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My name is Dave Black and I'm the Director of Technology Integration and Interim Principal 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 21 years of teaching experience in Lutheran schools, the last nine at my current school.
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:
Email: dawblack@gmail.com
Skype: lutherantech
Click here for my del.icio.us links
My name is Dave Black and I'm the Director of Technology Integration and Interim Principal 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 21 years of teaching experience in Lutheran schools, the last nine at my current school.
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:
Email: dawblack@gmail.com
Skype: lutherantech
Click here for my del.icio.us links
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David Black posted on October 05, 2009 22:18 
Today I worked with my 7th grade World Civilizations class on an activity designed to connect their thoughts about the decline of the Roman Empire wit...
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David Black posted on September 29, 2009 22:03 
My keyboard has been silent. My attention has been elsewhere. My voice has been quiet. Yet, it is time to get back to blogging. It is time to blog onc...
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David Black posted on March 04, 2009 14:15 
Happy National Lutheran Schools Week! Do you want to hear why our students love attending our school? Click here and follow the link to the first grad...
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David Black posted on February 24, 2009 14:29 
I would like to introduce you to our school 21st Century Skills wiki. This wiki has been created to document specific lessons and projects used with students at Shepherd of the Hills that connect to standards within the core curriculum but also build practical skills for a student's future. We have identified and defined eight specific 21st Century Skills, and now anyone may view the activities which serve to build these skills.
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David Black posted on February 23, 2009 16:19 
Saturday I had the privilege of attending Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation -- a single day conference which drew over 200 participants, primarily public school teachers, to discuss technology and education. It was a fascinating and beneficial day. You may view some of the conversations here.
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David Black posted on February 02, 2009 12:19 
Here is a list of links which may be of interest to teachers in Lutheran schools:
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David Black posted on January 23, 2009 13:59 
I've been intrigued by the educational possibilities of Wordle, an online site which converts text into beautiful word clouds. The service works by pasting text or a link into the creation tools, and a word cloud will result. Here is a cloud from President Obama's inaugural address.
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David Black posted on January 15, 2009 13:05 
Many of you who have followed this blog know that I very much appreciate the innovative tools which Google has produced the past several years, especially those connected to education. I've shared these tools with many other educators through this blog, through work with my own faculty, and when I work with other schools. However, my honeymoon with Google is over after they announced plans yesterday to end development of Google Notebook, a great application which allows users to copy web clippings to a virtual notebook for saving and organizing.
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David Black posted on January 07, 2009 09:34 
Don't forget to check out and participate in the Online Conference for 21st Century Lutheran Education, being held for the first time this week, Thursday through Saturday. You may participate live in the scheduled sessions, or view archived content at a later time. There are many sessions of interest to teachers in Lutheran schools. Here are some of the highlighted sections:
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David Black posted on January 05, 2009 15:21 
Here is a list of educational links for this first Monday of January:
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David Black posted on January 02, 2009 11:30 
I spent some time over breakfast earlier this week with a dynamic business owner/leader from our congregation. My goal was to get a sense of whether our school and program is on target with our 21st Century Skills emphasis in providing our students the opportunity to build practical skills which will serve them will in their lives outside of formal education.
The good news is that the session served as an affirmation of much of what we are doing at Shepherd of the Hills Christian School in preparing our students for THEIR future, and not OUR past. However, the challenge we face in seeking to incorporate the building of practical skills within the core curriculum promises to be a long-term, almost never-ending, project. Working to best position our students in new ways is going to require ongoing vigilance and hard work. It will also require the commitment of the entire educational staff, not just one person.
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David Black posted on November 26, 2008 20:15 
I'm still struggling with making blogging a priority -- struggling with the knowledge that there are resources which I'm finding that may be useful fo...
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David Black posted on November 17, 2008 14:07 
One thing which I have been reading about recently is how search queries are really an open door to the mind of the searcher in showing what is import...
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David Black posted on November 04, 2008 14:18 
Here is a list of online sites and resources I've discovered recently -- sites which may be of interest to other educators: Cool Text creates free lo...
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David Black posted on October 20, 2008 14:54 
It's been a while since I've added a post. It was a busy week past in teaching, evaluating, facilitating, parenting, etc. In the meantime I've collect...
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David Black posted on October 10, 2008 12:34 
I was at my daughter's volleyball game last evening and I was seated by a couple students and their parents. One of the students kept joking about how...
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David Black posted on October 09, 2008 10:14 
Here are some links which may be of interest to Lutheran educators which I've discovered over the past week: Some of you know that I use Twitter to f...
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David Black 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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David Black 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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David Black 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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- A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink: Actually, I'm re-reading this book (I may have to purchase a copy for myself instead of always using a library copy!) Pink identifies six senses that are becoming essential for success in 21st century society. An excellent read for all educators and church leaders, even though it is not written from a Christian perspective.
- Crazy '08, by Cait Murphy: A great study of the famous 1908 baseball season -- the last one where the Cubs won the World Series. Very much enjoying the description of the most memorable game in Cubs history -- the 4-2 victory at the New York Giants in the final National League game of that season.
- A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink: Actually, I'm re-reading this book (I may have to purchase a copy for myself instead of always using a library copy!) Pink identifies six senses that are becoming essential for success in 21st century society. An excellent read for all educators and church leaders, even though it is not written from a Christian perspective.
- Crazy '08, by Cait Murphy: A great study of the famous 1908 baseball season -- the last one where the Cubs won the World Series. Very much enjoying the description of the most memorable game in Cubs history -- the 4-2 victory at the New York Giants in the final National League game of that season.
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