Greetings from storm ravaged Connecticut where the Halloween Nor’easter still has many folks living without power. However with the openning of my school district I now have reliable access to wifi and wanted to share these pictures of the CT Day of Discovery CECA/CASAL Pre-Conference event from last weekend. Many thanks to all who attended
Connecticut Science Center Offering Free Admission to Teachers in July and August
The Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, CT is offering free admission for teachers during July and August. Follow the link below to their site where you can download a coupon and find more details. Not limited to CT educators. The Science Center is a wonderful venue beside the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford. It played
Discovery SCicon in CT
SCIcon in CT was so much fun. A small but enthusiastic crew gathered at EASTCONN in Willimantic to enjoy the day. For me it was a a day of “ah-ha” moments as the presenters shared their tips and tricks. One quick picture here and a link to a few more on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevesokoloski/sets/72157625899518870/
Snow Day Reading
Well it is snowing outside. It has been for over 16 hours, very hard. While the rest of Connecticut is grabbing its shovels to start digging out, we in the northeast corner wait for the storm’s the last bands of heavy snow to finish dumping and head up the Mass Pike. Good luck my northern
The “Best Of” Time of Year
As evidenced by several posts in the DEN Blog Network this is the time of year for reflection on things past, and musing on things going forward. INMHO nobody does this better than the multi-award winning educational blogger Larry Ferlazzo. Larry’s voluminous tweets and blog posts are always worth a read and follow, but there
Sharing a Power Point 2010 with Broadcast Slide Show
In my district we are beginning to roll out Office 2010. For us, this is a big leap up from Office 2003. The change over to the ribbon bar menu system is at once frustrating and delightful. It is as the reviewers have said, power users will have the difficulty. For them it often is
Two Quick Links: Kindle at Staples, David Jakes on PD
Just wanted to pass on two quick links. First, one from CT DEN LC favorite – Staples, who announced in their weekly ad that they are beginning to sell Amazon Kindles in their stores. As a person who has been on a personal quest to sort through all of the new mobile media options trying to figure
Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta
Internet Explorer 9 had its debut as a public beta (for Windows OS) last week. The reviews have been generally positive, even though it is not available for Windows XP, only Vista or Windows 7 (and really they want you to be on Windows 7) . Windows guru Paul Thurrott had good things to say
The $35 Dollar Tablet?
One of the great things about summer is that you have more time to spend with newspapers and other paper media. So it was last Saturday when while enjoying a second cup of coffee that I ran into the article in about India’s announcement of a prototype tablet computer that they believe will market for
ISTE 2010 – Tuesday
To pick up where Howard left off, ISTE 2010, is an amazing source of inspiration and rejuvenation. It is absolutely huge. There are 14,000 people attending. The conference site is so big that there are internal “bus stops” where an oversize electric golf cart will move you from one area to another if you are