Food

grits w/butter, cranberry juice, milk

strawberries w/Cool Whip

handful of pecans

2 chicken strips, 1 orange

Busy Week

I had 11 research classes in - all middle school. At least with them being MS, the teachers were in control.

Material request were due on Friday. I didn't order but about $2500, but I did order the CoLibris book cover system that I want. I really, really hope to get it.

We had the Spelling Bee on Thursday in my library. This was Maria Johnson's first year in charge, and it went off very well.

I have finally decided I have to get my weight gain under control. I have cut way back on sweets the last two days, and been to the gym twice. I have also ordered a book titled "The Flat Belly Diet." It came highly recommended by one of my parents. I need something to give me a jump start.

I think I am going to walk 30 minutes on the treadmill here at home simply to finish my audiobook "New Moon." I am having a hard time remembering how it ends and I am not even sure I have read "Eclipse."

food

oatmeal, milk, cranberry juice

2 fig newtons

salad

1 chocolate chip cookie (Janice Carlisle brought some in)

3 pancakes, 2 slices sausage

We met at Cracker Barrel in Tifton with Kaye and Jim. The pancakes are OK. I have to remember I don't really like them.

Destiny Asset Manager

800.323.3397

Representative is supposed to call me.

I am looking into this because we do not have a good method of equipment inventory.

1/30/2009 Follett rep called me back. Cost for one school is $4000 upfront and $800/year annual license.

I told Dennis Proctor about it and will forward the formal quote to him.

Food

oatmeal, milk, cranberry juice

mini 3 Musketeers

2 fig newtons

salad - good and fresh, but I don't want salad

2 fig newtons

pork chop, white acre peas, dinner roll

1 frosted cookie

Earbuds

V-Moda earbuds

McQuaig's Research classes

Beth is bringing in three classes for orientation to careers. I am showing the SIRS Discoverer and Worldbook Online.

Tech Thursday paperwork

I have all the paperwork from RESA that I needed and have sent out an email to the teachers. A couple of them have asked if they have to attend all ten classes if they don't need a PLU. I told them to come to as many as they want. The PLU is just a little extra incentive.

Terry Spell and Louise Roberts have expressed an interest.

repair scanner at home

nothing will work on it - reinstall software?

1/26/2009 - Done.

Tech Thursday class topics

Thinkfinity - February 19
United Streaming - February 26
WB Online - March 19
Novelist (also K-8) - March 26
Student Research Center - April 2
You Tube / Real Player - February 5
Ebscohost (persistent bookmarks)
TeacherTube
Delicious (exporting bookmarks) - February 12
SIRS Discover/Researcher (double session) - March 12

Oh, Boy!

We went to Mama's today and when we came home the kitchen floor was flooded. We had already noticed the water hose outside had sprung a leak.

Anyway, the control box on the well had burned up. It would not stop running which caused too much pressure on the lines which cause one of them under the kitchen sink to pull loose at the pressure fitting.

Every towel in the house is wet from soaking up the water.

Ed will have to get a box tomorrow to repair the well. In the meantime we have no water. Sponge bath tomorrow.

To add to the confusion, we had to turn off the breaker switch to the hot water heater. Of course, it was not labeled.

Labeling those switches has to go closer to the top of the to do list. We have been saying we were going to take care of it for three years.

Thank goodness, Ed is not one of those type to get all bent out of shape. He is just teasing me about adding to his "honey-do" list.

Tech Thursday classes

I need to make a list of these classes and assign dates. I also HAVE to fill out the paperwork and send it to Deena Harper for approval. If I am going to start these on the 5th of February, I have to start advertising.

UPDATE - 1/26/2009 11:43 faxed RESA forms to Deena

Plagiarism

What does the student handbook say about plagiarism?

HS handbook section on plagiarism (p. 16).

1st offense - 0 grade, Parent/Guardian will be contacted.

2nd offense - 0 grade, Parent/Guardian will be contacted, Administrative referral, removal from honor clubs or activities may occur.

MS handbook does not address plagiarism. I will ask Heather if we can add it to their handbook. - Done.

Laptops for Thursday tech classes

I need to see about getting the laptop cart from Guidance for these classes. I want to run the updates before hand.

Blogging for teachers

I will have the teachers set up blogging accounts on blogger.com and get the urls from them. Then I will need to have Tommy unblock those accounts.

Paypal

I forgot to update my bank account # when I closed my account. I need to do that today.

DONE

I need to go back on Tuesday and confirm the account.

Edmodo

I think I will start out the Tech Thursday classes using Edmodo. If I can get the hang of it, it will be a wonderful way to teach the teachers about blogging and how to use it in the classroom. I wonder if they have to set up Edmodo accounts first?

I will probably not do this the first class because I don't want to overwhelm anyone. The homework assignment could be to setup their own accounts to use in their classes.

Keeping track of stuff

This should be really cool. If I can enter stuff right from this page, I can use it as a journal.