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July 15, 2006
Busy Couple of Weeks
Since last Wednesday I have been right dag on busy. I sat down several times to blog on my goings on but never had the strength and or time to do it justice. I got lots of comments that I wasn’t changing my away message and that made me think people might be a little interested.
The 8U Babe Ruth North Carolina Tournament was going on and Alvin and I were responsible for photographing all the action. There were 26 teams present and each team played at least 5 games throughout the tournament. We set an ambitious goal of photographing each team at least 2 times and making sure that every player and family was able to have some memory to hold on to from this championship tournament. We were lucky to have Edmond come out most of the days to help take pictures and Annette worked the booth in the scorching heat.
I would have to admit it was a tall order. But if my humble opinion, we rose to and exceeded the original goals we set for ourselves. Check out the pictures at NCPics.com and see what you think.
The tournament ended Monday evening and first thing Tuesday morning I got up and headed into Raleigh for a two-day workshop I have been working on since before Spring Break. About 50 teachers attended and I believe they gathered a lot of information. Melissa presented on the Socratic Seminar and I discussed a couple of new tools available to educators for FREE. My discussion centered on all the tools that Google makes available to teachers like: Google Calendar, image search, and my personal favorite Google Earth. I also brought in a new site - Nation Master - that provides maps and statistical charts and graphs comparing countries around the world. I also highlighted the online bookmark site – delicious. From the comments we received the educators who took their summer break and worked to learn more about their curriculum really appreciated and enjoyed the workshop. I extend very special thanks to Lewis Nelson and Faye Gore for allowing me to be a part of this learning experience and especially to my new friend Melissa Hockaday for helping me along and being such a great partner and friend.
Posted by hlperson at July 15, 2006 11:26 AM
Comments
Shucks, Lee! The pleasure was all mine! I enjoyed working with you as much as a Republican loves tax cuts! ;0)
You're the best!
Posted by: Melissa at August 18, 2006 06:25 AM