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Hometown:: Florence

School / Work Affiliation: William E. Norris Elementary

About Me:: I am a 2nd grade teacher and was recently named the 2008 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year.

I love using technology in the classroom and look forward to sharing ideas with others on this site.

My interests include: video editing, videography, photography, writing and recording music, and gadgets.

June 21, 2007 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Ceremony
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Revised First Impression With Mac

Okay, so I jumped the gun a bit with my initial criticism of my Mac. Of course, as a long time PC user, when told I had to reinstall the operating system I immediately cringed. I did not know how easy that is to do with a Mac and that you don't lose your data.

With the reinstall, everything works beautifully. I am looking forward to using many of the features in my classroom this year including Garageband and Comic Life to name a few. I will also edit my classroom TV shows with Final C… Continue

Posted on August 11th, 2007 at 7:28pm — No Comments (Add)

First Impressions with Mac

Well, we can say that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Day 2 of playing with the new Mac proved frustrating when some of the applications would not work. Spent an hour and a half with tech support only to have to reinstall the operating system.

For a company that prides itself on computers that work right out of the box, I am left deeply disappointed. The OS is reinstalling now while I work off my PC. You would think that a top of the line computer would work right fro…

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Posted on July 27th, 2007 at 1:00pm — No Comments (Add)

My Crossover to Mac

After years of system crashes, blue screens of death, lost data, wasted time, etc. etc. I have finally decided to switch from PC to Mac. The big push for me was when I splurged for the top of the line Dell two years ago only to have the system crash after 3 months (hard drive failure). I vowed that the next computer I bought would be a Mac. I am now awaiting delivery of a new MacBook Pro complete with Final Cut. I'll h…

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Posted on July 12th, 2007 at 8:39pm — 7 Comments (Add)

Hello

This is my first foray into this arena. My friend, colleague, and technical guru Kevin has directed me to many different sites and resources for teachers. This is a great site and I am excited to begin networking.

Posted on July 11th, 2007 at 8:58pm — 2 Comments (Add)

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At 3:19pm on June 5th, 2008, Kevin H. said…: Mike:
check out a movie version of some of our digital math picture books.

At 3:13pm on May 17th, 2008, Kevin H. said…: Thanks for the great keynote at our conference today, Mike. The videos had us laughing (those kids!) and it gave the folks some inspiration. One hint: you may want to delete the comments about "editing a movie until 3 a.m." -- ha. You notice I responded: "Ahh, I just let the kids do it."
Take care and thanks again.
See you on Monday (unless you are meeting with the prez again)
Kevin

At 3:49am on May 17th, 2008, Kevin H. said…: Hi Mike
I am looking forward to your keynote this morning. I am linking your page here for our conference folks, so you may get some new friends today.
Kevin

At 10:18am on March 12th, 2008, Brian said…: Mike, a friend of mine in Norfolk (next city over) works across the hall with the Va. Teacher of the Year and is one of the four finalists for National Teacher of the Year. He's a young guy and only has taught eight (?) years. All the finalists are middle school and high and three (?) teach science.

At 4:43pm on March 7th, 2008, Kevin H. said…: Mike
Check out this video that I created with my students for the Many Voices for Darfur Project. I wrote the song, and used an online site for the music, and then used the Snowball to have all 80 sixth graders sing backup.
They loved it!

Kevin

At 12:12pm on March 4th, 2008, Brian said…: Mike--when do you go to the White House? Take pictures and please write back with your stories...a White House history buff here....

At 2:58pm on January 18th, 2008, Brian said…: Say hello to George for me, and don't trip over a rose bush in the Rose Garden!

At 12:26pm on January 17th, 2008, Brian said…: Congrats on T. of Y. I didn't get past the district level (Va) due to my competitor being nationally certified. Folks asked if I was crushed, and told them that the biggest disappointment was that I wouldn't be able to go to the White House and sit in the Rose Garden. You must be quite excited!

At 4:45pm on November 9th, 2007, Kevin H. said…: Hi Mike

It was great doing the sessions with you today.

I wanted to invite you to post a Day in a Sentence (or heck, try your hand at a podcast at PodcastPeople -- http://podcastpeople.com/tour -- and provide me a link).
More info at my blog: http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/

Adios
Kevin

At 12:26pm on July 19th, 2007, Kevin H. said…: Mike
I finished up the second week of my claymation camp.
This one was created by Norris kids (two of whom I overheard calling " Mr Flynn the best teacher ever") and they did a very funny take on Dora the Explorer.

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