He was also on The Colbert Report. Here is the link to the show: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/167606/may-07-2008/has...

North Point's iBand from North Point Web on Vimeo

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/technology/08ink.html

I came across this in CNN today. Watch for the last line from the commentator about sustainability.

 

Today in our upper school faculty meeting the faculty were asked to reflect on their own personal experiences and talk about their favorite teacher(s) in middle and high school. 

 

 

Interesting animate from RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) presented by Sir Ken Robinson.

 

http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_academy

 

I can’t say I miss the slaughtering of countless livestock, a ritual which is part of the annual festival of the holiday of Eid. As I spend the day at work, and my daughter spends her day at school, I realize the holiday of Eid will pass for us without much fanfare. I think about my daughter and her missing the culture of the holiday, which included wonderful food and the mingling of family and friends. I remember how much I enjoyed this particular holiday as a child. My wife and I will try and explain to her that we are in the midst of the holiday and what it means, but my daughters’ school day, afterschool programs, projects and homework will dominate the next three days that the holiday is taking place. Unless one lives in the Muslim populated areas, such as Astoria and Jackson Heights, the only difference a New Yorker may notice would be the alternate side parking rules are suspended from November 16th thru November 18th, the actual days of the celebration of the holiday of Eid.

Last weekend I was attending the annual NYSAIS Education and Information Technology (NEIT) conference at Mohonk Mountain House, which is located in the picturesque Mohonk mountain preserve in New Platz, New York. One afternoon, during a break, a group of us were led to the mountain top by our fellow technologist and educator arvind s grover for a hike and digital photo taking session with our cameras. It was one of the highlights of my trip this year. I am a total newbie when it comes to serious digital photography. I have an entry level digital SLR camera, a nikon d5000. This is the first time I used it in the manual mode since purchasing the camera a few months ago. The lens is a basic stock lens that came with the camera. I was intrigued by the mirror lens that one of my colleagues on the trip was using and am thinking of buying one for my nikon.

This is one of the photos I took. More photos of this hike can be found at flickr.com and by searching the tag NEIT2010. I need to work on taking better photos, but thought if I write about my experience it will motivate me to continue it as a hobby.

I used to understand what aperture and shutter speed was many years ago when I had a Minolta film SLR camera. I needed a refresher so I found this website which appears to have a good overview.

http://www.photonhead.com/beginners/shutterandaperture.php

I am also new to posterous (and blogging). I was inspired to do this blog by regularly reading the blog 21apples.org by my colleague, arvind s grover, who writes about empowering students by teaching them to take control of their own learning and help teachers learn more about integrating technology into their curricula. I know I have not done his blog justice by this simple explanation, so please visit his blog if you want to know more about the work he is doing. I believe a good teacher is also a lifelong student and one has to encourage others (and themselves) to work outside their comfort zone in order to grow. Writing (and blogging) is definitely something outside my zone of comfort and I often find it arduous. I hope the simple one article view of posterous and the integration it has with twitter and flickr will motivate me to continue.