http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts Just another Blogs.muskegonisd.org weblog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:05:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been watching and loving Glee this year. Part of the fun is Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester. She is so over the top that I think getting sylvestered will become educational jargon. Make sure you check out Jane Lynch's interview on NPR's Fresh Air. There are links to some ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/11/06/sylvester-as-a-verb/ Illan Olsen recently bought an iMac and I portended a peppering about problems. Because of this peril, I was  propelled into preparing a paper for Mac potentates. Others have proposed I pencil my points, but Illana panicked me into producing. For this, Illana is the Ethernotes "Hero for the Day" on ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/31/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-mac/ I'm excited to be at the SMILE-TECH meeting. I learn so much from other districts and it calms me that I'm not out there alone. Mona Middle School is at 29% absence. Grand Haven is canceling school tomorrow. MTA check in Beware 3 years out from a bond issue. Beware 3com solutions, over-promise, under ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/22/smile-tech-22-oct-09/ To my shame, I've had this CD case since August. It's been in my To Do pile for too long. I've been busy, yadda, yadda, yadda. Finally this morning I open it up to install it as requested by the teacher. I believe a picture shows that more training from ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/15/more-training-needed/ I was in crisis mode for about three weeks. I was looking for the report covers that work with our CombBind system. I had put them in the intraschool mail so that I wouldn't put them down somewhere accidentally. Guess what? Some how I lost them anyway. So I looked around ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/14/jennifer-crowley-i-finding-what-i-lost/ I didn't even know this Mac Business Unit blog existed before today. As usual, I'm late to the party. Mac Mojo alerted me to this series of online videos for Office 2k8. http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/13/office-2008-training-videos/ I'm sure no one reads this as much as they do my facebook pages, but I like my blog and I need to start updating it more. Facebook is too ephemeral for me. I don't like having to check it so much. Perhaps I'll keep this as my professional blog ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/10/04/i-like-journaling-i-think-i-like-it-better-than-facebook/ Breakfast with Bruce Umpstead, MDE State Superintendent Flanagan is on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SuptFlanagan Dell is using Twitter to make money through viral marketing. Bruce doesn't Twitter because he doesn't have an iPhone. Bruce is jealous because he can't get to the iPhone app store. He derisively refers to his Blackberry "brick". METS 2009 are in public ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/06/23/ed-tech-leadership-conference-day-2/ Presented by MACUL and MIEM at Holt High School June 22-23, 2009 (etlc) Complete Program Supplemental Materials  General Reflections Nice school. I came from the west and you're going uphill. All of a sudden, bam, you see it. It looks like a wing from the Hogwart's school, without the cupola's. Very imposing and grand. The ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/06/22/ed-tech-leadership-conference/ Holy Cow! They weren't kidding about Harvey. Only way in this morning was from the south. Start time: 10:10 am Tech Plans Most that have been submitted have been approved. There are districts that are awaiting MEGS approval. Great efforts. Updates AVG Purchase 15,900 workstation $2.33/unit. Ravenna is getting 100 units. AVG Network Edition Keycodes: Randy will share with group. ... http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/jroberts/2009/05/21/smile-techremcac-combined-meeting-21-may-09/