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Top Ten Tech Trends -Sunday, January 27, 2008
By David Black :: 284 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Software, Internet, Education, Hardware, Curriculum, Links

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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Things I Learned at FETC -Saturday, January 26, 2008
By David Black :: 246 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Education, Links

This week I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the FETC Conference . It was quite an event, filled with busy days of sectionals and vendor previews. Here are just a few of the things I

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New Year's Resolutions -Thursday, January 24, 2008
By Dan Czaplewski :: 215 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Personal, Devotional, Faith

How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions? It the time of year when they fade.

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:: Technology, Education, Security

I appreciated this post from Will about copyright law , and it got me thinking about this subject once again. I absolutely want to follow copyright law, and I want my students to be empowered to do

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Monday Links List -Monday, January 21, 2008
By David Black :: 325 Views :: 2 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Education, Links

Lots going on and not a lot of time to create a thought-filled post, so let me just share some links I've found recently: Tools for Teachers : Links to all sorts of resources, tools, and

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Thursday Links List -Thursday, January 17, 2008
By David Black :: 247 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Education

Here is another list of interesting links I've found while searching on the Internet: Netscape is dead! Once the browsing leader, now Netscape is relegated to the dustbin of history. But

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The Age of Speed -- Part Two -Wednesday, January 16, 2008
By David Black :: 281 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Education

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've finished reading The Age of Speed by Vince Poscente, a study on the role of speed in our society and a plea for people to not simply dismiss speed as a

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Some Help Please... -Friday, January 11, 2008
By David Black :: 250 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Education, Personal

I've been reading a lot of different posts on blogs relating to educational technology and on Twitter which debate what a blog should be. Should blog posts be provocative, moving people to think

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MTM -- Spring Semester -Thursday, January 10, 2008
By David Black :: 238 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Education, Curriculum

If you haven't checked out the latest course offerings from Ministry Technology Mentors (MTM), now is a good time to do so. For those of you not familiar with MTM, the program is designed to

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Living Lutheran - Streaming Media! -Tuesday, January 08, 2008
By Jack Hoelz :: 244 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Education, Current Events, Faith

On Wednesday evenings beginning January 9th Trinity - Freistadt will be streaming Live "Living Lutheran". Join Pastor Kelm on the Wednesday nights of January from 7:00 to 8:00 PM in

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Monday Links List -Monday, January 07, 2008
By David Black :: 291 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Education, Sports, Links

Here is a Monday Links List with a variety of links related to technology and education: Karl Fisch noted in his blog that Parade Magazine published an interview with Benazir Bhutto on

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Start Using RSS -Sunday, January 06, 2008
By David Black :: 269 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Links

Using RSS feeds is a way to make the Internet work for you This is a method of collecting information from the various sites you visit and having that information displayed at one site or within

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The Age of Speed -- Part One -Saturday, January 05, 2008
By David Black :: 244 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Faith

I've been reading The Age of Speed by Vince Poscente (it's a quick read). I was interested in reading this book based on its guiding premise that speed in life isn't necessarily bad, and

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Twitter -Friday, January 04, 2008
By David Black :: 258 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Technology, Internet, Links

OK.....it took me a while, but I'm finally starting to understand Twitter and its value. For those of you not familiar with this service, Twitter is a service which allows users to share quick

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Technology Current Events and Pageflakes -Thursday, January 03, 2008
By David Black :: 252 Views :: 0 Comments ::

I see a lot of merit in Rob's idea about creating technology current events projects , so I've been building upon this idea in preparation for the return of students to the building. Since I've also

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United Countries of Baseball -Wednesday, January 02, 2008
By David Black :: 274 Views :: 3 Comments ::

:: Internet, Sports, Personal, Links

OK....OK....this post isn't related to technology, ministry, and education, but those of you who know me know that I'm a huge baseball fan. Found the image below on the Internet and thought some of

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Technology Nostalgia -Tuesday, January 01, 2008
By David Black :: 190 Views :: 1 Comments ::

:: Technology, Software, Internet

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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