Hello SDSU Friends!
You know me. My name is Rich. I live in Fresno, California. It is over 100 degrees almost every day now! Because it is so hot here most of the summer, my wife Lois and I are water people and spend as much time as we can at Pismo Beach or floating on our boat at Shaver Lake. If we can’t get to big water, we swim in our pool. We love water! I play golf and ping-pong.
I have been a teacher for Madera Unified for 26 years now. I have taught 4th and 6th graders. I have been a Technology Coach for the district for five years. I work at different school sites daily, training teachers, working with students at the computer, and maintaining equipment.
I have only created one blog and that was for Terri Linman’s 572 class. It has not been maintained very well and had only one added post….. I have no experience with wikis other than using Wikipedia from time to time. I have never created a podcast, although I subscribe to a few. I do have thousands of songs on my ipod, though. I am not sure where I am headed with all these new tools at the moment. We have started a blog here at Madera Unified for a week-long summer training we are doing right now with about 150 teachers. The training is about using the Promethean software with their interactive whiteboards. We are hoping the teachers will use the blog to post their thoughts about the training, questions they may have, or ideas they wish to share.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi Rich,
Could you email me the link to the blog you’re talking about? I’d like to see it. Thanks for joining our class.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
it’s hot today too. i hope you are enjoying some water
July 16th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Beautiful picture…Is that Bass Lake?
I am not sure that all the teachers will take the time to use a b log site to collaborate, time will tell. I can’t wait to evaluate use of the MUSD Promethean Users’ blog.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Whose baby is that?
And why aren’t you at work?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I really like your idea about the whiteboards. I don’t teach in a classroom, so I am not as familiar as I’d like to be with all of the tools to use in the classroom. I will have to subscribe to your training!
Have fun in Pismo Beach and at Shaver Lake. My friends are headed up to Shaver in a couple of weeks for their annual family gathering. Sounds refreshing (wish I could go!)
Lori
July 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I also just received a Promethean board in my classroom.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I hear you about the weather. We just flew into Modesto four days ago and it has been nothing but nasty dry heat. Cool page.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I am totally not a water person, but I think that heat like what you’ve got up in Fresno would quickly turn me into one. I love the simplicity of your blog. It has a nice clean look.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
hey rich. i just went wakeboarding for the first time today. I think i might want to join the boat club some day. see you saturday
July 17th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Over 100 degress; whoa! You need to come down to SD!!
July 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
No one down here in Chula Vista knows what a Promethean board is! I only heard about them since I started this program. Good luck with your tech tools and with staying cool and wet this summer!