When State Standards Invade your Dreams

I had the weirdest dream last night. Teachers had painted their state standards on the walls of the hallways outside their classrooms. In big, red characters. Even stranger, it wasn't the complete text of the standards, or even summaries, but just the numbers and letters from the standards outline (2C, 3B, 5E, etc.). Perhaps the most strange is the fact that I remember this dream is vivid detail.

No stress here!!! Right???

Early TI Calculators

Today, I was frantically searching my closet for something I bought 2 years ago and "put away" in a safe place. I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find my old TI calculators. I remember when they came out because I was competing in University Interscholastic League's slide rule competition that year. We have come a long way.

Here is my first calculator, the Texas Instrument SR 10:

http://twitpic.com/3kn6sx
Info on the TI SR 10 from vintagecalculators.com

Here are the SR 51A and the SR 51II:

http://twitpic.com/3kn7tm

Now, I need to find that slide rule . . .

Graphing Calculator Poll: Please Contribute

2010 Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 11-13

Don't miss the peak of this year's Perseid Meteor Shower! You can find lots of information on this year's shower plus viewing tips at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide .

I, uh, could use your, uh, opinion on something

I, uh, just got through listening to, uh, Mr. Obama's official, uh, welcome for Benjamin Netanyahu who is, uh, visiting from, uh, Israel.

Putting aside my, uh, political differences with our, uh, president, I am still bothered by, uh, something. I can't, uh, quite put my, uh, finger on what bothers me when I, uh, hear Mr. Obama speak "off the, uh, cuff" in, uh, public. I do not get the same feeling when he is reading a speech via teleprompter.

I'm hoping that, uh, you can help me figure out, uh, just what is so annoying to me, uh, about the way that Mr., uh, Obama ad libs in, uh, public. Can, uh, anyone help me out? Uh, thanks.

Welcome White Oak Technology Conference Attendees!

Welcome to my blog. I hope you are learning a lot. I've posted my Prezi here so you can review it at your leisure.

Google Reader Presentation

I'm putting the finishing touches on my presentation for the TCEA area Technology Conference held at White Oak ISD on Friday, June 11th. Since my topic deals with how to set up RSS feeds, I thought it'd be a good idea to update my blog and have the attendees subscribe to my blog for practice. I'll post my Prezi presentation on Friday morning. Wish me luck!