Preparing for playday

Since posting is so easy, I've decided to create a quick post for all the playday participants. What a wonderful opportunity a blog creates! The photo was taken at my hotel room last week when I was creating a homepage for one of my summer classes.

Please be sure to explore the other blog examples I've provided as they really do an excellent job of keeping everyone updated.

Learning in Lincoln

I'm at an NSEA (Nebraska State Education Association) training session in Lincoln for the first part of this week. I actually have learned some stuff, plus I've found out what our local teacher's union should be doing & stuff I should be doing.

Just started my two online classes--Intro to Media Studies, which will be okay and Copyright, Fair Use & Ethics, which at first I thought would be pretty boring, but after reading some of the court cases & their decisions, it reminded me why I like the academia world so much. Lord I'm a geek.

I'm sure Josh is living the good life while I'm away. He's told me he watered all of the vegetables & flowers. Before I left my tomatoes were just starting to bloom. With the salmonella scare, hopefully I have some soon.

Storms in Pierce!

Crys was adamant that I post at least one time on our blog. Since I didn't really know what to post she suggested that I tell the world about the hail that we got from the latest storms on June 5th. I don't know how much rain we got because I have been forgetting to pick up a new rain gauge. We did get quite a bit of hail, marble and ping pong ball size. I don't think it caused enough damage to our roof that we'll be able to get any insurance money, but I can always hope for more hail. By the way, I had to figure out on my own how to post the slideshow because Crys didn't know how. Maybe I should be teaching the computer applications class at Pierce High next year. [editor's note by Crys, I did play with slideshows yesterday, but I couldn't remember what I had clicked on.]

Outdoor Fun

Since we sank a boat two years ago, the first time we take the boat out for the year should always be chronicled--just in case. Josh did some fishing, while I relaxed and did some reading.

The great fisherman prepares to for the day. All I had to do was bring along a book, which, by the way, I finished.

Since other people can take pictures of their kids & pets, I settle for the flowers blooming. My peony bush didn't have tons of blooms, but quality over quantity counts. I also had iris, pansies, gerbera daisies & columbine. Since these pics were taken, I've also planted some rose bushes. Maybe I'll add more pictures of my summer blooms, when they start.

School's Out for Summer--but not like Alice Cooper

Finished up some stuff at school that needed to be done this past week. Glad to have that over with. Actually, we were done with kids on the 14th, so summer technically started then. Less than 3 months though until school starts again. I'm sure the time will fly by.

However, time was sooooo slooooow at the golf course earlier today. When multiple inches of rain gush upon Nebraska & sustaining winds blow at around 25 mph, not many people want to golf. Oh, add to that the windchill early this morning was around 48. I had one high school golfer at the course around 9:30, but otherwise no one came out until 1:00. What a slow day! I did get my iTunes in order. I even watched some back podcasts. Finally decided to order my textbooks for the online classes I'm taking throughout June & July.

Both classes start June 9, the week I'm at a conference in Lincoln. At least the hotel has high speed internet. The shorter of the two classes is called "Copyright, Fair Use, and Ethics," which really should be applicable in all of the classes I teach. Pretty sure the material will be dry. I'm also pretty sure I'll have a hard time getting myself back into the academia world of paper writing & researching. The second class, which lasts all of June & July is "Intro to Library Media," which will focus a lot on information literacy. But once again, I'll be Loper, as UNK has the entire Information Technology degree program online. (Yes, I know I already have one Master's Degree, but this will not only aid in my quest for lifelong learning, but it will also move me on the pay scale!)

That's all the news from Pierce.