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December 1, 2011

Arrived late last night for #clssouth .

Arrived late last night for #clssouth. Setup the Maclab this morning, and I’m prepping now for the iPad workshop this afternoon.

2011-12-01 iPad for Educators at CLS South – EdTechTeam

Preparing to share this circle for a Personal Learning Networks Workshop

Preparing to share this circle for a Personal Learning Networks for Educators workshop this weekend…

Urge President Obama to veto indefinite detention of US citizens

Urge President Obama to veto indefinite detention of US citizens by the military – without even being charged with a crime: http://act.demandprogress.org/act/ndaa/?referring_akid=1053.375679.44T3iD&source=typ-tw via @demandprogress

Ask Obama To Veto Indefinite Military Detention of AMERICAN CITIZENS | Demand Progress

Blogs by Educational Leaders?

After the morning break we’re going to get into a segment on “Blogs and the Read/Write Web for Administrators.” Please share – what are your favorite blogs by educational leaders?

principals – m3d1

Technology Success at Your School

I’m starting a day of the Administrator Training Program at the Orange County Department of Education. During the welcome activity we’ll share successes with technology at their sites (or in their programs). Please “join us” by sharing here too – what is a recent technology success at your site or program?

principals – m3d1

Use iTunes Match to upgrade your older purchases to higher bit-rate DRM-fre

Use iTunes Match to upgrade your older purchases to higher bit-rate DRM-free music and then upload it to Google Music for free. :)

How to upgrade tracks to iTunes Match, fast

by +Jason Snell Macworld.com Nov 14, 2011 8:35 pm
“So you’ve bought iTunes Match, which gives you access to shiny new 256kbps AAC versions of your audio files. But by default your iTunes library is still packed with your old files. So how best to upgrade all of those old files, in place, to the new versions?”
Hat tip to +Danny Silva for the link. I went through these steps this morning, and left iTunes downloading the upgraded files. When I got back to my computer this afternoon, Google Music was automagically uploading the new tracks. (Note: This tutorial doesn’t explain how to setup Google Music – you’ll need to do that independently. It was already setup in my case and worked perfectly… though I may have some duplicate songs in Google Music though because of this… I’m not sure if the duplicates were already there.)

How to upgrade tracks to iTunes Match, fast | Macworld

This looks like a great deal on Android phones (if you happen to care… )

This looks like a great deal on Android phones (if you happen to care where your money goes… and happen to be progressive or left-leaning in your political views): http://action.credomobile.com/specialoffers/nov11/monsanto.html?ph=droid&pc=314294&&id=30991-2504876-oD4bD7x&t=2

Don’t miss the $350 contract buyout credit too.

CREDO Mobile, America’s only progressive phone company

I might be using Reader more again now that I can so easily share

I might be using Reader more again now that I can so easily share (outside Reader) on Google+ (and thus Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn). And, now that I’ve brought my contract with my biggest client to an end (December 31st), which felt a lot like quitting my job did over five years ago, articles like this are catching my eye again.

Also, welcome to the other side, Christy.

Tips for Starting to Freelance

#StopCensorship :

#StopCensorship: Stand with Senators who plan to block Internet #censorship bill- http://act.demandprogress.org/act/stop_censorship/?referring_akid=.375679.JcKNQi&source=typ-tw via @demandprogress

Stop Censorship — Take Action Before Senate Vote

Two of the five middle schools named as 2012 Breakthrough Schools are also STW

Two of the five middle schools named as 2012 Breakthrough Schools are also “Schools to Watch” (a model supported by the California League of Middle Schools) – Woodbridge in VA and West Carter in KY.

MetLife Foundation and NASSP Honor Ten High-Performing Schools