using an interactive wireless pad. Our district is definitely looking at the benefits of them (my cost analysis is just part of that, we are piloting pads in several classrooms this year).

Thanks for highlighting my post!

]]> Comment on LeaderTalk for School Administrators by Barry Pace http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/03/12/leadertalk-for-school-administrators/#comment-13 Barry Pace Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:45:43 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=19#comment-13 Scott, Will listed Moritz's <a href="http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/" rel="nofollow">G-Town Talks</a> blog on his <a href="http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/Weblogs+in+Schools" rel="nofollow">conference presentation wiki</a> under Blogging in Professional Practice. She was mentioning her nervousness about becoming a new contributor to the site <a href="http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/student-apathyteacher-apathy/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for the links. Scott, Will listed Moritz’s G-Town Talks blog on his conference presentation wiki under Blogging in Professional Practice.

She was mentioning her nervousness about becoming a new contributor to the site here.

Thanks for the links.

]]> Comment on LeaderTalk for School Administrators by Scott McLeod http://thepaceofchange.com/2007/03/12/leadertalk-for-school-administrators/#comment-12 Scott McLeod Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:18:29 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=19#comment-12 Barry, glad you found LeaderTalk! Did Will mention us or did you find us some other way? Dr. Scott McLeod Director, CASTLE U. Minnesota http://www.leadertalk.org http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org http://www.schooltechleadership.org Barry, glad you found LeaderTalk! Did Will mention us or did you find us some other way?

Dr. Scott McLeod
Director, CASTLE
U. Minnesota
http://www.leadertalk.org
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
http://www.schooltechleadership.org

]]> Comment on Google Notebook vs. Microsoft OneNote by Don Lapre Ben http://thepaceofchange.com/2006/12/08/google-notebook-vs-microsoft-onenote/#comment-11 Don Lapre Ben Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:27:33 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=9#comment-11 Nodoubt, this will be very useful for college students...Good work given here! All the best! Don Lapre Ben webmaster@gidnoc.com www.gidnoc.com Nodoubt, this will be very useful for college students…Good work given here! All the best!

Don Lapre Ben
webmaster@gidnoc.com
http://www.gidnoc.com

]]> Comment on Google Notebook vs. Microsoft OneNote by Florian http://thepaceofchange.com/2006/12/08/google-notebook-vs-microsoft-onenote/#comment-10 Florian Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:18:04 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=9#comment-10 Hi, I found your blog via google by accident and have to admit that youve a really interesting blog :-) Just saved your feed in my reader, have a nice day :) Hi,
I found your blog via google by accident and have to admit that youve a really interesting blog :-) Just saved your feed in my reader, have a nice day :)

]]> Comment on Google Notebook vs. Microsoft OneNote by OneNote Extensibility & More.. : Happy New Year! Here's a double helping of December blogs about OneNote 2007 http://thepaceofchange.com/2006/12/08/google-notebook-vs-microsoft-onenote/#comment-9 OneNote Extensibility & More.. : Happy New Year! Here's a double helping of December blogs about OneNote 2007 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:43:01 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=9#comment-9 [...] Mike sent out the following set of blog posts and I thought I would pass them on to everyone.    "Office OneNote - one of the best code development tools around" "OneNote 2007 - The Killer Personal App?" "(and no, I'm not receiving kickbacks on OneNote 2007 sales, I'm just pleased when a piece of software exceeds my expectations :)" "OneNote was one of the few truly original and useful things to come out of Microsoft in a long time." "Microsoft OneNote is pretty sweet, I must say." New powertoy beta- Windows Live Messenger --> OneNote "I adore OneNote...Definitely one of Microsoft's handier Office programs. " "Best Tablet PC Software About To Be Released: OneNote 2007"   "While I like using [OneNote 2003], I wasn't satisfied that I would or could use it effectively for my business efforts. Sunday I downloaded a trial version of OneNote 2007. I am very impressed." "My new year's resolution (Microsoft edition) is to become a OneNote user.  From everything I've seen the 2007 version has really improved things in the areas I cared about: syncing, integration with Outlook, a mobile version for my phone." "OneNote 2007 is great!" "Google Notebook vs. Microsoft OneNote" "OneNote rocks " "I just installed OneNote 2007 on Vista and I have to say, I'm sold" "I am trying out Microsoft OneNote 2007. I see it as a competitor to Wiki technology and that I am going against all the Wiki preaching I was doing at my former company. I need a better way to store information." "I consider Onenote to be a killerapp, there's just no living without it" "OneNote (I don't think there's any other app really like it)" "apart from the stupendous OneNote 2007 there is very little incentive for me to upgrade...  I may just fork out for a standalone version of OneNote" "OneNote 2003 was essentially: "Let's see if people actually want to use something like this..." OneNote 2007 is ten times better." "Every student should have a copy of Onenote" Waiting For… "Sort Pages" and "Find & Replace" [...] [...] Mike sent out the following set of blog posts and I thought I would pass them on to everyone.    ”Office OneNote - one of the best code development tools around” “OneNote 2007 - The Killer Personal App?” “(and no, I’m not receiving kickbacks on OneNote 2007 sales, I’m just pleased when a piece of software exceeds my expectations :)” “OneNote was one of the few truly original and useful things to come out of Microsoft in a long time.” “Microsoft OneNote is pretty sweet, I must say.” New powertoy beta- Windows Live Messenger –> OneNote “I adore OneNote…Definitely one of Microsoft’s handier Office programs. ” “Best Tablet PC Software About To Be Released: OneNote 2007″   “While I like using [OneNote 2003], I wasn’t satisfied that I would or could use it effectively for my business efforts. Sunday I downloaded a trial version of OneNote 2007. I am very impressed.” “My new year’s resolution (Microsoft edition) is to become a OneNote user.  From everything I’ve seen the 2007 version has really improved things in the areas I cared about: syncing, integration with Outlook, a mobile version for my phone.” “OneNote 2007 is great!” “Google Notebook vs. Microsoft OneNote” “OneNote rocks ” “I just installed OneNote 2007 on Vista and I have to say, I’m sold” “I am trying out Microsoft OneNote 2007. I see it as a competitor to Wiki technology and that I am going against all the Wiki preaching I was doing at my former company. I need a better way to store information.” “I consider Onenote to be a killerapp, there’s just no living without it” “OneNote (I don’t think there’s any other app really like it)” “apart from the stupendous OneNote 2007 there is very little incentive for me to upgrade…  I may just fork out for a standalone version of OneNote” “OneNote 2003 was essentially: “Let’s see if people actually want to use something like this…” OneNote 2007 is ten times better.” “Every student should have a copy of Onenote” Waiting For… “Sort Pages” and “Find & Replace” [...]

]]> Comment on Brainpop’n by Vicki Davis http://thepaceofchange.com/2006/12/01/brainpop/#comment-8 Vicki Davis Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:42:05 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=4#comment-8 Yes, books are good on their own. But if your class is doing the program, it is not a bad thing, it is a very good thing. I believe strongly in the program because it helps kids take it to another level. It just does. But my kids love to read because they love to read. It is part of their evening routine - 30 minutes of reading before bed -- they've been doing it since they were little. No, that is not incented by AR. But when they started Ar, they read even more. And more reading is always good. Yes, books are good on their own. But if your class is doing the program, it is not a bad thing, it is a very good thing. I believe strongly in the program because it helps kids take it to another level. It just does.

But my kids love to read because they love to read. It is part of their evening routine - 30 minutes of reading before bed — they’ve been doing it since they were little. No, that is not incented by AR. But when they started Ar, they read even more. And more reading is always good.

]]> Comment on Brainpop’n by Bud Hunt http://thepaceofchange.com/2006/12/01/brainpop/#comment-7 Bud Hunt Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:53:00 +0000 http://thepaceofchange.com/?p=4#comment-7 Please, avoid AR. Continue teaching your daughter that reading feeds her brain, and she won't need points, or prizes, or any other gimmick. The books are good on their own. Please, avoid AR. Continue teaching your daughter that reading feeds her brain, and she won’t need points, or prizes, or any other gimmick. The books are good on their own.

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