April--Blog+Reflections

Blog Reflections __ Jane’s Pick of the Day __ April 3: comments about the new iPad with a video about a new application that is used for organizing and taking notes in class. April 5: reminder about Project Gutenberg—free eBooks—would be great for the iPad. April 7: Tofugu—learn Japanese and study Japan’s culture. April 8: learn about “informal learning.” April 9: notapipe.net – tool used for editing and collaborating with online documents. April 10: two twitter links. April 11: a tip for using Firefox. April 12: give-away for the Informatology conference. April 13: Librivox—free online audio books. April 14: iCurrent—application for receiving personalized news stories. April 17: announcement that Ning will be going to a paid service.

[|Jane's Pick of the Day Blog] __ The Principal’s Page __ April 4: Principal Smith goes to Las Vegas for vacation. April 7: recommendation to watch Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revelation.” He encourages parents and administrators to support his movement towards healthy school lunches. April 11: comments about the good and the bad of tenure. Biggest concern about tenure is that all teachers are “lumped” together, regardless of skill and effort. April 12: Principal Smith reflects on his vacation in Vegas. April 13: advertisement for signing up to receive blog notifications via email. April 15: three things are inevitable: death, taxes, and hotel workout rooms that never have functioning equipment. // Michael Smith is a high school principal and frequently appears on one of my favorite TV shows, “The Principal’s Office.” The best part of coming across this blog was discovering has two other websites—one a very humorous site with educational comedy and a very beneficial site about school administration (has tips and tricks and many documents that can be used for the daily operations of a school). //

[|The Principal's Page Blog]