March 2008 Archives

Those updates to Depot I was talking about the other day are now online. Stay tuned for more developments with the new state standards features. Let me know if something doesn't look right--hopefully that's not the case as I'd rather watch basketball this weekend!
  Flip! This cool new video camera is perfect for a quick recording session in the classroom, at a conference, or just to keep around the office. The Flip Video Camcorder is lightweight and pocket sized. You do not need ...
The latest round of changes to Depot is anon. Here's a rundown of what's new. I'm relatively happy with how the new state standards support is shaping up, but reserve the right to tweak it based on feedback we get from Virginia and from you. Drop me a line ...
I thought I would kill two birds with one blog post......or something like that.  Not only am I making my Stratepedia Blog debut today but I also want to tell you about my first poster session presentation at the summer conference.  Yes, I will be sharing a poster ...
You only have 112 days, 1 hour, and counting to pack your bags for the 2008 SIM International Conference. Keep track with this handy Dashboard widget!
The problem I was having last week with the custom iPhone view for this site has been resolved! For those of you without an iPhone, here's a rough example of what you're missing, courtesy of the iPhoney Mobile Safari simulator. Also, just ...
You know that commercial in which a humanitarian in a developing country visits his proud family back home through a high-definition, big screen video conference? Looks pretty slick, right? Everyone should have such a device in his or her home or place of work, right? Well, here's what they don't ...
As a little experiment I figured I'd create a slideshow version of How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PDF Books and share it with you via SlideShare, which is kind of like YouTube for PowerPoint (or Keynote). SlideShare is a great way to share your slides ...
Unfortunately, the modification we were using to produce an iPhone-specific version of this site doesn't play well with the new look we installed last week. I've disabled the fancy iPhone version for now until I figure out a workaround. No worries, as you can still view the site with Mobile ...
Support for indexing Content Enhancement examples by state standards is coming! Take a sneak peek at how Depot will let you tie your examples to standards, and what still needs to be done.
It looks like Amber and I will have two, one-hour-long-ish sessions at this summer's 30th anniversary International SIM Conference. I've submitted the following session descriptions to Patty, Mona and Julie: Using Stratepedia Depot for Content Enhancement Support If you liked the Content Enhancement Library, you'll love Depot, the latest online collaboration ...
The Stratepedia Blog (this site) is getting a facelift! The site will be unavailable for about 60 minutes beginning this afternoon at 4:00 CDT while we slap on a fresh coat of paint.
More and more publishers are making PDF versions of their books available for purchase. Check out how one publisher distributes PDF books and how this could affect CRL's distribution of materials.
Several sites hosted by Stratepedia will be unavailable for about an hour this afternoon, beginning around 4:00 PM central time.
Several Stratepedia services will experience very brief downtime this week while I update servers.