by vfitzjarrald | Jun 25, 2012 | Education, ISTE, Professional Development, Technology
As I continued through the cloud of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content (TPACK) at ISTE 2012 I was continually drawn to the work of Michael Fullan. By entering the Stratosphere, we can embrace all of the TPACK needs, in a way that is easy to understand and implement....
by vfitzjarrald | Jun 18, 2012 | Hopkins
This post is going to be a bit interesting, especially for those of you who are used to my normal posts. Instead of talking and reflecting on my everyday life, I will be reflecting on a set of questions that were posed for my Administration and Supervision Certifciate...
by vfitzjarrald | May 6, 2012 | Consulting, Work
It is always amazing to me how quickly things change. Over the past week or so, I have been offered two different web-design jobs by people I work with. It is really flattering. The first is for a company known as the4aspects.com. They are looking for a website...
by vfitzjarrald | May 3, 2012 | Education
One of the things I tell pre-service teachers is that the students in your class must consider math as a second (or in my case third) language. Cognitively we develop our talents in math the same way we develop those for language acquisition. This concept is easy to...
by vfitzjarrald | Apr 3, 2012 | Education, Technology, The "Pad" Principal
It really amazes me sometimes how incompetent some people seem! I was reflecting earlier today on this very issue. At school, we had a District representative arrive who wanted to know about the SmarLabs, and how they have changed over the past year. To be honest, it...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 31, 2012 | The "Pad" Principal
Well, my iGoogle served to brighten me up in my “writers block.” The Quote of the day is: Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 31, 2012 | The "Pad" Principal
Well, it is official: I have to write the most difficult short essay ever! It is for the Johns Hopkins and ISTE partnership Educational Administration program. The description they sent is below: In approximately 500 words, describe how your current professional...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 30, 2012 | Education, Work
It is Spring Break! Unfortunately, as a Technology Administrator for a High-School, my job does not stop. One of the interesting things about my job though is that I get to see recent studies and headlines “in the flesh.” Here is an example: Over the past...
by vfitzjarrald | Dec 14, 2011 | The "Pad" Principal
The story of my life seems to be the need to constantly update, revise, and recreate my websites. This is great, but it seems like the majority of my sites are down the majority of the time. I just reworked this blog site to reincorporate wordpress (which I had...
