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.