http://mrmac.edublogs.org I call this Un-professional Development because little I do here is done in any sytematic form as expected from "Professionals". This will be a wander through the unknown! I plan on using this blog as a way to share my (few) good ideas, lesson plans, tutorials and resources as I stumble across them. Certainly there won't be something for everybody, but maybe there will be something for somebody! Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:18:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I stumbled upon this video, and thought it was worth sharing! The rest of the series is posted on my "Favorite Videos" page. http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2009/10/12/what-is-web-2-0/ I spent yesterday at a PD session at the school Board Office. The (roughly) 20 of us all had laptops and digital cameras. We spent time outside exploring, and time inside exploring with technology. It was a great day of learning. And then I arrived at school this morning. Teachers were ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2009/09/22/something-is-wrong-here/ Ignitephilly.org http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2008/10/19/something-to-think-about/ The powerpoint presentation that I gave on animations can be found here. http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2008/05/15/the-animation-presentation/ As we approach the halfway point of the school year, and the end of the first semester, I am watching my teenage daughters prepare for final exams. I read the blog post Finals Fever and agree with the statement that there needs to be "a better way to end a ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2008/01/17/all-questions-are-easy/ Millions of peole watched the recent episode of Oprah where she had Professor Randy Pausch give part of the lecture entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”  he gave at Carnegie Mellon University on September 18, 2007. What made the story special is that the man is dying of Pancreatic cancer, and is ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2007/10/23/youtube-and-google-video-better-than-oprah/ Download Video: Posted by g_morris at TeacherTube.com. Today's assignment....Can you point out his mistakes?? In groups of three, find the errors made in this clip, and explain WHY HE IS WRONG.  Be prepared to make a presentation to the other groups! http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2007/09/27/72/ What would you say if you were placed in a school where there were no grades and you moved through different "levels"based on what you have learned. It would be a little bit like swimming lessons, when you can tread water for 60 seconds and swim 2 lengths of the ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/a-school-without-grades/ Each August for the past decade, as faculty prepare for the academic year, Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Beloit College Mindset List. Its 70 items provide a look at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year college students. Here ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2007/08/31/beloit-college-mindset-list/ There are two very different points of view on one to one computing for students. Two articles, opposite points of view. The first one is from the New York Times. To summarize, the article explains how some schools are removing laptop computers and reducing computer access for students because there is ... http://mrmac.edublogs.org/2007/05/18/we-can-cover-the-material-or/