(Team) Building Projections

Most educators can agree that LCD projectors have revolutionized our classroom "chalkboards" in many ways, so when I stumbled across this video on YouTube, I wondered what students would choose to display if/when given the opportunity?

Would the content change depending on the audience (students vs. faculty vs. parents vs. public)? What message would they unite behind?

Would the message change depending on the venue (classroom vs. library vs. playground vs. cafeteria vs. art room vs. the front of the school)?

I think this would be an interesting and creative project. Have ideas? Want to try it out? Let's go for it! Let me know what you plan to do or have done here.

Including Links For Additional Meaning Example (Summer Fun)

(Posted while listening to Pandora streaming John Mayer radio station)

Top Ten Family Activities: Summer 09

-Moonight Classic Bike Tour (Rapids Player and Referee team costume contest entry)
-Pirate's Cove: 360 off low dive
-Rockies Game: Garrett Atkins mit autograph/catch of pregame warm-up ball
-Rapids Game: Rapids def. NY Red Bulls; watching fireworks from our backs on the FIELD!
-Princess Ballerina balancing on two-wheeled scooter by herself at Copper Mountain (TIE Conference)
-Racing Boondocks Go Carts
-Fishing for the first time after we camped/rode our bikes/slept under the trees and stars at Cherry Creek Reservoir
-Donning purple "milker" for free food at Chick-Fil-A
-Reading constellation stories to kids with an illuminated planetarium toy at bedtime
-Examining road kill/"stink bugs"/ants/"rolley pollies"/worms on the way to the "Dirt Hill" and the "Tunnel"

Digial Footprint

While at taking part in the Google for Educators NECC Remote session See earlier post), an interesting question came up in my mind: How concerned are instructors with their "Digital Footprint" (a digital footprint consists of the accumulating body of work that a user leaves behind while online, such as Facebook entries/comments, Twitter posts, blogs, wikis, YouTube/TeacherTube, etc.)?

I advanced-searched for images on Google that were tagged with variations of my name, then my family, then some of the presenters at TIE, and NECC. Some personalities had images attached to their full name online, which was disconcerting to me since identity theft continues to grow exponentially each year. Aren't these people positioning themselves to be targeted with so much identifiable information online?

Next thought: If students begin using online tools in elementary school, it would seem to me that teachers need to be even more aware of what content/quality of content is going out to the world so that their future is not accidentally affected. Tech-savy businesses are already scrutinizing an individual's online presence as part of their hiring procedures, so something not published as carefully as it could've been during class could make a difference in the long run.