Wednesday, July 30, 2008
first day of school poll
Ok, now I'm just messing with poll everywhere. I think I'll use this on the first day of school just as a fun, simple to manage ice-breaker. I hate starting the first day going over RULES. Ugh. Besides, most of the schedule-changes the first few weeks cause me to have to repeatedly say the same things over and over again.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Awesome NECC
The NECC in San Antonio was great; if you were there you already know that. I finally learned something about how to get around in SecondLife with the help of the secondlife docents. I am still trying to figure out how I can use it in the classroom. The poster sessions were pretty inspiring, it is ashame that all teachers can't attend NECC to get revved up for the coming school year. Each year, I have to redo all my lesson plans to include new stuff I have discovered.
I really liked the open source lab and spent most of my time there, when I could get in. The place was packed for almost every session. I learned a little about blender, but I don't think I'll be creating any animated features in the near future. Too complicated. Gimp and Moodle sessions were helpful. I've been using both for a few years now and continue to learn new stuff.
As for the exhibits, I wandered around a lot and seem to have a vast supply of pens and tshirts. I didn't officially "win" anything but "chris" at the Quizdom booth gave me a Q7 presenter tablet (they cost about $500) because our district Math coodinator bought multiple sets from him in June. I am so psyched about it because I have the Quizdom student reponse system already and it is great. Personally, I think all classrooms should have this stuff; the kids really like it.
The parties at the NECC were pretty fun and the food was great. I am a little tired of tex-mex but the Aussies and other out-of-towners really liked it. Since I live in Texas, it is not much of a novelty. When I attended NECC in San Diego the group I was with kept ordering everything with avocados on it! ugh, I can't stand them myself.
Well, I'm sure to remember so really important stuff about NECC later and will wish I had included it in this post. Thank goodness for "edit".
I really liked the open source lab and spent most of my time there, when I could get in. The place was packed for almost every session. I learned a little about blender, but I don't think I'll be creating any animated features in the near future. Too complicated. Gimp and Moodle sessions were helpful. I've been using both for a few years now and continue to learn new stuff.
As for the exhibits, I wandered around a lot and seem to have a vast supply of pens and tshirts. I didn't officially "win" anything but "chris" at the Quizdom booth gave me a Q7 presenter tablet (they cost about $500) because our district Math coodinator bought multiple sets from him in June. I am so psyched about it because I have the Quizdom student reponse system already and it is great. Personally, I think all classrooms should have this stuff; the kids really like it.
The parties at the NECC were pretty fun and the food was great. I am a little tired of tex-mex but the Aussies and other out-of-towners really liked it. Since I live in Texas, it is not much of a novelty. When I attended NECC in San Diego the group I was with kept ordering everything with avocados on it! ugh, I can't stand them myself.
Well, I'm sure to remember so really important stuff about NECC later and will wish I had included it in this post. Thank goodness for "edit".
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