Save Texas Schools

My friend "mguhlin" in my plurk community shared the blog badge that can be added to your blogs. I encourage each and everyone of us to support their efforts. What is happening in Texas has and will continue to happen in our states across the country. We need to save education. We need to save our students. These cuts continue to tear away the great public school system we have throughout Texas and this great country.
Our country was built on the one room public school house that taught many students to read. Save our schools. Let's stand up for education in Texas and support education across all the States in this great country.
One Texas Superintendent says it best: "Texas district schools chief issues plea in Alamo-like letter

MEEZ

TechieThomas

Hi everyone,
Have you used Meez? It is a great site to create an avatar.  Try it. You will like it. A link to the site is listed under "Favorite Sites" in the sidebar.

Technology

What is it? How is it used? When is it used? Why should it be used? Who should use it? Where do you find it? These questions can be asked about the emerging technologies and the ones people are currently using. What, when, why, who, how, and where? We asks these questions now just like people asked these questions when things were invented in the past.
Education asks these questions everyday. They are asked in the schools and admin buildings. What do we need to help our students achieve? How do we come to a happy medium between what network systems considers appropriate and what the educators want to use? Why do we need this tool over this one? Who should purchase then train everyone how to use? Where do we store it/lock it up? These technologies are available but until these questions are asked and answered the schools continue to be slow to implement.
Our students are digital natives. At home the same questions are asked then answered. What do we need to help our child achieve? (computer, online access, video gaming system with internet access, portable devices, cellphones)? How do we come to a happy medium between how to educate our digital natives (allow cellphones during instruction, allow students to have electronic devices at school)? Why do we need this tool (because my parents wanted, I got it for a present, it’s fun)? Who should purchase then train (my parents/grandparents, aunt/uncle; I don’t need training. I can figure it out myself)? Where do we keep it (in my child’s room, family room, it’s portable, not a school)?
As long as we continue to have questions without the answers, our students will be further ahead with the technology at home then at school. Let’s answer the questions and open the networks so we can teach our students the what, when, how, why, who, and where technology can best impact their learning since they already have the answers.

Google Wave

Have you heard? Google is ending Google Wave. Have you tried it? I did and liked it but was unable to get other people to use it.

Another picture of Arthur taping in NY.

Taping of the new Arthur Movie

I never expected to walk onto a movie studio when I walked out of  Grand Central Station in NY City. There I was standing in the crowd taking pictures of the scene before I was told to move on because I was standing in the camera frame. I have attached two pics.

Email Posting

Okay. I am trying this again. I have set up my email blog setting.