November 16, 2009

I am going on the record by saying I am going on the record; I am glad that is out of the way. Well, today I taught my first lesson using Paint.net. After working with Photoshop all these years, I find the interface to be similar, but the behavior is not what I expect. This will teach me to do some previewing before I do the teaching. Secondly, off of the listserv I have found a way for teachers to download Youtube vids to use within their lessons. The best part is that the format is quite compatible with Activinspire. I do warn teachers that once the lesson is completed they need to destroy the vid due to copyright infringements. Speaking of the listserv, I have found it to be invaluable for certain information, and I do value it, even though it can sometimes be overwhelming with the plethora of emails. I did receive good news in that I am attending PETEandC. I still wish PAECT could find a different venue for it. Well, tomorrow I am in the classroom quite a bit so I must prepare.......flick

April 22, 2009

My 187th post on this blog. I would have never guessed that when I began this that I would continue it this long concerning a function of my life. Oh well, I am glad that I have done it. I sent out an email to the listserv with a link to the JANUS video. I hope that others take a look at it. I came across one of the laptops today that has been severely abused. This really %&*^%$%# me off. I do not appreciate it one iota, but there is little I can do. This is one of the items that concerned me when I took this job. Okay that is off my chest. Today I spent with Embedded Learning and cleaning up a lot loose ends. It was quite productive. I also met with several teachers and brought my coach's log up-to-date. Tomorrow is the science fair so I will be busy with that. Hey, be back then...........flick

November 24, 2008

A very short week but if itoday is any indication of what it is going to be like, give me a long week any day. I found out today via email that part of our CFF is not up to date so I took it upon myself, after I checked out the responsibility of filling out this form, of course, to bring us up to date. It is not quite done, and I will finish it tomorrow. I also had to perform some menial duties and prepare for a presentation tomorrow and one after Thanksgiving. I also had to perform some duties with my workstation. Via email I found a disturbing site called Vexspot. The premise of this site is to thread anonymously about anything. I call it disturbing because I could not believe some of the vile comments I read about people in different school districts. I relayed the information to IT which blocked the site immediately. Many thanks to the listserv. Also, thanks to the listserv, I was able to look at Mikogo. This is a collaboration type software which will interface with Skype. I can conference with people I invite and show them my desktop. This could work with tutoring students on specific problems or with teachers. I like the looks of it, and will test it further. I must admit that I am looking forward to the Thanksgiving break. It is now snowing and all activities after school were canceled; maybe a delay tomorrow--we will see. Have a great evening, I will be back on the blogging circuit tomorrow.