Ryan Collins

OSBA Capital Conference ‘09 Presentation Page Now Up

// December 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Good Sites

I’ve finally gotten some time to put up a rough outline of the presentation I presented at the OSBA Capital Conference in November. Most of the material is there except for the actual audio. I’m working right now at editing in the slides into the audio. It’s slow going but I hope to have it finished soon!

The page is titled OSBA Capital Conference 2009 Presentation.

Next presentation – OSBA Capital Conference, 11/10/09, Columbus, OH

// November 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // Good Sites

I will be presenting at the Ohio School Board Association’s Capital Conference at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 10 at 3:30pm. My presentation is on using cell phones and other mobile network devices in the classroom.

Language arts teachers, take note, experience Bram Stoker’s Dracula in real time

// May 7th, 2009 // No Comments » // 21st Century Skills, Good Sites

Dracula

Experience Bram Stoker’s Dracula in a new way — in real time. Dracula is an epistolary novel (a novel written as a series of letters or diary entries,) and this blog will publish each diary entry on the day that it was written by the narrator so that the audience may experience the drama as the characters would have.

What a cool way to introduce classic literature to student’s brought up with blogs and social networking. I’ve subscribed to the feed and can’t wait to read the novel through Google Reader.

eTech Ohio ‘09 Presentation page updated

// February 7th, 2009 // No Comments » // Good Sites

I’ve uploaded my slides, my handout, and audio from my presentation at the eTech Ohio 2009 Technology Conference to the eTech Ohio â€˜09 presentation page. Wes Fryer’s notes from my presentation are also online.

If you have any further questions or comments, please let me know!

Last minute inauguration resources

// January 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Good Sites

Here are some links to resources on the Internet covering the inauguration today.

I would advise, if possible, to use a TV and cable to watch live video of the event. There is a really good chance that most of the live video over the Internet will melt down today with the number of people wanting to watch the inauguration.

Links to major news sites:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/
http://inauguration.blogs.foxnews.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44/story?id=6655200&page=1
http://www.cbsnews.com/

Parade route:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-14-inauguralparademap_N.htm

Photos and videos and live updates:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/inauguration2009/

http://qik.com/event/1224/obamas-inauguration-2009/day/3

http://www.tweettheinauguration.com/
http://explore.twitter.com/inauguration
http://hashtags.org/tag/inaug09