Class tonight!

Tonight, I will be presenting and leading the discussion. I think something is going on though. Last week, was it Jessica that felt sick? My throat is killing me right now.

I just posted the Master Map for attribute #2. It was great for everyone to enter in the slides so I could put it together. Thank you everyone. I will make this real short but I wanted to also announce that I am going to hear Ian Jukes speak at an in service in November.

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Self Concept and a new app

Tomorrow I will lead the discussion about the self concept for Malcolm Knowles. I am going to follow the lead of the last great discussion. I am a bit nervous because I am wondering if I will have any trouble with my mac at all sharing my screen. As long as everybody can see my screen, I'll be fine.

Four days of classes this week at school. Tuesday I have a professional day to get ready for an in-service. Next week I am going to the Shrewsbury library to attend a workshop on bringing coding to the elementary curriculum via code.org.

Today I submitted a new app to the Apple App store... I'll discuss that in a few weeks once it becomes approved. The average awaiting time is up to 13 or 14 days. I'll leave my picture with a sneak peak.

Chapter 2 18+

I just wanted to write a short blog post. I just finished reading chapter 2 pages 18-26 for tonight in the Rothwell book. He opens my eyes by seeing how I behave towards different learners but the writing style just irks me. He writes about 4 pages on different learning styles....then lays out an AWESOME table on the next three pages! I wish I saw that prior to reading. I have an easier time gaining knowledge from the table. Then again, possibly having them both in the book helps multiple learners.

I realized that I am a functionalistic. I enjoy showing students and adults why they should learn certain tools and I try hard to encourage those.

Some Amazon reviews of the book.

On a rainy morning..

It's a good time to write a blog entry on this rainy morning. How is everybody doing? After I write this, I'm going to continue work on my powerpoint slide. Class was nice last week since we talked about facilitation. This course is helping me a lot since I am in charge of many professional development meetings this year. It is giving me an easier time talking to my peers about the new technology in the school. I'm very grateful that this course is helping me a lot.

Also, I take back my feelings about Socrative. I'm in love with the tool again. I decided to use it during my observation and came out great. Next week, I was asked to share it during the faculty meeting.

In other news, my one app updated... Goal Rubric . You can download it now for the iPad. It helps with assessments for elementary school and works off a 4, 3, 2, 1 level. It is a free app but while you are trying it out...click on the ads :)

Alright, well I'm off to work on a few items and go to a family birthday party later on. How a good day!

What's App-ening?

This weekend I'm going to work on my timeline. However, I am upset that Dipity hasn't been working well. I'm going to take Amy's advice and stay away just in case something goes bad. Maybe it is time to try some toast. Besides that, class is going pretty well. Since we do not have class this week, I think I may help out at the laptop distribution for one of the middle schools in Howell.


which brings me to the personal part of my blog...

Going 1:1 has kept me very busy, but I can tell that it is going to end up being smoothly soon. It is just a process. I think that is my word of the year (process). I'm excited to go through all of this because it is going to be amazing once the year is complete.

The Blog is Back in TOOOOWWWWWWN

Hello all.

How are you? I wrote  a nice blog post the other day on Weebly. I was very excited because Weebly is very easy to use. However, something happen and the page didn't upload correctly so here I am...

BACK TO STEVE RAO AND THE TECHNO THOUGHTS! Ah the reminder of my first MAIT class. good times.

In other news, class is in a little over an hour. It feels weird to not be able to attend class, but I can't make it down to Hammonton. Some information definitely gets lost. Last week we broke into groups. Shane was a great partner. When we finished, we went back to the main room and I was sitting there for twenty minutes at least wondering where everyone went. Luckily Shane replied and I knew everybody was working on the other assignments. 

I'm also a bit sad that I will be doing assignments by myself. It has been great working with others in MAIT but my schedule is so crazy right now that I don't want to frustrate anyone that may have been my partner if certain times to discuss material do not match up. 

School has been huge this year. Our school district became a modified 1:1 in 3-5 and 1:1 in grades 6-8. Students in grades K-2 will have iPads on a 1:2 ration.

Anywho... let me run and finish some work.

SEE YA!

2 weeks!

Two weeks till the end of the semester.  Tonight will be a fun class since it may be our last in the room. I know we were possibly thinking of a field trip for next week.  I received my comments about my work and I'm very happy with the results.  It feels great to be finished with my first masters class!

In other news, I think I'm going to try to apply to the ETTC and see what path that takes me.  I need a job really bad and hopefully I will get something very soon.

Aside from that,  I am going away Wednesday to Friday, so I'm excited to relax especially after the retail madness from this past weekend with Black Friday.

Also it may snow tomorrow night!

Happy days!

Steve