WorldCat -great (and easy) way to create your next bibliography or do a citation.....
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Mother's Day Scrapbook
Wow - look what Stace made for me for Mother's Day... It is fabulous. Where does she find the time (or the inspiration) for the wonderful projects she makes...? I LOVE this - it got top spot on the mantle over the fireplace.
We had a great weekend, lots of time with "our boy Elroy." He's crawling now and oh, so cute. Also got to spend some quality time with Stace - I cherish those times. We did some digital scrappin' - she posted the results on her blog. I (as usual) didn't even get a page started - can't seem to get going. I think I am not that thrilled with my photography skills, or maybe I just get lost playing with all the cool stuff you can do with Photoshop.
We had a great weekend, lots of time with "our boy Elroy." He's crawling now and oh, so cute. Also got to spend some quality time with Stace - I cherish those times. We did some digital scrappin' - she posted the results on her blog. I (as usual) didn't even get a page started - can't seem to get going. I think I am not that thrilled with my photography skills, or maybe I just get lost playing with all the cool stuff you can do with Photoshop.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Gasp. Oh no.
(You may note that I didn’t use any exclamation points in the title of this post.)
One of the responses to our workshop evaluations that I've always been most proud of is “Peggy’s enthusiasm is infectious.” That’s my goal, to get other teachers excited about using technology in the classroom.
When I first started this blog, my ONE reader, “Brungrrl,” offered (lovingly) some constructive criticism. She said that I use too many exclamation points. When I thought about it, of course she's right. She’s quite an accomplished writer herself – I say that with pride – and she is known to be brutally honest. My writing skills are so rusty though that I need all the help I can get. I also noted that I use too many ellipses (that’s the dot dot dot thing).
Using the exclamation points was, I suppose, an effort to convey the enthusiasm I feel for the new technologies that I'm discovering every day. I can’t promise not to overuse exclamation points in the future, but I’m working on my addiction.
Using the ellipse is a totally different problem. I think it is because I’m lazy. I have a lot more thoughts and information running around in my head, but rather than type it in, I just use the ellipse and assume that my readers (if I have any) have the same thoughts running around in their heads. It saves me the time and effort of typing. I will try to work on this problem as well. I remember when we lived in Vinton county, the local newspaper had a reporter who used ellipses after every sentence. I always wanted to print and cut out a bunch of punctuation and send it to her, but I was nice instead.
The point of this post is some basic self-reflection that was triggered by John Rappold’s blog post yesterday - the section on "The GA Factor." OMG – I’m afraid that I’m a “glad ass” now. Paranoia has set in. Maybe I need to get a grip on my ”infectious enthusiasm” – what do you think? And don’t tell me that I just “need to get a life.” I love the geeky life I have.
(Whew. That was difficult. Not one exclamation point.)
One of the responses to our workshop evaluations that I've always been most proud of is “Peggy’s enthusiasm is infectious.” That’s my goal, to get other teachers excited about using technology in the classroom.
When I first started this blog, my ONE reader, “Brungrrl,” offered (lovingly) some constructive criticism. She said that I use too many exclamation points. When I thought about it, of course she's right. She’s quite an accomplished writer herself – I say that with pride – and she is known to be brutally honest. My writing skills are so rusty though that I need all the help I can get. I also noted that I use too many ellipses (that’s the dot dot dot thing).
Using the exclamation points was, I suppose, an effort to convey the enthusiasm I feel for the new technologies that I'm discovering every day. I can’t promise not to overuse exclamation points in the future, but I’m working on my addiction.
Using the ellipse is a totally different problem. I think it is because I’m lazy. I have a lot more thoughts and information running around in my head, but rather than type it in, I just use the ellipse and assume that my readers (if I have any) have the same thoughts running around in their heads. It saves me the time and effort of typing. I will try to work on this problem as well. I remember when we lived in Vinton county, the local newspaper had a reporter who used ellipses after every sentence. I always wanted to print and cut out a bunch of punctuation and send it to her, but I was nice instead.
The point of this post is some basic self-reflection that was triggered by John Rappold’s blog post yesterday - the section on "The GA Factor." OMG – I’m afraid that I’m a “glad ass” now. Paranoia has set in. Maybe I need to get a grip on my ”infectious enthusiasm” – what do you think? And don’t tell me that I just “need to get a life.” I love the geeky life I have.
(Whew. That was difficult. Not one exclamation point.)
Friday, April 04, 2008
Digital Scrapbooking
Create this cool effect easily using a tutorial from Digital Scrapbook Place and some great freebies from Shabby Princess. It's easy to design fabulous looking scrapbook pages (even if you don't have any artistic skills like me!), when you find great free stuff like this!
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