Category Archives: Science & Tech

Sciency stuff. Techy stuff. I like it all.

Computer skills for jobs

Categories: Education, Science & Tech, Work

I’ve decided that I would like as comprehensive a list as possible of jobs that involve computers to put in my classroom, since I am the computer teacher after all. So I am enlisting the help of the readers of … Keep reading

Really playing the game

Categories: Random, Science & Tech

I have a tendency to get totally lost playing Minesweeper or Solitaire on my computer. If I’m not careful, I can easily lose a lot of time playing either of those games. A friend sent me a link to a … Keep reading

Wow!

Categories: Happy Things, Life, Science & Tech

I watched live coverage of the shuttle launch this evening. I got chills. Of course I love space, and one of these days I want to go to Florida to watch a launch live. But there was a teacher inside … Keep reading

It’s back!

Categories: Science & Tech

I don’t really have anything that big to say right now. But my site was down for most of the week and I just decided to check and see if it was back, and it is! I’m not really sure … Keep reading

Movie Premier

Categories: Education, Science & Tech, Work

Today was the movie premier party for my fourth graders. They have been working on stop motion movies for the last two months. They worked in groups of 2-3 to figure out what objects they wanted to use, take all … Keep reading

Mr. Rogers

Categories: Random, Science & Tech, Work

When I got to work today I did something that reminded me of Mr. Rogers. And I do it almost every morning too. The temperature in my classroom is a strange thing. It is never a constant. Having 30 computers … Keep reading

UCET 2007

Categories: Education, Science & Tech, Venting, Work

In 2002 I was hired as the computer specialist in an elementary school. I had very little idea what I was doing and just started making it up as I went. I was pretty successful at that. But it is … Keep reading