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and I'm the technology teacher at Shepherd of the Hills Christian School in Centennial, CO.
I have a heart and passion for technology and for educational ministry for our Lord Jesus Christ.
This blog is a natural result of these unique interests. I have 20 years of teaching experience in Lutheran schools, the last five exclusively as a technology teacher.
I seek to use the talents that God has given me to enhance His Kingdom in new, exciting, and creative ways, utilizing the technology tools with which we have been blessed to enhance ministry for Christ.
CONTACT ME:
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Skype: lutherantech
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Entries for the 'Software' Category
dawblack posted on October 06, 2008 15:10
I am a firm believer in the power of the wiki as an exceptional tool for 21st century learning. To that end, Wes Fryer has some good thoughts about ho...
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dawblack posted on June 24, 2008 10:51
As you might already know, I regularly use Firefox as my browser of choice. The lastest version of Firefox (3.0) was made available to the public last week, and there have already been nearly 18 million downloads of this project (NOTE: Firefox 3.0 may be downloaded here.). [Read the rest of this article...]
dawblack posted on May 25, 2008 04:00
My friend Alan in California has started to blog. His blog, while not having a long list of posts as of yet, does provide some insights into the work of a technology specialist and the struggle that persists in pushing educational and technological change in our Lutheran schools.
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dawblack posted on April 28, 2008 11:18
Many of you know that I presented at the LEA Convocation this past week on the 21st century skill set our students will need for their future success. That presentation, in my mind, is just a beginning step in the discussion in which all educators should be participating as together we try to make sense of these emerging technologies and apply them to education and ministry in God-pleasing ways. Interestingly, already today I've come across an article that also relates to these skills, and no doubt many more will follow.
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dawblack posted on March 17, 2008 12:42
I know there are some who will mock me for this sacrilege, but I don't carry a cell phone. I'm holding off on that as long as possible, although my eldest daughter keeps reminding me how much a need
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dawblack posted on February 20, 2008 13:01
Here is a list of links I've found on the Internet the past few days that may be of interest to those related to Lutheran ministries: I love Pandora , where one can customize their own personal
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dawblack posted on January 27, 2008 08:18
Here is a recently posted article from Technology and Learning about the Top Ten Tech Trends . Allow me to take a moment to share my thoughts on each of these trends: 1. Data Mining is Earning
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dawblack posted on January 01, 2008 11:07
We begin the new year with a bit of technology nostalgia. AOL has announced that the Netscape browser will no longer be developed and supported. For many of us, Netscape was the first graphic
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dawblack posted on December 17, 2007 17:25
Another valuable Technology in Lutheran Schools conversation has led to the discovery of some new resources for Scratch, programming software for students created by MIT. While I haven't had the chance to spend as much time with this software as I would like, I intend to use this with students for the first time during the second semester.
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dawblack posted on December 02, 2007 07:51
Many of you know that Mozilla Firefox as my Internet browser of choice. Right now work is being done on version 3 of the browser -- a version that doe...
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dawblack posted on November 28, 2007 12:52
Some of you might be interested in this article which reviews software alternatives to using Microsoft Office. More schools today are using tools other than those from Microsoft in their buildings for a variety of reasons.
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dawblack posted on November 21, 2007 17:20
I've been looking over the Classroom 2.0 wiki lately. It shares many education resources, and users are regularly collaborating to add to this collection. One of the pages contains links to online document sharing services and tools. Some of you may be interested in these:
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dawblack posted on November 05, 2007 12:48
Here is a review of the latest incarnation of Google Documents. Obviously, there is a lot going for this program and service. I find myself using it more all the time, especially for collaboration across the miles.
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dawblack posted on October 25, 2007 17:02
Check out the 50 Top Computing Tips from PC Magazine. Lots of good suggestions in here. Some ideas are new. Others are ones I've heard before but have...
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dawblack posted on September 28, 2007 05:59
Check out this example of a wiki from Wendy in Michigan and her class. I really like the exploration her class is doing with primary historical sources.
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dawblack posted on August 17, 2007 13:04
Be sure to take a look at this post at the Google Earth Blog for links to fascinating overlays containing current world earthquake data as well as visuals for identifying current world natural disasters. Fascinating stuff. Simply follow the download links and open the files. The should automatically enter your saved Google Earth information.
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dawblack posted on August 16, 2007 16:20
Here is a short list of some less known but very useful keyboard shortcuts. Being a creature of habit, I haven't forced myself to use shortcuts as much as I should.
dawblack posted on August 01, 2007 10:12
For those of you using Mozilla Firefox, you will want to make sure that your browser has been updated to the latest version. See this article for deta...
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