Recent Changes

Steven Anderson – Twitter name is web20classroom. Steven is a phenomenal resource person with many ideas and links to check out. He also has a website which is – http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html
Jerry Blumengarten – Twitter name is cybraryman1. Jerry is another great resource person. Jerry has a page for just about anything related to technology and education. He also has his own website – http://www.cybraryman.com/
For those of you who have questions about a particular piece of software and a Web Tool 2.0, a good place to start looking is at – http://www.educause.edu/ELI7Things. This is a site from Educause – Learning Initiative where part of the site has the “7 Things You Should Know About …..” You will find on this page that there are four pages total for 2011. However, if you do a search using the search tool at the top of the page and type in, for example, facebook pdf – it will bring up a two page PDF that includes:
A classroom scenario
What it is?
Who’s doing it?
How does it work?
Why is it significant?
What are the downsides?
Where is it going?
What are the implications for teaching and learning?
Here is an example of the two page PDF that you will find for Facebook – click on the following link FacebookPDF.pdf


Some trouble shooting tips that I have assisted some teachers with this school year -
I received an email that the teachers projector (and the teacher next door) would not turn on. The power light was on but when the remote was used to turn on the projector, it wouldn’t do so. The simple fix in this situation? Simply unplug the projector (you will have to climb up on a chair if you are as tall as I am), wait 30 seconds and then plug the power cord back into the projector. Take the remote and turn it on!

I would appreciate any feedback from the Palliser teachers regarding this blog. Please share what you would like to see here and what things I need to avoid. My contact is below:
Rocky Wilson
IT Integration Specialist Educational Technologist
Palliser Regional Schools
(C) 403-634-0648 403-634-0648

My school visits are to begin the week of September 26th.
During the start up of the school year, teachers have enough to do and because of this I don’t want to interfere with the start up process. As well, I’m kept busy maintaining the Moodle courses and a multitude of teachers inquiries. I’d like to share my letter which outlines my ET model for this year and as well, my schedule for visiting the Palliser schools.
for 2011-2012 -- click on
To open up the PDF for the ET School Visits for 2011-2012 - click on the following: ET Model for the 2011 ver1.pdf

– ‘Twitter’.
Prior to the summer break, Twitter became a real main stay in my daily routine. I would set aside (if I could) 15 to 20 minutes and check out what the educational technology guru’s were talking about for the day. My recommendations for following someone on Twitter:
Steven Anderson – Twitter name is web20classroom. Steven is a phenomenal resource person with many ideas and links to check out. He also has a website which is – http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html