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Little Drummer Boy!

paulpam2 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:55:53 +0000

I dedicate this video in memory of my mother! This was her favorite Christmas song!

Back-to-School

paulpam2 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:08:22 +0000

This is an exciting time of year for students who are returning to school. They are full of excitement for the new school year having been off for summer vacation. Many students do want to come back-to-school; however, there are some who do not want to return. For them, it has been fun not to work on homework or reading assignments for tests.

School shouldn’t always be about dreadful things we don’t want to do, but can be about things that we like to do. To help your child or children stay excited about school, find out what they are really interested in and let them explore. The Internet is a wonderful resource for learning about many topics of interest. When I am visiting my mom (who does not have Internet), I am amazed at how I miss the Internet and looking up words or topics that come up in conversations. To deepen the meaning of conversations, the Internet is a very useful tool.

Renewing our Vows!

paulpam2 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:38:45 +0000

Shalom y’all!

It is great to be back at home. I missed teaching the last days of school so I will be updating you on my trip to Israel.

First of all, it was exciting, awesome, and beautiful.
My husband and I signed up with Moody Bible Institute to tour Israel from May 25 to June 5. We were up by 5:00am, off and running until 9pm most days. We had full days of learning about Israel’s history visiting many tels that have been excavated. I will be sharing more about each place later.

While at Tel Dan (Ruth 4: 1; 2 Samuel 15:2-4), Paul and I renewed our wedding vows at the place for judging located at the city gate. The picture above shows us standing on the judging area with Dr. Julius from Moody Bible Institute. We had ten witnesses, to our surprise our friends organized a party with ten squirt guns to anoint our renewal of vows.

It was just one of the great memories we have from our trip to Israel.

What is a key Fob?

paulpam2 — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:08:11 +0000

We now have Key Fobs at Whittier School.

A Key Fob is used to unlock doors electronically http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci795968,00.html

From now on the doors at Whittier School will be locked. If students are coming to school early because they are working with various teachers, they need to ring the bell to get in. Otherwise, they will not find the doors unlocked.

Key Fobs are for the students safety.

Who’s on First?

paulpam2 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:24:54 +0000

This week we watch a skit created by Vivian, Jasmine, and Julliana. Now, check out this skit by Abbott and Costello!

TV at Gas Pumps!

paulpam2 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:58:23 +0000

Amazing!

I thought my students would love to see this TV that has been placed above the Gas station pump. This allowed me to watch the current news and weather as I filled up my car with gas.

I also noticed monitors as I walked the mall and grocery stores where advertisements are being played over and over. Is this something we really want…to be constantly bombarded with news and advertisements???? Is this what we really want to use technology for????

I personally like to have a peace of mind when I am shopping. It is hard enough to make decisions without the constant noise of commercials being played in the background.

What about having time to think, absorb, and just enjoy the quiet of the moment???

Monitors in stores???? Is this a good thing or not??? What do you think students?

Photobucket

paulpam2 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:11:24 +0000


This Avatar was made at photobucket. I could not find a way to add audio but the Avatar was very interesting to make. I could see way students would want to make an Avatar and use it on their blogs. 
Photobucket is a free tool that stores your images as well as making avatars.

Check it out!



Learning Something New!
paulpam2 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:31:19 +0000
Every day we learn something new!
I was in a meeting with our Tech personnel and found out that when something is blocked the filter will list why it is blocked. For example, it seems that the student links on Class Blogmeister are blocked at our school district because they fall under the term forums and forums cannot be unblocked without opening other links and websites into the classroom.
I have noticed that our student links, teacher links, and comment areas are all blocked; therefore, I will have to investigate and find out the reasons why? The reasons will give me a clue to whether or not the tech guys can help me unblock the links.
This is great news and bad news.
It is great that the filter will give you information on why the site is blocked.
The bad news is that the students and I cannot log in to work on our blogs at school. However, we will keep working with our wikis, writing articles, and posting them at night.
This has been an exciting learning time for the students as well as for me.