We didn’t meet our goal of 100 friends and followers each on Facebook and Twitter, but we did reach 74 Facebook friends and 46 Twitter followers. That’s just amazing! Let’s see if we can add another 30 to each by the end of February, so 104 Facebook friends and 76 Twitter followers.
Also, we here at the Lutheran Educators’ Guild have begun talking about creating a Lutheran Education-focused podcast. We’d like to know how many of you listen to podcasts on a regular basis as well as how many of you might be interested in listening to one focused on Lutheran education. What would you like such a podcast to “look” like and what topics would you want to have discussed? Please, let us know in comments, on the forum, or via email.
As I was looking through the followers’ list of one of the Guild’s Twitter followers (and after doing some searching of my own), I came to the conclusion that many of our Lutheran schools are missing out on some great opportunities to spread the word about their ministries online. I’ve spend several hours over the last months scouring Twitter for Lutheran schools with little success in locating very many. Of the ones I have found, several have tweeted a handful (more…)
This past Sunday we hand a very important voters meeting. Most of the meeting was focus on creating a list of individuals we will vote on who we will issue a call to the position of our Pastor. The other part was about the budget. (more…)
Lutheran Schools always have a motto that Lutheran Schools Cares… but do we?
I am not trying to bag on Lutheran Schools, because I LOVE Lutheran Schools. I am forever in debt to Lutheran Schools, but do we care? This could apply to public schools also and Catholic schools. DO WE CARE? (more…)
As we approach the end of the month, I’d like to thank all of our new friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter for helping us as we strive to reach our goal of 100 friends and followers on each of these social networks. Currently, the Lutheran Educators’ Guild has 74 Facebook friends and 40 Twitter followers. I believe we can still reach our goal with your help. Please tell your friends and followers about the Guild and ask them to consider following us.
As I’m sure must of you are aware, Apple today announced the pending releasing of its long-awaited tablet solution, the iPad. This was an announcement that I had been waiting to see literally for years.
Way back in 1989, Apple released another revolutionary device, the Newton Message Pad. The Newton was a part of Apple’s lineup until 1998. The Newton (and its cousin, the eMate 300) had an amazing set of features including built-in faxing, infrared beaming, ethernet, dialup networking, cellular access, and, most importantly, a (more…)
One thing I find very tiresome is helping students learn good searching habits. Even after they search for something getting them to pick a good site (not an advertising site) is hard. I tell me to put the words in Quotations for exact matches. I tell them to use the words AND and OR and so forth. It never gets into their heads like I want them to. Well now I am just going to use this Prezi to show them how to search on Google. Now I am not the author of this Prezi, but I find it very helpful and even learn something new myself. If you don’t know what Prezi is, wait for future article that will go into detail what it is and how you can use it in your classroom to engage your students.
This week’s Web 2.0 Weekly will focus on the (likely?) announcement of the Apple Tablet (or Slate or Pad) on Wednesday, January 27th. If some of the rumors surrounding this device are correct, this may be of epic consequence for the classroom. Stay tuned.
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