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...
