Ramblings from Rehoboth Beach

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As a Technology Specialist in Lewes, Delaware, I have a profound interest in anything Apple related. I work in an Elementary School and strive to brighten the lives of the children and their teachers! I love dogs! I have two Havanese and they are very special. One was a LEAP (Literacy Education Assistance Pups) dog for several years. We promoted Literacy Education in a very non-judgmental way, as the children would delight in reading to our dogs!

Sunday, April 17, 2005

The Weekend is Over....:(

Yes the weekend is over. It's time to head back to school. My last day will be June 22. Half the summer will nearlly be over. What a shame. It was nice to have snow days....but this is ridiculous.

Mom had a nice weekend with us. Can't say we did much. We all just kinda vegetated. I did wash the dog on Saturday. Cleo needs a lot of grooming. First I brushed her, bathed her, cleaned out her ears, clipped her toenails, brushed her teeth and combed her out again. Usually I have to trim the hair between the pads of her feet, but I had just done that last weekend.

Tomorrow is another day!

Saturday, April 16, 2005

The Beginning

I started blogging today!

This week was busy. I was fortunate enough to attend a Technology Conference in Dover on Thursday. I came away all pumped up. I really love checking out all the new applications. Well this conference was strictly about Technology in education. The Keynote speaker, Tony Brewer, was fabulous. He has a website (www.tonybrewer.com) that has lots of educational resources. I think I'm going to check out one of his books.

My favorite workshop was the one presented by Zuma software. They host educational sites. It's actually more than just hosting. It's costly though. Don't know if the district will go for it. But I'm going to try to put something together to educate the district on this type of offering.

I got lots of goodies at the conference. I even got a Delaware Tech fleece as a doorprize. Pretty nifty!

Friday was an in-service day and we met at the high school. What a waste for me. They picked apart the curriculum map and tried to come up with the "Big Idea" for Understanding by Design. I graded papers and thought about other matters.

Some of us went to lunch at the Rehoboth Diner. The meal was great and so was the Rasberry Iced Tea! Lynn treated me.

Mom is here today. She is happy. I think we'll get some reading done this afternoon. She loves me to read to her.