Now that I am on-line I can share how things went in Philadelphia last night.
The trip there was easy and uneventful. I was able to check in and have the afternoon to walk around and visit the historical places downtown: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, etc.
Went to the restaurant (Samsom Street Oyster House) around 6 and checked in there. I was greeted with, “It’s the Michigan Guy!” from most of the people there already. Did not expect that. I was described as “The Michigan Guy” most of the night.
The whole event was great. The captains that came were Sig, Andy , and John. There are great people. They were friendly with everyone there and were very approachable and willing to talk with everyone. They signed pictures, books, shirts, etc. Everyone had a blast. I connected with some good DEN folks from the area. Thanks! I was even able to spend some time talking with some of the producers of the show.
I am so glad that I was able to go to this great event. Thanks DEN! Please keep up the great work!
Check out the slide show here.
As was posted on the national blog I am one of the very lucky winners to be able to have dinner with the captains from the Deadliest Catch. I am floored that I will be attending an event with a group of interesting individuals. I can’t wait for Tuesday to be here. I’ll post pictures when I get back.
The past 2 days I have been at a workshop titled “Integrating Technology in the 3-8 Classroom.” Very hands-on and the instructor uses the technology in real classroom uses. For example, he showed how to use Google Earth to show the various forms of water found on Earth like oceans, lakes, and rivers. He set up placemarks at each of the examples and had definitions of each in the placemarks. Nothing earth shattering, but very usable and realistic.
In addition to his example lessons he shared some “new” tools.
One is Jott, Here you set up an account and then you call into Jott with you phone. What you say is recorded and then you get an email with a text copy of what you said. I believe that you have 45 seconds.
Others are bubble.us, mindmeister, rubistar, visualbody.
Yes, I am at another tech integration PD (and that’s a very good thing). At the county ISD. This one is on integrating in the 3-8 classroom. I am not sure when I will get back into the classroom being a Title I teacher and technology lab teacher for the past few years. But, I know that I will get some good ideas that I can bring back and share with the staff. I will also share any good ideas online.
I’ll be back.
OH OH OH! Mr. Catah Sir!
I have something to share that I did not find out about from someone else.
It’s called LibraryThing. I found it by chance when I was looking for information about P.D. Eastman. It is a place to list your personal library that you own and is very easy. You add just a bit about the book and the site does the rest by using The Library Of Congress, Amazon, and 669 other data banks.
You can connect with other book lovers and discuss, what else?, books. There are numerous discussion groups to join, topics to comment on , and the like.
It’s late. I’m zoning. The boys are just now getting to sleep. Yes, I know. I’m a bad parent for letting them stay up so late.
So here I am getting my web fix. And, what am I doing?
1. I have set up a FriendFeed page. I am still learning how to use it. “Thanks Steve for giving me more to tie up my time.” It looks like it may be a useful tool that is a one stop shop for all that I have online.
2. Listening to my Pandora “stations”. It’s what I want to hear not what I have to listen to.
3. Checking mail. (Personal, school) Which means reading, replying, forwarding, responding, etc.
4. Posting to my blogs at Blogger and this one.
5. Reading the feeds (took me 3 tries to type that in correctly) at bloglines.
6. Reading the lastest posts at the DEN.
7. Reading what’s new at the MACUL Space.
………………………………………..Ok just woke up. I really need to get to bed. Nite!
