Or maybe this is post-emptive if only that was a word since
I forgot to send out an e-mail out last week. Oh well!
MIT and Harvard are starting an online learning initiative
(entitled ‘edX’) that will be available this fall to students from all over the
world at no cost. Their first offering is ‘Circuits and Electronics’ and
results in a certificate from MIT – all the content is online with virtual
labs, e-textbooks, group discussions and lectures by video. http://mitx.mit.edu/
Do you know someone who is terrible at typing? Send them here so they can finally get with the 21st century: http://www.typingweb.com/
Ken forwarded on a site that has a pretty large supply of digital media for classrooms – on a whole range of subjects: http://www.teachersdomain.org
Ken also sent out a survey regarding classroom use of smartboards and such, please please fill this out if you haven’t yet. Technology is always changing or so the tired old saying goes, and knowing what is being used and what isn’t being used helps us the school in its attempt to keep up with the times. I just realized I don’t even have a web address for the survey – so ping Ken on that to get the link to the survey (ping is nerd talk for open a line of communication).
Last but not least, I am aware that the computers in the faculty lounge haven’t been playing nice the past few days. I am/have been taking a look at them today and hopefully whatever temperamental issue that was there will be better by tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.
I lied, this is the last part - thank you everyone. I haven’t seen a laptop missing a key in quite some time. I appreciate this greatly. Replacing letters on keyboards makes me feel like I am all left handed thumbs. It is tough.
Have a good rest of the sunny week, and as always, if
anything is catching on fire please let me know.
Peter Woodburn
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