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May 16, 2009 is Scratch Day!

Is anyone in Virginia interested in doing something with Scratch on May 16th? Anyone in central Virginia?

I think this is a great tool, and it's free, and... I'd love to share some experiences with others here in Virginia.

I'm linking here to an Edge podcast episode on filtering. At this school year's VEMA conference in Richmond, I caught up with two VSTE members, Heather Blanton and Bea Cantor, for a discussion on filtering policies in schools. They both presented as part of a panel discussion organized by another VSTE member and board member, Karen Richardson, talking about different ways filtering is done across the division.

At the recent ITRT mini-conference in Richmond, I was surprised by several things. One was how many ITRTs didn't arrive with laptops. The second, how many ITRTs aren't using this very resource to share and perhaps collaborate.

I know the reasons behind this may very well be outside their control. So, I'd like to shout out a question to everyone: What barriers exist for our ITRTs in Virginia to make use of this resource--vsteonline.ning.com?

Some possible things off the top of my head; c… Continue

Today Goochland High media specialist (and VSTE member) Deb Cross and I made a short video for introducing students this fall to LitFinder. It was the first time I saw the resource; it looked great!



Looking at Lit Finder from John Hendron on Vimeo. Continue

The latest edition of the VSTE Podcast Edge talks about social networking and this very website. Be sure to share it with folks you still have to convince social networking can be for them, too!