WOW.....I got to swim with the sharks tonight.....all from the comfort of my recliner!!
Discovery Educators Network sponsored a dive to celebrate the start of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. It was really cool, I even got dive gear. It was kinda scary even knowing it wasn't real. This will be the only way I will ever experience something like this. Never would do this in RL!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Second Life
Friday, July 11, 2008
Second Life
My husband says I am an official geek.......I created an avatar in Second Life! And it is a lot skinnier than I am in real life =)
It has been an interesting/exciting experience. When you create an avatar, you begin in the general public area and you can bump into some "creepy" characters. Now that I limit my exploring to education islands, I have had some wonderful experiences. I found an Aggie group that is raising RL (real life) $$$ through a relay walk in SL (Second Life) for the American Cancer Society. I talked with a librarian from the University of Puerto Rico. A teacher from Arizona showed me her "sandbox" where she conducts professional development for her teachers.
The potential is amazing.....the ability to network with other educators and explore sites that you can't go to in RL. (Visited the Alamo and Tech Museum)
Next goal is to find book sharing groups.......
It has been an interesting/exciting experience. When you create an avatar, you begin in the general public area and you can bump into some "creepy" characters. Now that I limit my exploring to education islands, I have had some wonderful experiences. I found an Aggie group that is raising RL (real life) $$$ through a relay walk in SL (Second Life) for the American Cancer Society. I talked with a librarian from the University of Puerto Rico. A teacher from Arizona showed me her "sandbox" where she conducts professional development for her teachers.
The potential is amazing.....the ability to network with other educators and explore sites that you can't go to in RL. (Visited the Alamo and Tech Museum)
Next goal is to find book sharing groups.......
Thursday, July 3, 2008
NECC
National Education Computing Conference sponsored by ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
Penny S. and I spent July 01 visiting with vendors in the Exhibit Hall @ the Convention Center in San Antonio. Walking over an area that was equal to 5 football fields was exhausting. (A delicious Starbucks revived us!) We got our picture taken with Mobie @ the Brainpop booth. I know we are lucky in KISD but it was very obvious as we walked around that vendors knew our district. Some even knew people by name.
Purchased some new tech books.
Learned @ the e-instruction booth, that they now have a writing pad that allows you to walk around as you teach...really cool and I would love to have one if anybody important reads this blog!
Penny S. and I spent July 01 visiting with vendors in the Exhibit Hall @ the Convention Center in San Antonio. Walking over an area that was equal to 5 football fields was exhausting. (A delicious Starbucks revived us!) We got our picture taken with Mobie @ the Brainpop booth. I know we are lucky in KISD but it was very obvious as we walked around that vendors knew our district. Some even knew people by name.
Purchased some new tech books.
Learned @ the e-instruction booth, that they now have a writing pad that allows you to walk around as you teach...really cool and I would love to have one if anybody important reads this blog!
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