Texas
What They Want Us to Buy
Don’t boil your family while trying to change the world.Dave Wakerley (Source) I believe educational technology state-wide volunteer organizations–and bloggers–should do 3 things about education: Provide mentoring and leadership support to campus and district leaders (the "L-word" includes teachers, librarians, administrators, parents and students, not just those in positions of "authority") Work to disseminate information [...]
Texas Teachers – NECC Needs You
The following email dropped into my inbox from Leslie at NECC 2008. If you’re a San Antonio, Texas teacher, can meet the high standards Leslie sets, then I encourage you to respond! I’ll be sharing this with San Antonio Technology Directors, as well as tweeting about it and sharing the request via the TCEA TEC-SIG [...]
Texas Online Testing and MS XP SP 3 Update
I just received the following… This communication is to inform you that Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) on April 29, as an optional update. Pearson strongly recommends that your technology staff not make system changes to any computers used for online testing during an open administration window. Once all online testing activities [...]
Resist
First, let me say that I’m not angry. I am not sad or depressed. Rather, I sense an obstacle that rises in front of us all. As I watch the numbers () climb, I feel a relentless pressure to write about only safe topics. Mine is an education blog, so blog only about those topics [...]
New NCLB Requirements for Texas Schools
The following is adapted from a blog entry I wrote for my school district blog, A Flowing River. The Texas Education Agency presented the new reporting requirement of November, 2008 for the first time in Austin on Friday, May 9, 2008. Three requirements outlined by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will be reported on in [...]