15 year old building websites

So I just found this Kid ( I shouldent say that) He is a 15-year-old web developer. He has made other websites. That are pretty amzing.

I found him because of a site he just made called I-tunes Instant. iTunes Instant is basically a search engine for iTunes, which the creator said he made because, “Search within iTunes.app is extremely slow and cluster, I’ve never used it. So I use Apple’s Search API instead, and develop[ed] this app in less than three hours that will make your life better.” A quick test of the app reveals that it does work pretty well — a search for relatively obscure jams returned relatively accurate results in near real time. (However, it doesn’t quite work when searching for both artist and song.)

He writes on his blog titled “The Teen’s Point of View” http://blog.stephenou.com. He said it only took him about 3 hrs to make the websit. This is one smart kid. He has got alot for him.

So go on over & search for music & apps alot faster! http://labs.stephenou.com/itunes#

New main website

While I LOVE what blogger has to offer. I have moved grantmead.com over to wordpress. I have heard there is alot more that I can do. So far I have just being using the wordpress.com. I guess to take advantage of all the features I much integrate into my Microsoft Expression 3. I didnt like how I had to pay for domain mapping & css Editing. I might eventuality use blogger as my main. As I did like the easyness & cost. Please con to follow this blog with the google follower. This site well still be updated on articles & a RSS feed well keep it up to date.

Thanks for following me & checking out my website.
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Android Live Broadcast apps

This week Justin.tv released there Android app. to publish LIVE from your mobile phone. (ios coming soon). With the release of this I thought it would be a great moment to look over the 3 most popular live streaming apps from the Droid phone I use. Keep in mind this is just my personal option. Your style or use for it could be different.

1. Justin.tv The sound quality is a little poor. This could be due to my camera not working 100%. I love that you can instantly have a tweet & fb post sent out. You can also chat with the live audience right from the phone. Great Great app & way to publish video to the web over 3G network.

Watch live video from grantmead on Justin.tv

2. Qik This LIVE streaming app works great to publish alot of videos online. You can upload to facebook & somtimes youtube. The downside is there no embeding option. You can only share with your twitter & facebook friends. If you want to publish video fast & simple this would be ideal. However if you are looking to have a LIVE audience & interact with them I wouldent use this streaming Live app.
{ To view the video go the link below}
http://qik.com/video/11665703

3. Ustream This app is very good. There are two apps. One to stream to your live Channel & another to view live channels. Its great to have a viewer though there isnt much to it. The live streaming app offers very little option to & publishes very choopy slow video. Even once uploaded it is off on sound. Thats after recording @ 3 different times.

Android Market Down

Around 11:20PM CST I noticed that the Android market place was not working. I restarted my phone & it still didnt work. I contact about 20 or so other people who had a Android OS phone & they were having the same problems. I then sent out a tweet aksing others. It seems as though Other across the globe is having the same problem.

Definitely not a device issue, with all devices affected and displaying server errors, it has been down for at least an hr now . Users on twitter are speculating (hilariously) either terrorism or elite hackers. It's probably safe to say it's a bit more innocuous than that.

It has also been noted that some cannot watch youtube phone either.

What are you thoughts?

I have contacted android & google on this problem. Still waiting for a word back on it.

How to tell u love internet

You find yourself typing `com` after every period when using a word processor.com
2. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
3. Your start introducing yourself as `John at I-I-Net dot com.`
4. Your wife drapes a blond wig over your monitor to remind you of what she looks like.
5. All of your friends have an @ in their name.
6. You can`t call your mother – she doesn`t have a modem.
7. Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box.
8. You laugh at people with 2400 modems.
9. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape.
10. You refer to going to the bathroom as [downloading].
11. You tell the cab driver you live at: http://123.elm.street/house/bluetrim.html
12. Your spouse makes a new rule: `The computer cannot come to bed.`
13. You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in front of your computer with a commode.
14. You start tilting your head sideways to smile .
15. You turn on your computer and turn off your spouse.
16. Your spouse says communication is important in a marriage, so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat…”
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Android Facebook app gets upgraded

f you have been using Android for some time now, im sure you are quite familiar with the official Facebook application - which actually isn't that great.

The new app. being dubed version 1.3 is alot better then the previous old sluggish app that never worked
You can now respond to friend requests within the application - without the need of going to the mobile website. Another addition is the "picture timeline" feature which you will find at the bottom of the screen. It displays photos from your friends and updates it automatically as soon as new feeds arrive.
Check out the fb app. review video below & go upgrade yours

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Twitter & protecting your tweets

Privacy privacy privacy. The media & world scares us into believe bad things well happen if we post stuff online. Weather that is are twitter page to our Facebook or personal website. In some content there comes a point when you just start to think before you post. It’s a common theme some ads & organizations are trying to put out. If it’s not something you would randomly yell at Wal-Mart then don’t tweet about it. If you want to talk to someone without too much info getting out don’t write it on their Facebook wall. That’s like writing a message on Wal-Mart billboards & having thousands of people seeing it whenever they want to. But you say “Grant I have my Facebook on private” “Grant I have my twitter feed to not show my tweets” well guess what You’re not a social person with the world around you. You’re stuck in your own scared zone.

Before I follow someone on Twitter, I check out their profile page (assuming I don’t know them already). I read the bio, and I look at the person’s tweets to see if this is someone who will add value to my stream.(don’t want to follow junk or a teen girl’s relationship problems) From talking to others, this is common behavior. I want to follow a real person who has somewhat of my interest.
When I see this




I most of the time won’t even bother to send a request. Unless it’s a good friend I actually know.
So, for this reason alone, protecting updates makes it much harder to grow your network, even if you take the time to find people to follow.
Another downside of protecting your updates is that your tweets cannot be retweeted. This means that when you do say something wonderful or share great news, it cannot spread beyond the people who’ve cleared your blocked-hurdle. I have had this happen on many occasions. One of my friends who has a “protected twitter feed’ well post something I find interesting or just want to share with my fellow friends. Instead of just easily Retweeting it. I must copy it & then possibly have someone yell @ me for using there written material.

I do care very much who I follow, and I choose appropriately. When I run into a protected user, though, I’m blind. Again, most folks said the same thing: a protected user is unlikely to be followed.
Protecting your updates is a personal choice, and there are many reasons folks do it. Still, if one of your goals on Twitter is to build a network, you’ll be far better served by letting your tweets be visible to one and all. But if your just on there to yell random useless bits of info. Then maybe you should turn you page into protected mode for you can yell to a select few who follow you.
I don’t have all day to read endless tweets. I have to narrow down what I can read & engage in…that’s a whole different subject we could talk about later…how to use twitter without it using your time.

Do you protect your tweets? And if so… why? Or do you send requests to protected users all the time? Please comment below. Also I do know there are probably lots of grammar mistakes. I’m dyslexia so I try my best to proofread & edit. Please feel free to edit this & send it to me. I would totally cite you @ the bottom & forever love you so much.
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Which Cell Phone Companies Offer The Best And Worst Coverage?

You are in the market to buy a cell phone and want service from a company that offers the best coverage where you live. How do you know which company to use? The first thing you may wish to do is ask family members and friends which company they use and how the coverage is. But if you are like I am, you also want to do some checking on your own to get other folks’ opinion about the service they are receiving as well in your area.

There are two sites that you can try to find out just how good a company’s cell service is where you live. One is DeadCell Zones, which provides an interactive map à la Google to zoom in and out of locations and also offers the ability to select from the four major carriers: Verizon, US Cellular,Sprint and AT&T.

Another site to check to see if you live in a black hole is CellReception. This site offers what it describes as a database of over:

142,822 cell phone tower locations registered with the FCC, and over 55,300 cell phone carrier comments submitted voluntarily from real customers using their service all over the U.S.

I found CellReception very useful since it was easy to find which company offered the best coverage for my neighborhood. The comments from consumers were very helpful and I would highly recommend this site.

The importance of coverage for those of us who have dropped our landline and have gone completely to cell can not be over stated. I found by living in Iowa & traveling alot that Verizon was the best choice for me. Not only was the service good, but I also was able to actress such things as 3G internet & Data more often then my previous provider us cellular. I also believe that the phone model itself will dictate how good your signal will be. I had a Droid phone & was getting service no problem however when I switch to a Lg envey I noticed that in the same spots I used my Droid I no longer got signal or data coverage with the Lg envey. Phones play a big part in what you want to do & what kind of service you want.
Verizon Wireless is everywhere in Burlington Iowa. 3G internet is widely available



Is there a site that you would recommend?
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New I-phone & what is has to offer

Wow what an exciting week this has been, if you are tech person. For me I have been connected threw my phone & laptop everyday & second.,going to blogs & reading up on the latest tech news. This week is internet week & apple days. With this we saw the release of the new I-phone.

Now here in the state of Iowa alot of us are farmers or just not tech savy when it comes to getting that great phone everybody else is talking about. I would just like to explain the Pro & Cons of getting a i-phone in the state of Iowa.

First lets explain what this new phone does.

* Sharper screen

In his Monday keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, Jobs sounded more excited about the iPhone 4's new screen than anything else.
With 326 pixels per inch -- four times that of previous Apple phones -- Jobs says the iPhone 4's "retina display" screen is years ahead of anything else on the market.
"Text looks like you've seen it in a fine printed book -- unlike you've ever seen on an electronic display before," he said. "Once you've used a retina display you can't go back."

Now I have not personally used the new I-phone but to be honest the look your not going to notice unless your a tech savy person. So in all honesty if you are not a HEAVY smartphone user to begin with. This feature really doses not matter to you right now.

*Better camera
The quality of the iPhone 4's camera is improved over previous models. The iPhone 4 shoots photos with 5 megapixels of resolution, compared to 3 megapixels before. That's still not the best on the market. The HTC Droid Incredible has an 8-megapixel camera, for example. The Nexus One, another competitor, has a 5-megapixel camera, too.
The iPhone 4 also shoots HD video, and a video-editing app called iMovie, which Apple will sell, allows people to shoot, edit and share videos with the phone.
*Video conferencing
In addition to the back-of-the-phone camera improvements, Apple also added a second camera to the iPhone 4, which faces its user. This can be used for video conferencing, which Apple and Jobs expect to be an emerging trend in mobile phone use.

*Multitasking
The iPhone's operating system, which Apple calls iOS 4, got an upgrade along with the iPhone 4's hardware. Among the most-awaited changes is multitasking, which means that the phone can run multiple applications at once. Want to listen to internet radio and check e-mail at the same time? Starting on June 21, you can with the iPhone.
Several other smartphones have featured multitasking for some time. So Apple is not blazing new territory here. Jobs says the company waited to add the feature until it could do so without sucking down too much of the phone's battery life.

*The iPhone 4 is only available with a contract from the wireless carrier AT&T. That's bad news for some people. Bloggers have been begging Apple to open the iPhone to multiple carriers -- and specifically to Verizon -- for some time. Some iPhone users, particularly those in bigger cities like New York and San Francisco, have complained that AT&T drops their calls and doesn't handle data requests quickly enough.

So while the New iphone has many things to offer when it comes to a smartphone. Keep in mind that you are stuck on one network & that prices are high. (Coming soon "I-phone Vs. Android in Iowa" )

Source: CNN.com/tech "10 things to know about iPhone 4"

20 things I "like' about this photo

THIS IS WHY U WATCH WHAT U SAY ONLINE!!!!!

1. <3
2. Smile
3. Ring
4. Fun city
5. Food
6. Color
7. Bowling
8. Eyes
9. Lights
10. Face
11. Beautiful YOU
12. Just way too many!!!! Lol guess u got me

Thank You!!

My letter to the editor: http://www.thehawkeye.com/storync/Grant-Mead-051010

Good experiences

I'm a senior at Burlington High School graduating in a few weeks. There are lots of people I would love to thank — from my peers to administration people. My life has not come to an end with Burlington School District or school for that matter. It hasn't just begun either. It's just one of many life-changing experiences that I have taken.

One main person I would like to thank is my principal, Mr. Messenger. It's great that we have a principal who lets us students organize and engage in great activities here at the high school.

Thank you, sir, for all the hard work and long hours you put in every day.

Now some people might not know this, but being 19 I have had one of the greatest experiences my last year at the high school. I have had the opportunity to serve alongside the BCSD technology department. I have learned the ins and outs of taking care of one of the largest network operations in southeast Iowa.

Thank you Mr. Brackett and the BCSD tech department for this wonderful experience. I hope to be able to apply what I have learned to help others.

My sophomore year, I was introduced to speech and debate. Let me tell you that Mr. Kurth is a great coach for this and I have learned many speaking techniques that have helped me a lot. Thank you, sir, for all the long hours you took out of your time to teach me and take me to events.

Around my junior year, I got involved in drama club. Mr. Nelson is the director for this and he is a well-respected guy. I have had the opportunity to be in a few plays directed by him. I have made new friendships and learned a lot of history. My very last play ever for BHS was "Our Town," a slow play but with a lot of educational background to it.

When President Obama came to Iowa, he said we need young teachers to educate these young people in a whole new way. I'm glad to see that BHS is doing this by having young people: Mr. Hanson, a young outgoing guy, teaching English while coaching debate and tennis; Miss Birch and Miss Wilson, who teach in the Science Department engaging us in a fun way.

On my last note, it's great to see that we have a great library director, Mr. McKee, who is up to date on technology. He has been a great help by not only teaching students new websites or tools to help them on that paper but also helping out all the departments at the high school. Oh, before I forget, the man has an iPad. It's the newest device Apple has on the market. If you see Mr. McKee, he will have an iPhone, iPad or some type of Apple in his hands ready to help you.

Hope to see BHS and BCSD keep on growing.

GRANT MEAD
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http://www.thehawkeye.com/storync/Grant-Mead-051010

Burlington

Location Based Services

WOW! What a big storm that came through SE Iowa. Hope you’re all having good luck on cleaning up the mess and flooded basement. My parents’ house didn’t get spared either with a few inches of water destroying everything on the ground.

One of the things I talked about for the beginning of this year was location bases services. Foursquare the biggest one lets you check-in to places and let others know where you’re out. One of the things though is location based services have hit a small little bump in the road. Big companies like Facebook have had lots of privacy issues in the last month & your avg. person doesn’t have a smartphone that can run these services.
With sites such as robmeplese.com let people know where you’re out of your house. I really think it’s a funny but yet logical approach what the site is trying to bring to light.
I love location based services. For myself I can share were I’m @ then have people comment on it. It brings to light what I don’t like. Now the one thing I have noticed is that lots of places I check into I just too that check in. The store or whatever it be don’t engage with the audience so eventually I either stop going to that place or stop checking in.
A great place to keep up to date on all this info on social media news & for a in-depth look go to www.mashable.com
Below is a fun & interesting facts about facebook. So read away and know more then your friends



[Source: Online PhD Programs for MashableMashable.com]

Google & Verizon

Just got wind of some exciting news. Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon & Google are teaming up to produce a tablet. Now there are lots of questions that are still needed to be answer. Like well it run the OS Chrome S like Google was previous hinted @ making or well it run the best OS on the market right now android. Both are made by a great company and have had fare shares.
I can tell one thing thought I’m pretty excited. More excited than when the i-pad came out. WHY? Because I own a Google phone with Android on it and I LOVE IT. The phone keeps up with my everyday multitasking needs for work and play. Not only is it a great phone but it’s on a wonderful 3G network. There is always service and I’m always connected. Unlink the apple products were you pay a high price for a service that rarely never works.
Another thing to think about is Verizon & Google have been working pretty good with their android platform. If a tablet hit the market you bet I would get one. I would be able to afford it since google normally runs there items low cost. I would also have a great network that I know well work. I don’t have lots of money like apple fans to dump into devices. So im putting my money on Google & Verizon two companies that can change the way we use computers.

Android all the way
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Ban Social Media

This blog was suppose to be up along time ago. Lately My one & only laptop that has less then 200GB has been full. So I have had to clean up stuff & find useful sites to move my files to. Hopefully I can get a mac computer again & get me some more hardrive space.

If you have been following my twitter or Facebook status you might have seen that I have had surgery. I wrote a blog post @ the hospital a few hrs after I was out of surgery but it didn't post:( I even saved it to a word document but it would not even let me send it as a e-mail attachment. Copy and past epic fail to!

Last week a NJ Middle school principal thought It would be a genius idea to get all of the students that attend his school off from sites like facebook,myspace twitter etc. he is wasn't just talking about at SCHOOL he was talking about for there FULL middle school yrs!

A e-mail was sent out to parents to take on a voluntarily ban to get the students off such sites. Read the full e-mail here http://wcbstv.com/technology/facebook.social.networking.2.1662565.html

"Please do the following: sit down with your child (and they are just children still) and tell them that they are not allowed to be a member of any social networking site. Today!

There is absolutely no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site! Let me repeat that – there is absolutely, positively no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site! None.

Wow! that is some pretty heavy stuff! I can explain several reasons why students would want to be on such sites like that.

What could possibly invoke such a response from a man who holds such a responsible position? His intentions seem to be pure, as he thinks social networking sites such as Facebook are making kids’ lives harder due to cyber-bullying. But is banning kids from these sites the way to fix the problem?

Surely a better solution would be to encourage children to be more respectful to each other, and punish bullying more severely in whatever form it manifests itself.

Not only does he have a problem with social networking sites. He wants parents to check there text messages which im all for but to take cell phones away from kids and check them whenever sounds like to me you have a trust issue with your kids. Right now I believe we should be focused on educating the students rather then pulling the plug.

Below is my take on the e-mail when I got it last week.


I get the bullying part the principal is trying to stop but baning it is the not the right answer.

My take on f8

I thought this blog got posted along time ago. I ment for it to be up yesterday but I wrote it right online and didn't bother saving it onto word or anything.

I watched the f8 developers conference and was very pleases on what I saw. Just a few days later I have seen some people starting to say how facebook is taking over the web and knowing all of there personal info. If its personal why are you posting it were everybody can see it?? These same people are on and share special moments of there lives threw facebook. They feel that facebook should not have the right to that data to facebook advertise setin products to them. There has been this small group of people since the internet first came out that it would take over are lives (which in a sence it has) but that it would destroy human kind and there would be no jobs (considering were the job market is maybe there right>) though it has brought lots of new jobs with it.

5 or 8 yrs ago if I was in high-school I would never been able to text me parents and let them know what is going on. I would never be able to post pictures as fast I do to share them with my friends and relatives. and just a few yrs ago ads were just ads..now there engaged in my interest so there no longer ads there more of a source I look to when it gets my attetnion. Which is now pretty much all of the time.

I would love to write more and be able to edit but I just dont have the time @ the moment. Have to finish up this wondering research paper.

Below is my 5 min rant on the f8 conference.

Internet of Things

You know that a trend is ramping up when big companies begin to namecheck it. It's happening now with the Internet of Things, a term for when real-world objects connect to the Internet. The Internet of Things is the idea of a web of data provided by things like real-world devices and sensors. Senior executives from two major U.S. broadband and telecommunications companies - Verizon and AT&T - plus the CTO of the world's biggest network systems provider Cisco, have recently discussed the Internet of Things.

When that data is intimately tied to our real lives off-line, that's exciting. The Internet of Things offers a whole new world of opportunities for improved decision making, innovative services and (unfortunately) social surveillance. It's loaded with implications to consider.

Last week industry thought leader Tim O'Reilly, the man widely credited with popularizing the term Web 2.0, gave an opening keynote talk about the Internet of Things
Below is 5min Video explaining this. yes its 5mins but really you need a whole conference to understand it all. So take 5mins and watch this interesting and awesome video below.



Check out this artile on "Media consumption on the increase" by a UK survey.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/19/media-consumption-survey

Day Of Silence

Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating
in the Day of Silence (DOS), a national youth movement bringing
attention to the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
people and their allies. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which
is caused by anti-LGBT bullying, name-calling and harassment.
I believe that ending the silence is the first step toward building
awareness and making a commitment to address these
injustices. Think about the voices you are not hearing today.

Day of Silence morning so far 8am

Walking around today I noticed lots of people I knew and just had to node to them. Being a public speaker and very talkative it was very hard for me to be able to be silent for just the morning.

I’m wondering what others well think and what they might say about us ..me. I do care. SO please let me know what u think because everybody has an option and that does not mean we should hate one another for it.

So on this day I’m gong way out of my way to just to go silent for the whole day. This is a day that I think everybody well look at wonder and ask lots of questions. Is Grant Mead Gay? Why does Grant support this?

I support this because after hearing all the stories about teens who kill and hurt them selves about not telling others who they are or what they feel. I’m Not Gay!( and that word I don’t care for being how it gets used) I’m straight and sticking up for my fellow peers.

Yea this day of silence thing is super hard for me. You should try it! Get some duck tape and put it across your mouth. Lots of people well talk just because of the silence SO BE SILENT AND BE HEARD


Lunch:
Wow seeing all of the kids walk around and talk. I really want to join in on the converstions. I’m tweeting so maby they should get on that way. It is making a huge impact on what the kids are thinking. I have gotten a lot of kids asking me what this is all about.

I had a great meal quietly while listing to what others had to say around me. I wish I could blog more but I think my twitter and facebook profile tell a lot. I never ment to use my website like this. I well creat a page for my blogging life.

Looks like lunch is wrapping up for me. Time to get back into class

End of the day
I was super disappointed on how the majority of my peers were poking fun at me. Later on into the evening I find out somone starts spreading around that Im gay and Im going on a date with a guy tonight. Please people dont believe that stuff. I stuck up for something that I thought was a good thing. I now have a super compassion on others around me who dont come out of the closet because nonobdy would want to be treated liked that. I really believe we need to love one another nobody who they are. yes we might not agree with it but that dosent mean we need to poke fun & make there lives horrible does it?

So please stop and ponder this moment this day. What did you do. Did you go silent for some of the day. Did you poke fun @ somone who was going silent. Did you see what was happing to the ones who were silent and getting picked on but decided not to do anything about it.

I ask you people please be yourself and SPEAK UP if your NOT SILENT!

No Ending

Thanks for all the support in makeing the VBlogs:)
Just wanted to remind you all that tomorrow is "One Day without Shoes" take sometime out of your day to go without wearing your shoes. No matter were AT! work, school etc.

LETS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!





VBLOG FOR TODAY!

Easter Sunday

Hope you and Your family had a Wonderful Easter Sunday. I had a glorious one..lets take a few seconds to recap it.

Went to Harmony Bible Church were I had some amazing worshiping.

Had a blast searching for easter eggs.
Here is a short video I took on my phone http://qik.com/video/5866361 some how it stoped uploading so lost all the other footage.

Went to the park and got lost in the woods..lol. Bored so I uploaded a new video to YouTube.



Also if You havent heard in the new Baja Mexico got hit with a earthquake. I'm wanting to go down there in June to help them rebuild. Please help by donating some money or sending asking your friends to donate.

$1 $5 or more dont matter how much you give everything helps!



Link to the page on more info about the trip

http://grantmead.chipin.com/mission-trip-to-baja-mexico

Van Meter- New learning in school

Long time no blogging. I have been busy with the "school work" that is suppose to help me in the "read world". Aside from that the title of this pretty much tells you alot of what I Want to address today.

DROPOUT RATES

The No, 1 reason contributing to student dropout rates is a lack of engagement. The billion-dollar question for our education system is: How do we motivate and stimulate students to take a more proactive role in their academic success?

Awhile back I held a technology seminar. (See my last blog post)It went over better then what I planed:) Got to hear from a school called Van Meter. You might heard them in the news. Let me fill you in if you haven't.

This school is a K-12 school & in 2009 recently rolled out 1:1 Computer Program. Every student has their own Laptop and carries it with them from classroom to classroom while using it to engage each other as well as kids across the globe. Yes, I mean from New Jersey to Singapore.... This is only ONE thing that has help make this school great. What has gotten Iowa and other educators attention is the way they are teaching the students. SAY what? STUDENTS!

Van Meter School has realized and took action that today students learn in a whole new way. Instead of the normal way of students going to school getting a boring assignment and then forgot about it later on in life this school is changing that.

You know that old saying “it’s never too late.” Doesn’t apply here. If we don’t change the way we are Educating our students and our teachers...it will be TOO LATE.

Here is there Statement:
The rate of change at Van Meter is accelerating exponentially with our focus being to empower students to THINK, LEAD, and SERVE.

WOW say what? I thought most schools are like that. Well they might say they are but ask the students or start listing to what the students post on there blogs, Facebook, & twitter pages you might think otherwise.

Today’s students are currently engaged, all day, every day—posting tweets, talking to friends on facebook, and texting.

To date, a significant chasm has existed between students’ interactive, stimulating experiences with social media and the reality of their “low-tech” classrooms.


Now that is what I call preparing them for a future of successes. Teaching them to

* collaborate
* connect
* compare
* contrast
* create
* communicate

These are all the skill sets of the Entrepreneur. John Carver and Van Meter Schools are changing the face of Education and impacting the world as we know it…in a very positive way.

WELCOME THESE SCHOOLS:)

More to come---

Technology in Education

Before I start to write I would like to say that my blogging has been down. I have been busy with school and family matters.

Super news I wanted to share. This Saturday March 6th Im hosting a "technology in education" event. Here is all the details!!! Keep up to date on my twitter account @grantmead

Hope to see ya there:)

When: March 6th
Where: Downtown Burlington Iowa
Time: 10am-noon
NO COST

Presenters

Kelly Nelson
Junior High Language Arts Teacher that has a 1:1 Program at her school.
Blog: http://goallouttoday.blogspot.com/
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Bradley Laborman
IWC Professor in Mt.Pleasant IA
twitter: @bradmantv
Website: http://www.bradman.tv
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William Brackett
Technology Director for BCSD
twitter: @willbrackett
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Karl Hehr
Technology director at South Hamilton CSD
Website: http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/
twitter: @karlhehr

Topics
* Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers- Kelly Nelson
* Creating the 21st-Century Classroom
* Reasons For Bringing Technology Into Schools- Kelly Nelson
* Social Networking in Schools- Bradley Laborman
* Computer Technology In Schools- Will Brackett
* 1:1 Computer Program- Karl Hehr

Ipad use from a 18 year.

Ok I was really looking at all of the news blogs and twitter days leading up to the release of the ipad. As I kept hearing people call it the islate. I thought to myself this device is going to cost alot of money. Then I heard it would be running the iphone software a day before its release.

Well here we are today with nothing more then a huge iphone. I thought to myself maby my school or others could use it to put text books on. I thought yes this would be a great thing. But here are some big limitions that would keep school administrators from doing this.

1. While you could put all textbooks on it and save money. What if the student drops the book,water gets spilled on it, or the studnet dosent keep the battery charged?

2. There is no handwritting pen to be people to hand write on it. Yes there is a nice keyboard but I can get that on my mac book that is about the same size.

3. The iphone and itouch have wonderful gameing featues. The ipad does not have this that much and also lacks flash.

4. To hook the ipad up to a school network would prove challening. Considering since its running the iphone software not mac os.


So while yea some schools are gong to use the ipad to put text books on. In reality its just not the right device for stidemts to get everything they need in high school or college. Mac books can do just about that and a kindly you can put your books on.

SNOW!!!!

So burington got a little bit of snow last night. I was super excited but then found out I still had to go to my classes:( Now im at school learning what Obama wants me to learn.

Anyways I uploaded some new videos to my youtube page. Here are a few.

Have to run got to get my FOOD FOR LUCH.. post somthing later

Going threw are mall in west burlington iowa and there were ladies trying on clothes and such and there was only two racks left...it was such a sight to see.

Icy Day!

Wow if your liveing in iowa we allways have the wacky weather. This week has been filled with a few days off from school and late start. We have had some really slick roads here in burlington. I have heard that cedar rapids was dealing with power outages and car accidents. Yesterday i went outside and took some video on my droid phone. This well give you an idea of what the weather condition looked liked.



As you can see it was not that icy when I took that. Just lots of nasty slush and water. Though in the monrnig the raods were ice skateing rinks and by night fall that was just a mess.

Today Got a late start to school. So far it seems like I have lots of computer classes dealing with design and working with basic computer applications.

Hope you all are haveing a great day.

Dont forget you can also follow me on twitter and google now...stalk me!!!

whew weekend

Wow guys have I been busy this weekend. Great start this morning to MLK Day. No school and just relaxing a little.

Yesterday I put my new Verizon droid to the test. Tested lots of apps and software. Anyways here a recap of what took place.

Started my morning out with a tweet "I pull into church parking lot and a big sign says parking lot is ice Now doing some douents" Listen to a great message that Pastor Caleb did @ harmony bible church. You can check out the full message @ the website < http://www.harmonybiblechurch.org/sermonmedia >

I was heading back to church I about ran over a cat:( hopfully its safe. Stoped off @ starbucks and got be some sugar.

Went down to the hick town of Keokuck for Bald Eagles Day. Hunged out with some amazing people. had a blast. I posted some stuff to loopt.

Sign up for Loopt at www.loopt.com

in closeing it was a amewesome day. I have to get working on editing some music for a play Im in.

Check it out this Friday!!! Totally free to come.


Post later.


MY NEW FAV SONG!!..just happen to be passing by and saw these people singing:)

enjoy

items for sale

Im selling these items.

wonderful Camcorder pociket size. $45.00 O.B.O


hello


Selling my nice samsun omnia phone. Its a windows mobile phone. You can check your email,text call (etc) No longer need as i have i new phone. Comes with wall charger, car charger and 2 carry cases.

Here is a video of the actual phone. Asking $125 o.b.o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBG8Q96mr2A