Wow, I have neglected this site. Coming soon, in September 2011, will be regularly entries to this site. In the meantime, I think the information on the link below is awesome and wanted to share it! Plus, posting the link here makes it easier for me to find it in the future

http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/photoshop-secret-shortcuts

It’s go time! This week I was hired as a Technology Teacher for an Elementary School in the School District of Philadelphia. My start date is in January and I am excited to finally execute some of the concepts, innovations, and discoveries made through CI 597C and other explorations.

Though I have spent the past several years searching and creating ways to combine my skills in education and technology, the real work began today. I took a trip to NJ to chat with a friend who is a technology teacher and does amazing things with his students. He has been a role model for me in several other areas of life, so it is only natural that I follow his career path once again. I am very fortunate to have such a good mentor!

Since the position starts in early-to-mid January, I have about 3-4 weeks to research what other tech teachers are doing and commit my thoughts about a technology curriculum to paper and lesson plans. I have seen the school’s hardware (a brand new Mac lab) but need to do a full inventory of the software before I do my planning. Creating a curriculum will not be a cakewalk, but I look forward to the process as I expect it will be fun and rewarding.

I plan on documenting what works, what doesn’t, and what might work in the classroom on this here blog, since it is all Theoretical Junk anyway.

It has been almost a year since our last Team Tweet podcast, which was recorded for our final CI 597C class. We were able to reunite in State College last week and record a podcast where we share updates, thoughts, and ideas.  Below is the rundown for the episode as well as links to content of interest we mention in the podcast, but first, here is a picture of us working hard on our podcast:

Tweets working hard

Team Tweet: The Reunion podcast (click here to listen)

• Yearly updates
• The impact of CI 597
• Cole & The Chronicle of HE
• Twitter, the Twitter Explosion, and Twitter Chronicles
• CogDog (Allen Levine) and Storytelling
• Woe is Me Blogs
• The power of blogging and recording the learning process
• Advice for Scott, Cole, and the Sequel class.

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Cole’s article in Chronicles of HE: Cole & The Twitter Class
• Twitter chats: http://www.tweetchat.com/Room/[insert hashtag here]
• Allen Levine: 50 Ways to Tell a Story
• Fmylife
• Brandon Rubenstein’s social media links
• Theoretical Junk

A new friend that I met through to the use of teaching with technology just shared a video he made to teach students about the concept of density.  His video shares a brilliant mnemonic device, and the use of color really makes it more than just a cute saying.

His video also a great use of Flickr video and its 90 second limit.  When describing Flickr’s new feature to tech-savvy friends, I usually call it “Twitterized Video.”  Quite simply, if Twitter is microblogging (a short, concise form of blogging, with strict limits on length), then Flickr video is “microvideo.”

How does one go about coining a phrase?  Am I even first to use microvideo?  Just don’t steal it — that would break my heart!

(If you breaking my heart doesn’t represent density, then you haven’t watched Kevin’s video yet!)