Video showing Highlights of Last Year's Campus of Excellence

I found this video on Youtube that shows last year's Campus of Excellence



As the time before the conference grows shorter, I'm getting excited to go.

What to do with a Wiki.

In each of my classes we've discussed Wikis. The professors for my college classes love them. One went so far as to set up a classroom Wiki and had each of us set up an account at wikispaces. We didn't use any of it. I thought only worthwhile Wiki was Wikipedia.

So I was please to stumble upon this Wiki. Rock, Write, and listen is a wonderful educational Wiki space that was used for a Rock and Roll class. I'm impressed. I'm planning on incorporating some ideas from this great Wiki for my school.

Thank you, Dr-Haiken! Great Job.

The Campus of Excellence

WOO HOO!! I've been selected by Stony Brook University to participate in the 2008 El Campus de Excelencia, organized by the University of Las Palmas. The University is located on the Canary Islands! We'll be going for a week in June.

The purpose of the Conference is to provide a meeting point for young people to present their innovative and feasible projects to the world's leaders in scientific, cultural, political, economic and business knowledge.

Focus will be placed on promoting the exchange of knowledge in the following areas: Health and Welfare, Eco-innovation, Education and Technology, Economy and Cooperation for Development, and Entrepreneurs and Business.

The events covers a broad spectrum: from Plenary Panels and Simultaneous Forums to Press Symposiums, University Seminars and Poster Sessions.

Thanks to the Campus of Excellence, we will have the amazing opportunity of sharing face-to-face meetings with the most prodigious thinkers today, including a large delegation of Nobel Laureates.

<http://www.campusdeexcelencia.org> Is the link to the site. I have to get going on my project. I'm focusing on Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 Education. I'll keep you posted.

Digital Dinosaur

ComputerWorld had an article this week on how the IBM AS/400 is not dead. Click here for the article.

I was pleased to see it. The System 38 (what the AS/400 grew out of) was one of the first computers that I worked on. I remember setting up PCs to emulate as terminals, my first networking task. It's nice to know that there is a place for older technology to fit in.

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