A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
At NECC I ran into one of my counterparts in another district, and he asked me a distressing question. He asked if our district blocked blogs on our filtering system. I’m hoping I didn’t sound too incredulous when I answered him. No. We don’t block blogs. Apparently his district does block blogs. According to him, … Read More “Blocking Blogs” »
While I was in Atlanta at NECC, I fired up iTunes at my hotel. I was quite surpirsed to see that someone had shared their iPod library. I was even more suprised that I could access all 12.5 GB of his music. I could listen to it, but couldn’t copy or do anything else. This … Read More “Unexpected Sharing” »
The last day of NECC, and Homer and I really wanted to catch a couple more sessions on open source software for classrooms. Our previous session on iPods was jam-packed, and ran a bit long. Subsequently, we were later than we might have liked in getting to the session on Wikis. It was already just … Read More “NECC 2007 Aftermath” »
The process of checking out of the hotel and getting the car loaded caused us to miss our first session this morning. Homer and I had been getting several requests for information about podcasts, so we decided to attend a session about iPods. First, I’ve got mixed feelings about podcasts. I think they have the … Read More “NECC Day Four – iPods in the Classroom” »
Tonight we were invited to join several of our colleagues and one of our vendors at Pittypat’s Porch for a meal. Richard Darrell from Synrevoice likes to select a restaurant that typifies the cuisine of the host city for his client dinners. Since we are in Atlanta, his research led us to Pittypat’s as the … Read More “Pittypat’s Porch” »
At conferences like NECC it’s always a dilemma to select activities. There is always SO much going on, and often what I want to see happens simultaneously with other sessions I want to attend. Fortunately, many of the sessions are being podcast, so I may try to download a few of those that I missed … Read More “Encounters with the Familiar” »
Usually I like to play the game of "pick out the teacher." They are so easy to spot, and I like trying to catch them out in the wild – on the streets of the conference town. Today I had the tables turned. During a lunch discussion with a couple of attendees from Arkansas, I … Read More “Does it really show that much?” »
Bad geek joke… What do you get when you eat a blackberry? A bluetooth!
For one of my concurrent sessions at NECC today, I attended a presentation on FreeMind by Gyaneswaran Gomathinayagam. While I can appreciate the fact that he travelled all the way from Inda to give this presentation, it was almost completely incomprehensible. Even when I understood his English, I couldn’t understand what he was saying. The … Read More “FreeMind – Alternative to Inspiration” »
I spent most of the morning after the first session visiting the exhibits. With limited mobility, it took a bit longer than usual. Add to that the fact that this is the largest exhibit hall I’ve seen at one of these conferences. I’ve added a new category to my Vendor Drinking Game (Part One, Part … Read More “Come on, that’s not a word!” »