Colleen, from Math Playground, tagged me for the 8 random facts meme. First, the Rules: 1. Post these rules before you give your facts. 2. List 8 random facts about yourself. 3. At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them. 4. Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged. Here we go, 8 random facts; 1. My favorite high school activity was color guard – I was…
Towards the end of the school year I was asked by a building principal if I liked fixing computers. I do not, and the gentlemen in my district who do that sort of thing would laugh at the thought. I guess he assumed that each time I was in the building I was fixing a computer. He did not realize I was working with teachers developing new skills in using technology tools in their classroom. Another administrator thought my job…
Mostly entertaining family… It has been a busy week full of friends, family and lots of fun. But not too much time for keeping up with communication and collaboration with my web connected friends, blogs and Second Life. Is that how you say it? I have joined Ryan’s SecondLife Blogger’s Cafe and Jen Wagner’ web based cafe. Though I have not participated in any discussions yet. I have aided in a Discovery Educators Network tour of Second Life. It was…
Brian at Bump on the Blog is taking a survey on some demographics of those participating in the edublogoshpere. If you are reading this then you are a participant. Please check out his blog post and take his survey. The more the merrier. UPDATE: The results are in head over to Brian’s blog for all the details.
It is the end of the school year and we are about to enter the no-mans land of summer. As a student and educator my year only seems to last from September to June. July and August are not really part of my calendar year. Echoed through out the halls today are “goodbyes†and “see you next year†when really we will see each other next week at the grocery store or beach. As the school year comes to a…
I am truly amazed how inspired I feel when I read my blog feeds in the morning. I am constantly thinking “WOW! what a great idea”, or “Why didn’t I think of that?” It adds a ton of things to my to do list, but it really helps keeps me motivated and inspired. Take for example my resent inspiration about Podcasting. I am strggling with getting podcasting really off the ground, and always looking for examples on share with teachers….
Last night was a great show at WOW2 (Women of Web). Last night’s show as hosted by Vicki Davis, Cheryl Oaks, Jennifer Wagner and the guest list included Scott McCloud, Pete Reilly, Doug Johnson, and Miguel Guhlin (sp corrected). The show takes place every Tuesday 9pm at EdTechTalk. In the past I have only been able to listen to the podcasts but recently I have been able to listen live, this means I can participate in the chat – it…