Opening up the computer some days is a downer. On facebook this morning one of my favorite local newspaper photogs posted his blog for the week about how the staff of a local Congressman attempted to stifle freedom of speech by telling the audience there would be no videotaping of the public meeting (in a … Continue reading Today’s ups and downs…
I'm back in my digs after a two day hiatus to the southlands. Getting a bit old and creaky for this semi-annual run, but the few hours of dancing around in front of an audience and seeing students play with toys was worth it. What made it different this year? Well, when I've gone to … Continue reading Goodbye Anaheim 2011…
Changing gear was the challenging workshop at the JEA/NSPA conference in Portland...at least for me. I'd done my research and the sad news there were no clear-cut solutions to the issues between the proliferation of consumer cameras and their various video file formats. Carol Knopes with the Radio Televison Digital News Association (yep - they … Continue reading Powering down in Portland…
...or rather limping. Kathy Newell and I arrived last night in Portland for the JEA/NSPA conference. It's nice to be in a city where the public transit not only works, but is reasonably priced. We both have sessions this morning and tomorrow. Today is critiquing student videos. Tomorrow is workshops. Oh - and the limping. … Continue reading On the ground and running (kind of)…
Come April 15 I won't be worrying about what I owe (or get back) from Uncle Sam...I'll be white-lining it north to Portland for a conference. Kind of a good feeling - my very first conference as a teacher was the same JEA/NSPA gathering in the same city. Difference is - this time I AM … Continue reading Heading for JEA/NSPA…
Kathy Newell emailed me asking what was wrong - why haven't I been posting lately. Blame it on spring doldrums. No energy. A bit more time in the garden would help...except school is taking all my time. And i have a great post today - but not here. Promised Angela Grant I'd write some stuff … Continue reading Spring daze…
Hopped over to the JEA listserve thing morning and picked up on a thread called "Fighting for Newspapers." Now a lot of papers take part in something called NIE/Newspapers in Education. Companies and just plain folks donate subscriptions to their local schools and people on vacation allow their subscriptions to be sent to their local … Continue reading e-Trends…
