Monthly Archives: March 2008

• Fitness Companion – Apple

  Posted on March 27, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  We might be on track to getting some technology in the schools to encourage fitness! We have a 50/50 mix of mac and pc schools in our districts and so having Apple forge this trail, we might see some action on the schools that use Apple. Apple developing full-fledged digital lifestyle fitness companion Brief overview: [...]

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• PBS – Resources for Health and Fitness

  Posted on March 17, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  As I was researching different topics, I ran across this great resource for teachers incorporating health and fitness concepts into their curriculum. There are a ton of resources including videos, books, links, lesson plans and much, much more! Check it out:http://www.pbs.org/teachers/healthfitness/

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  Algebra for Success?

  Posted on March 14, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  Omaha World Herald article:Nebraska teachers agree with U.S. math report Excerpt:The national panel urged increased focus on algebra as a benchmark skill students should master and move beyond in high school. If students can do that, the panel said, it will boost their success in college and careers. I have a problem with using algebra [...]

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• EduBlogs New Feature

  Posted on March 12, 2008 by Jason in Blogs

  I just received a message from edublogs that they have a new feature aimed at teachers that want to give their students blogs. It’s the ability to create student blogs from the dashboard of your own blog right in edublogs.org. You can create up to 15 new accounts at at time (you can always add [...]

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  Tax Time

  Posted on March 10, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  TurboTax Online While I am not excited about taxes, I am excited about a discovery I had this weekend. I did my taxes last year using TurboTax and was impressed enough to try it again this year. I received a CD in the mail to install the new 2007 version and upon opening the application, [...]

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  Google Earth Mashup – Batch Geocode

  Posted on March 6, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  A colleague from Kearney Public schools shared this with me during a workshop. I thought it would be a really cool tool for administrators and others that want to map addresses to Google Earth. You just need to create a report in your SIS to get the records. Once you have the addresses, upload the [...]

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  Wii Fit

  Posted on March 5, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  I guess I am in the movement mode as I investigate more opportunities for physical movement with students. After years of being negative toward the game industry and it’s affect on kids, we finally purchased a Wii for our household. It’s an amazing piece of equipment – Caveat: IF it is used as it was [...]

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