Archive for the 'Dave Navis' Category

Insane Bike riding

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Every weekend I get out and ride … at 5:30am. Why? I found an article by William Foreman that says it all.
Yahoo! News
Cycling in Chinese city is anything but leisurely
By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer William Foreman, Associated Press Writer Sat Oct 31, 1:37 pm ET
GUANGZHOU, China – A friend sent me a YouTube link [...]

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

I recently read a post by Dennis Harter from the ISB titled, “Is the term “21st Century”  hurting or helping our cause for thinking, communicating, collaborative thinking“.
In this post, he brings to mind several important considerations. Past models for technology integration generally failed because teachers did not believe it was their job to teach technology.  [...]

Implementing a 1-2-1 laptop program

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Well hello there world! I have moved from Hong Kong International School to the American International School of Guangzhou.back into Middle School and High School.  The move has brought me out of the elementary classroom and into the world of technology integration … well almost.
AISG is still following the 90’s model of stand alone [...]

Travel season is here … be prepared

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Supposedly Air Canada produced the following video. I’m not sure but take a quick peak at how easy it is to break and enter into you luggage … with a pen.

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Great Educational Quotes

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

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Servant Leadership

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The following speech was given about my son at Whitworth University graduation last weekend by Dr Kathy Storm:
At commencement each year we honor impressive academic accomplishment—and we also recognize a student whose life has left an indelible mark on the community through service. This person, nominated by faculty and staff, has lived out Whitworth’s [...]

Cog and Variables

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

We’re starting a unit on variables in science this week. A great way to get the student interest is by showing how variables can effect the outcome of a project. Honda produced an ad about the Accord in 2003. They called it Cog. There are no computer graphics or digital tricks. Everything you see really [...]

Tech Tip: How to Embed YouTube Videos into PowerPoint

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

If you wish to show a YouTube video as part of a PowerPoint presentation, but don’t want to view it on YouTube you can easily embed the video in your PowerPoint slide with full playback controls. The YouTube videos below show the step-by-step process.
PowerPoint 2003 Users:

PowerPoint 2007 Users:

If your school or organization blocks YouTube, view [...]

How I Use Laptops in Grade 5 Classroom

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Our classroom has 11 desktop computers … they take up a lot of space. I wish that four years ago someone would have had the foresight to have seen the future of mobile computing.
The solution … ask kids to bring in their own. So many parents are one their second, third or fourth laptop. [...]

Changes because of Web 2.0

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

This is worth another peek. Web 2.0 will soon give way to Web 3.0. What has it done for us? How has it changed our lives. Watch and remember. We are in the midst of a revolution which now is an evolution. Lke the energizer bunny, it just keeps on going and going and going [...]