July 2008
6 posts
but I’m getting a day in SF that I wouldn’t have had, not as nice as seeing old friends in Sydney but it will have to do.
grrrrrr flights were all slow out of Newark, would have missed my connection to Sydney so I came home. will try again tomorrow.
last check-in before heading to the airport. Any time I have my passport on me it’s got to be a good thing.
all those errands I couldn’t do on Friday b/c of the holiday, but need to get done while on the east coast.
and sending happy thoughts to NCavillones
checking the weather in Sydney, trying to figure how to pack.
June 2008
6 posts
trying not to nod off. it’s too early to go to sleep & too late for a nap.
Democracy at work is thrilling. I don’t mind that Clinton waited until the bitter end-at least this way nobody can ask what if…
not happy that Atlanta weather is following me back up north
Just finished washing the window where the air conditioner will go. But where do I put my plants, now that I have two fewer windows?
how pleasant to perch on my fire escape w/ a borrowed laptop & borrowed network before the heat lumbers in
listening to the birds in Calloway Garden, Georgia, getting ready for my workshop session later today. This is why we like laptops.
May 2008
19 posts
oy. I feel like I’ve got 18 pots on a 4-burner stove.
half-hour to go. I’m going downhill fast.
in need of a break, bad!
being a bad girl and sneaking in some tweets during the boring UFT tech class
more work for this class than I want to do
outta here
diigo feels like a cross between de.lic.io.us and tf-social bookmarking with stickies
back in the boring intel class. a real letdown after the tech retreat. I can’t believe that I never finished my 30+ and am stuck with this.
The party downstairs is tamer than usual. My floorboards aren’t vibrating (yet).
trying to ignore my downstairs neighbor’s party-and it’s only 6:30pm
okay I’m officially frustrated. trailfire never seems to work when I’m in the room.
here’s my new voicethread (4 pictures about me, but I only have 3 so far). comments are welcome! http://ed.voicethread.com/share/124236/
I think voicethread would be really great with ELLs who can rehearse if they want or even type and who will also get exposure to spoken word
still digesting part one of the tech retreat (figuratively & literally—great din, Madeline!)
What do I need from this w/e? a little less confusion, and some groovy new ways of hangin’
Why am I here? representing the New York City Writing Project, natch.
at the tech retreat, getting confused by splashup. I want it to behave like photoshop and it doesn’t.
going to lunch & post-lunch debriefing
exploring voicethreads with other NYCWP t-cs but the computers don’t have sound or microphones so it’s frustrating
April 2008
9 posts
looking for—no make that gasping at—airfares to Australia
showing twitter to Grace
collectively planning the NYCWP tech retreat-voicethread, trailfire, twitter
inviting overload at tech thursdays
putting final touches on the announcement for our upcoming student spoken word event at the nuyorican. you go, alison, for setting it up!
looking for an affordable airfare to Australia. that’s a joke, right?
watching the owlcam http://www.rap.ucar.edu/general/press/webcam/owlcam/
procrastinating hard
another Tech Thursday & this week we’ve got two visitors from abroad telling us about their students’ online activities
February 2008
12 posts
totally revamped this week’s session, & feeling good about it (dry cycle)
back home, about to do mountains of laundry & check back to see how Nancy’s doing with the joomla site while the machines are spinning.
trying to think through the spring term Writing Project seminar at my school in the face of cataclysmic budget cuts. (wash cycle)
just joined diigo for social bookmarking.
MS Word is so clunky for designing a visually appealing document (can you tell this is a class assignment?)
just peeked at the my.nycwp.net redesign. don’t kill me—I kinda liked the bright colors.
registered for a class in “Intel Essentials for Education”—can you believe I still haven’t finished my 30+? I hope it isn’t too boring.
so far so good—we’ll be designing a tech-intensive curriculum unit, using wikis & blogs. right now just setting up saving protocols.
hi to everyone in the NYCWP Satellite Invitational!
flickr-ing & getting myself together to go to the farmer’s market at Union Square