::: The EdTech Advantage :::

The name’s Rolly Maiquez.

You can reach me at: [rolly "at" edtechworld "dot" com].

This is the blog I try to devote to things related to Educational Technology — educating our students through technology. I’m passionate in all things EdTech — but not terribly gushing about the subject. I’d rather just “do IT” and find solutions to issues or problems rather than spend time arguing endlessly with “people who just don’t get IT”.

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A few things about my EdTech side:

• I am a technology instructor and specialist at the elementary to middle school level in St. John’s School located in the village of Tumon Bay on the lovely island of Guam, USA.
• I’m an avid Mac user (switcher since 1994), but I also use Windows-based computers (sometimes) as well as boxes with “LINUX inside”!
• I’m a Palm Education Training Coordinator (PETC) — truly enthusiastic about the PALM handheld computer as an excellent choice for integrating computers in K-12 classrooms.
• I enjoy working with open source software my current interests in this area includes Joomla/Mambo, Gallery/Coppermine, and similar portals, as well as Moodle and the K12LTSP LINUX distro.
• Geekside Interests: any sci-fi, anything Disney, CMS, CSS, Dreamweaver, e-learning, Educational Technology, Fireworks, Joomla, LINUX, LMS, Mac OS X, Mambo, Moodle, PALM Handheld Computers, Photoshop, Podcasting, RSS, STAR GATE, Star Trek, U.K.
• Geekside Likes: creating iMovies and Keynote presentations, creating/working on websites, fiddling with my PALM TX, flying large kites, learning about e-learning, photography, revisiting my old Newtons and CLIEs and other Palm handhelds, teaching teachers on how to integrate technology, traveling, walking on the beach, working on my Mac PowerBook, teaching and working with children, exploring Joomla and Moodle
• Pleased by: Folks who share tech knowledge, receiving email, “getting it”
• Get irritated by: MySQL problems, internet router issues, internet downtime, narrow/closed-minded “technology users”, open source installations that don’t work, over-pricing technology, teachers who “don’t want to learn anything new anymore”, technology users who don’t want to “try new things”, teachers who don’t want to give technology a chance in their classrooms
• I would like to: learn how to create Palm OS platform programs, learn how to create web-based programs, learn how to use Final Cut Pro, learn more about Joomla/Mambo, learn more about Moodle, Learn more about PHP and MySQL, learn more about technology integration, work towards a PhD in some area of educational technology