Are you SITD?

SITD - Still in the Dark

Have you seen or heard this acronym when your teens or coworkers are around? Well it may be time to self educate, come into the light, and be an involved adult when it comes to acronymese.


Net Lingo provides links for the Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Should Know and Top 50 More Acronyms Every Parent Should Know.


Do you know all of the acronyms on those lists? Then check out The List of Chat Acronyms & Text Message Shorthand or at least bookmark it for future reference. NetLingo even asks for your input if an acronym is missing from the list.


Exchange Parent for Adult and the opportunity to self educate about a jargon you did not grow up with but may need to be aware of presents itself, regardless of your role as an educator, employer, parent, and/or community member. 


While you may never know all the acronyms, jargon, and abbreviations used by teens/coworkers make yourself aware rather than excusing it as just teen speak or water cooler jargon. 

MWBRL 

More Will Be Revealed Later

Check out The List of Chat Acronyms & Text Message Shorthand

Have some fun with binary and text

During this time of transition, as an empty nester, from Information Technology to Educational Technology in education, changing my blog title, and Twitter name I decided to do this post.

010001000110111100100000011110010110111101110101001000000110
011001101111011011000110110001101111011101110010000001101101
011001010010000001101111011011100010000001010100011101110110
100101110100011101000110010101110010001000000100000001000101
011001000100010001011111010001010110010001010100011001010110
0011011010000101111100110100010011010110010100111111

If you really want to know what this means check out http://tr.im/hWOm

Ever wanted to know what your techie friends are writing about when they write in binary code? Exercises with this site can add some fun in those subnetting classes, intro to computing, and for those just experimenting with binary code.

Have fun while learning something new. Work your mind like you work your body!

The Do Something Now Challenge

Put the texters to work for Do Something.
Powering offline action. Using the power of online to get teens to do good stuff offline...The Challenge:

We want you to power offline action in your community. Register your school, club, or town for the Do Something Now Challenge. From Sept 1 - Oct 15, recruit at least 50 friends and classmates to sign up for volunteer text messages and win.

We'll create a short code just for you:
For Example, if you go to Glen View High School your short code might be GlenViewHigh. You and your team recruit students to text GlenViewHigh to 30644 and sign up for Do Something Now.

Be creative! Make posters and flyers, shout out DS Now over the PA system, plan a DS Now concert.
The more people you sign up the bigger and better the prizes!

Prize Levels
50 Recruits: 20 SWAG Sets with Do Something pens, folders and notebooks.

100 Recruits: 20 SWAG Sets and 20 Do Something reusable ecobags.

250 Recruits: 20 SWAG Sets, 20 ecobags, 20 t-shirts, and a $100 pizza party.

1000 Recruits: 20 SWAG Sets, 20 ecobags, 20 t-shirts, a $100 pizza party,
AND 2 plane tickets to New York City for a Do Something Boot Camp!

http://www.dosomething.org/challenge