PESD Technology

jc and students_web

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Here is visual proof that I actually work with students on technology projects.

PESD Map1

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Here are the schools in our district as seen from Google Earth. For some reason Herrera does not appear but it is there to the east of Lowell a few blocks.

Because of connection issues with Edublogs, PESD Technology has moved to http://pesdtechnology.blogspot.com/

(For the regular readers of this blog, this is an assignment for an ASSET class I’m taking.)

Listen to the song Kenji, by Fort Minor, by clicking on the link below. You can also read the lyrics here. Then write a three paragraph review of the song in Microsoft Word. In your review, discuss the artistic quality and historical accuracy of the song. Email me the Word document.

Kenji, by Fort Minor

Here are the projects I did in my Photoshop class. It was too much information in not enough time, but I think I have a basic understanding of photoshop.

 My latest Photoshop creation has four layers. The background, the egret, the grass, and the foxtail are all individual layers.

We in Instructional Technology are using Gizmoz to introduce ourselves to new teachers when they arrive in late July. Mine is below; see Noreen’s blog for the others.

I’m taking a Photoshop class this week at Phoenix College. Here is my first project: Mr. Melonhead. I clearly have a long way to go.

Andy Carvin has a good entry on his learning.now blog (see link below)about an effort to educate teachers and principals about computer security in light of the Julie Amero case. Julie Amero was a substitute teacher in Connecticut who was convicted of exposing students to online porn when pornographic images popped up on the teacher’s computer in the classroom where she was subbing. The conviction was overturned when it was proven that the computer was infected with spyware, which was causing the naughty pictures to pop up.

PBS Teachers | learning.now . New Initiative Seeks to Educate Teachers About Online Security | PBS

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Even though I’m a devoted Windows user, I get a kick out of using a Mac, as we did at the Tech Camp in Tucson. This is the result of a Mac program called Photobooth.