Living and Learning in Central Oregon

this is a modification of the video done at by college students in Kansas.  The one think I like about this one is that the camera is not move as fast – the original almost makes me sick with how fast the camera moves.  Both however are thought provoking.  This video that I plan on sharing with my teachers and administrators.

This question was recently asked to some middle school students in the area by our local newspaper.  They printed the responses of six of the students and ALL of them said they accessed some sort of internet/web resource to keep up on current events.  Google, YouTube, email, and MySpace were just some of the sources of information they used to keep up on the headlines. 

 Question – as teachers are we using these resources to keep current?  Are we using them to communicate and teach?

On October 24, 1861 Chief Justice Stephen Field, of California, transmitted the first transcontinental telegraph.  The message was sent to President Abraham Lincoln. 

I can’t help but find this interesting for a number of reasons.  First, I was talking with my sister yesterday on my cell phone. It was such a beautiful day I was outside for a noon walk.  As I was walking and talking a very loud truck drove by and I wondered if that driver ever considered that the noise from his truck was not only being heard by me but by someone 3,000 miles away.  It was just an interesting and random thought I had.  Second, could Lincoln have ever imagined that the telegraph message he received from Field was just the beginning? did he ever think that 150 years later we would be video conferencing with people half way around the world?  If Lincoln was unable to imagine that occuring what are we unable to imagine? In 150 years what will we be doing?  Man, I wish I could be around to see it!

Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience – New York Times

They are not $100 but $188 is still pretty cheap.  And the laptop that was designed for only 3rd world kids is now available to all – you just have to buy two, one for you and one for a poor child.  For $400 you give one and you get one.  Follow the above link to learn more and to see this laptop in action.

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Check out this story about a professor teaching her entire class on YouTube

Can we please get rid of our filter?