Archive for August, 2007

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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Whew!  We survived the first day of school.  Actually, it was my first year in 15 years not being in the classroom.  It was kinda sad - but I sure didn’t miss all the butterflies!  From what I saw, both East Lee and West Lee opened very smoothly.   At the end of the day, the [...]

Robeson County Technology Showcase

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Robeson County, North Carolina Technology Showcase
Here I am, listening to David Warlick’s keynote on Flat Classrooms.  Do you think I should heckle him from the audience :o)

Suriawang Dapto - David’s second life avatar
Handouts
 2003 we added 5 exabytes of new information

only 0.01% of that information is printed

coolest newest device - GPS toe ring (I think I [...]

Busy, busy, busy

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Whew! Finally have time to catch my breathe. This was my first summer to work in 15 years of education. I thought - sure, I’ll work the summer, how hard can it be? No teachers, no kids, no pressure - ha! I worked more this summer than I have in a [...]