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So Long!

teacherdunn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:18:18 +0000

So long everybody. I’m off to work at the California Department of Education, as a consultant in the Secondary and Post Secondary Leadership Division, or SPALD. Sounds like an acronym from a Austin Powers movie.

Anyway, it’s been fun teaching for 10 years but now I’m on to something different and exciting. Email me at home at jdbruin91 at mac.com if you want to reach me.

This message will self destruct in 10 days…..

Happy Birthday to Mrs. P

teacherdunn — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:40:16 +0000

Happy Birthday to Mrs. P. Ask me to see her wonderful online birthday greeting. I’m not going to post it here.

Royalty Free Music site

teacherdunn — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:33:55 +0000

For the Multimedia Class, we’ll need some royalty free music and sound effects. I’ve found this site:
Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects Download the music and sound effects you need for your multimedia project today at Partners In Rhyme.

I think that we’ll use Partners in Rhyme to get some of our effects, etc. So far, I love that site! Partners in Rhyme, good stuff!

How To Video Podcasts

teacherdunn — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:47:03 +0000

Found this website, Izzy Video, this morning. So far, it looks very good but I’ll keep digging around to see. Izzy has podcasts on iTunes also, which is where I first ran across it.

I’ve put it as a link on the blogroll to the right. Check it out.

Brett Farve’s ideas of leadership

teacherdunn — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:00:08 +0000

Just something I read in Sports Illustrated last week. I think it gives some insight into leadership and how to lead by example. Here it is:

“It’s somehow getting 52 other guys to raise their level of play. To get them to believe in what we’re trying to do. You do that by setting an example, by doing things the right way. I’ve always shown up, I’ve always been prepared, I practice every day. I practice hard. I study. No matter what happens on the field, I never point blame at anybody else. Everything I do comes back to leadership, the example I want to set.”

Brett Farve, SI, 12/10/07

Internet Archive and iSafe sites

teacherdunn — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:53:07 +0000

Just found out about these sites through my friend Gail Desler at the district office. Internet Archive has a “wayback machine” that enables you to see what different internet sites used to look like. Very cool but it’s partially blocked here at school. You can see it from home however.

Another site is the iSafe site. Designed for parents, educators, law enforcement and anyone else that is interested in keeping kids safe while using the internet. Check it out.

One more thing. I’m trying to use this blog to create separate areas for Teachers and my classes. So far, I’m not smart enough to figure out how to post additional comments on the Teacher and Multimedia Class pages above. So for now, everything gets posted here. Enjoy.

Help Desk in the Past

teacherdunn — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:41:28 +0000

A funny look at how a new form of technology sometimes needs a help desk or technology trainer to get folks moving.

Download Video: Posted by dmcdowell at TeacherTube.com.

PowerPoint Unit – Day one “Bad PowerPoint is Really Bad!”

teacherdunn — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:35:29 +0000

Today we’re going to start the PowerPoint unit. PowerPoint is a very powerful (no pun intended!) piece of software, a tool to help you in a presentation. But…if you create a bad PowerPoint, it can be very bad indeed.

First off, let’s do a search for “Bad PowerPoint” on Google. You’ll find lots of useful information there.

Next, as a class we’ll see a video from a comedian who mocks PowerPoint presentations. Download Video: Posted by jmcmahon at TeacherTube.com.

Follow up: Town may criminalize online harassment

teacherdunn — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:29:40 +0000

A follow up to the story about the girl who committed suicide. The town council is looking into creating a law to criminalize online harassment, such as what the young girl had to endure. See this link for the article.

Weekly News Quiz

teacherdunn — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:36:18 +0000

Computer Tech students, see this link and take the Weekly News Quiz, based on last weeks news events on Student News, click there for the articles. Copy/Paste into Word and save as 11_16quiz_yourlastname

For fun, take the Thanksgiving Quiz too!