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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 'Internet' 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 October 06, 2008 13:13
As some of you know, we've instituted an intentional plan for integrating key 21st century skills within the core curriculum at my school this year. T...
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dawblack posted on October 01, 2008 15:48
Love this post from the Cool Cat Teacher about the similarities between Fred Astaire and great teachers, probably because I love the associated move c...
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dawblack posted on September 23, 2008 13:07
Here are some simple online resources with educational connections -- resources I've discovered over the past week: Tech-Ease offers solutions...
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dawblack posted on September 22, 2008 12:11
We as humans are good at pointing out the challenges inherent to new technologies, just as we are better at identifying challenges in our schools, hom...
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dawblack posted on September 19, 2008 12:35
Have you seen Wordle? This site allows users to enter text (usually via Cut and Paste) and then creates a beautiful word cloud based on this text. Whi...
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dawblack posted on August 07, 2008 20:54
Today in an email newsletter I received information about Knol, an initiative from Google designed to produce user-created encyclopedic content that is more authoritative than Wikipedia. As you probably know, Wikipedia is controversial among educators and librarians since anyone can create or edit an article on this site, raising questions about the validity and the accuracy of their articles. However, Wikipedia articles may also be corrected quickly through this method, leading to an accuracy level that rivals traditional encyclopedic sources.
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dawblack posted on July 06, 2008 15:38
Here are my NECC notes from a session entitled Virtual Opportunities: Interactive Strategies for Online Instruction. This was a panel discussion highlighting best practices for teaching and learning online. This session had particular relevance for me since I've started teaching online courses through Concordia University Wisconsin and the MTM Project. This is a growing area in the field of education -- one which opens the doors for all kinds of new learning, and all kinds of new skills to facilitate this learning. Here are the notes:
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dawblack posted on July 02, 2008 04:27
Here are some unedited notes from a session at NECC about strategies for online discussion. I personally found this session very helpful in thinking about instruction strategies for a new era with new tools. Here are those notes:
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dawblack posted on July 01, 2008 05:39
This really isn't the best timing, but I'm having difficulty with the battery on my laptop, so any NECC updates today will rely on my ability to move close to a power supply during the various sessions. In the meantime, here are some resources from the conference from yesterday:
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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 June 06, 2008 09:57
Here are some links which may be of interest to teachers in Lutheran schools that I've uncovered this past week: - Google is opening their popular Gmail email service to testers in trying out new features. Some of these features may eventually be permanently incorporated in Google Apps, which may be used by schools. Full article.
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dawblack posted on June 05, 2008 20:30
 I've started playing with a service called Diigo, which appears to be a combination of several social networking ideas, such as Ning and del.icio.us, with steroids added. The site is much faster to render than the other previously listed services in my tests, which is remarkable given the richness of the features found in Diigo. As a result, I'm finding it to be fairly overwhelming. There are so many interesting tools and uses that it is difficult sorting through the utility for education, professional development, and ministry in a focused way.
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dawblack posted on June 05, 2008 09:57
The next online session technology session for technlogy leaders and other educators is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th at 8:30 PM Eastern. This session will be led by Dr. Perry Bresemann, the Director of Technology for Lutheran schools. We will gather at the same site: http://breeze.muth.us/techleaders.
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dawblack posted on May 27, 2008 15:15
Over the past week I've compiled a short list of potential professional development resources for teachers in my building. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, I thought that the list might be worth sharing. Each of these books, sites, and activities relate to education and technology in some way. I've encouraged each teacher to be proactive as far as their own learning this summer as part of the process of restoring energy and passion for future service.
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