Posts In Category Tech
We’re a Winner!
on May 25, 2012 by Laura in Tech, Comments (0)
On Wednesday, I received word that this very blog had won a DENys award. Wow! I hadn’t even known I was in the running.
I'm a winner!
5 Low-Tech Tools I Can’t Teach Without
on February 16, 2012 by Laura in Tech, Comments (2)
- sticky notes (varied colors, sizes, and shapes)
- Dr. Grip pens and pencils
- highlighters (varied colors)
- colored pens
- notebooks and composition books
Blogging Webinar
on September 19, 2011 by Laura in Tech, Trainings & Inservices, Comments (0)
I noticed this afternoon that Discovery would offer a webinar on blogging. I haven’t blogged lately; I’ve been overwhelmed by life. The best solution to the blogging blues is just sitting down to write. If I raced home from school, I ought to make it in time for the webinar.
A sign of a good training, inservice, or webinar is that the teacher leaves inspired. I was! I learned about widgets, sidebars, images, and tools. I saw the possibilities and just how little I had to do to spruce up my writing. So I did. I reorganized my blog. I added some new categories. And now I’m ready for a whole new year of blogging.
Thanks, DEN!
FlightAware
on July 30, 2010 by Laura in Tech, Comments (7)
I live near a major hub (DFW International Airport) so I’m used to having friends and family passing through or laying over and asking if we can get together briefly. Normally, airline travelers are on a time crunch; they have to return to the airport by a certain time. Since I’m charged for parking while I’m waiting for them to arrive, I prefer to minimize the time spent at the airport. I track their flights.
Today I found a new tracker: FlightAware. It doesn’t automatically update but it has other fun features.
- Progress made in time; time left for flight
- Progress of flight on a map with three views: classic (line drawing); earth view (satellite imaging); aviation sectional (map view)
- Distance: flown and to go
- Fare: average prices travelers paid
- Speed
All in all, it’s a fun way to track a flight.
Problems with Technology
on July 28, 2010 by Laura in Tech, Comments (4)
I’ve been having technical issues with my blog. Basically, several of my compositions have disappeared into the ether.
The tags remain; the title remains; the content is gone. Here is the odd thing: people continue to write nice comments based simply on a title and tags!
It’s true that many of these people are based in a foreign country. It’s true, too, that many of these people don’t have names. It’s also true that many have sales sites linked to their comments. Surely they read my delightful compositions somehow!
How do you explain it? Omniscience? Prescience?
*cue “Twilight Zone” theme music*
