I was happy with the turnout and response from the attendees. Some requested copies of the handout and PowerPoint slideshow…however I was unable to upload at Cobo despite repeated attempts. In early April (when I am on vaction) I will attempt it again.
It worked. Blogging PowerPoint MRA It is now available.
Hello, it’s been a while. I cannot believe how time flies. As always I have been so busy that I don’t even have time for the things I know are important and that feed my soul (aka writing and reading for fun). So…this blogs sits here neglected and alone.
Sonja and I are presenting at the MRA this weekend. If you were one of the people who attended our session I hope it sparked an interest in including Blogs in your classroom. The recently added feature of, what I am calling, “sub-blogs” should make classroom use even easier and more safe as well. Let me know what you thought of the information and/or pose questions by commenting on my post. If a response is not readily found, drop me an email (it’s on the packet). Thanks for coming to check out our presentation and my pitiful (so neglected) blog.
Hello, if you attended the technology day at FSU on June 20th you may have been waiting for this post. After checking the site a few times over the days that followed our meeting I got discouraged and then too busy. But now I am here and the site is working. I am nearly ecstatic. I hope that despite the glitches you learned something useful and that you will consider incorporating blogs and/or wikis in your teaching practice. I appreciated our discussion and am trying to address you questions in my future inserve planning.
I realized after you all were gone that I didn’t address the classroom management question from our morning session at the end of that day as I had promised. If someone is interested in that discussion and or description, please comment and I’ll respond.
The presentation is available now. Enjoy and don’t forget to continue asking questions if you have them (and tell me about your successes 
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Well, as you may know from talking to me or reading my other blog this has been an incredibly busy school year for me. So, this is the first entry since last August. It isn’t that I don’t like to blog…it just never happened. Kind of like reading for pleasure, except on vacations.
So, this is an entry to test out any changes and to just say that it is worth the effort, but blogging is new to most of us and is indeed an effort.
Week one was short, only four days, but I was more tired than I have been in over a month. When I attended the Advanced Summer Institute on the heels of Andrea’s wedding I was tired, but…well how tired I was and/or am is irrelevant, really. Blogging and online writing are not an option in school yet, since we have no laptops, yet. There are several working computers in the media center, but not nearly enough for a class of 30.
I think that it will be a good year for me and a memorable one. I have all but one of my seniors twice a day and almost a third of them three times. I am sure that we will be very close by the end of the year. It will be a difficult graduation for me; saying goodbye to so many.
Carpe Diem is the phrase I am hoping they will live. Their locker signs (which I made) have that phrase on them with the guts of a grandfather clock as the background (thanks to my principal’s clock and my colleague’s help in brainstorming a symbolic photo). I want them to have a good senior year (and I wouldn’t mind having a good year either).
My goals for the year are still vague. Today’s primary goal is to flesh out my year plans. What do I want to accomplish with the new challenge (English IV)? What changes will be needed in my math classes in light of the new state “course expectations?” How will I change the psychology class to accomadate 26 students, which would be too many mentors for our little elementary? How will the new website program work as a class project? That’s a LOT of planning. There are so many changes that I feel overwhelmed and like a new teacher. So, one day at a time and luckily I am not a new teacher. I have the discipline, the reputation, and the rapport already established. I can do this…carpe diem.
It was suggested that people would like to review the PowerPoint (Blogging) that I used to present the information about blogs and blogging in education. If you have problems and/or questions. Please comment here.
Hello-
This is the beginning of my blog about….well….me. I will of course add information about other interesting things (well, interesting to me). So, as you can see it truly is all about me.
This summer I am tutoring a young lady in mathematics (one of my areas of expertise). I also am involved with the CWP (Crossroads Writing Project) in a couple of ways. First I am their technology liaison, then I am a substitute leader (for Jenny), and I am also participating in the first ever Advanced Summer Institute. In addition to all that I am trying to relax, get some sun and spend time with family and friends.
It is hard to believe that summer is almost half over. This weekend it is Bear Lake Days and that kind of marks the half way point for me. Then it is time to start planning for fall. I have a new class and some new parameters for one of my classes. So…I must start focusing on that (sometime soon).
Well, the sun is shining. My student is working. The cats are stretched out in amusing poses in the sun. All is good now. The new beginning is good.
