Presentation Tips & Techniques
I've been talking in recent posts about the power dynamic visuals can have in presentations. We've all been to presentations where within the frist three minutes we can tell it's going to be a tedious, boring waste of time. Usually the presenter has a PowerPoint...
Creative Commons Audio… with Some Mountain Biking Thrown in for Good Measure
Photos credited to Ben Sheridan. If you don't know already I'm an avid mountain biker. It's something I've enjoyed doing for almost 20 years. When we are looking to make a potential move one of the first things I do is research the availability and proximity...
Reverse Image Search
I stumbled across a cool feature that is new to me the other day while working on my last post. I had an image that I acquired somehow along the way but I couldn't quite remember where I got it. I didn't want to use it without crediting the source so I decided to do a...
The Power of Visuals
We've all heard about the power images can add to a presentation. Images can take a presentation that may be dull and uninspired. With the right visuals to help you get your point across you could turn a boring presentation into something dynamic and at the same time...
Value Added
Well the school year is off to a great start! It's hard to believe that we have mid-trimester progress reports coming up here at PRIS. Where does the time go? Even though it's my second year teaching at the same school and in the same position (I've changed either...
Nine Months of Pedal to the Medal
I was lucky enough to be able to collaborate with two co-workers to develop an Acceptable User Policy (AUP) for our school. It's very fitting for us to work on an AUP at this point as we have had a very strong tech focus this year at our school. But I think I'm a bit...
HyperCool
I first noticed hyperlinks when a buddy of mine started a blog in early 2005. I noticed that some of the words in his blog, when clicked, would take you to a different website. I thought that it was the coolest thing! I assumed that it was super complicated and...
Responsible Use ≠ No Use
Bullying has gotten a lot of air time lately, and rightly so. I certainly don't think this is a new phenomenon by any means but the way that technology is being used may have made what is going on more visible. It also seems to have given more people the opportunity...
Hey That’s Mine!
I've found myself saying "Hey that's mine!" a couple time over the years. Most people who know me know that I take a lot of photographs. Most of the time I take pictures for fun but a couple times I have been asked by people to take pictures for a specific purpose....