Summer wrap-up

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    • Mar 21 2009
    teaching

    gearing up for ITEA

    I’m in the process right now of gearing up for the ITEA national conference next week, which takes place in Louisville, KY. I’ll be co-presenting along with Tom Pachera and Rachel Pokrandt of Beyond Benign, at a pre-conference workshop entitled “Teaching Sustainable Manufacturing in a STEM Lab”. The workshop is Wednesday, March 25.

    After that, I get to experience the conference and participate in some great workshops. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing Nate Ball of the PBS show Design Squad give his keynote on Friday morning, as well as the chance to catch up with fellow Technology & Design Education professionals. Look for pictures and write-ups starting mid-week next week!

    Apr 12 2008
    personal, teaching

    Spring Break is almost over!

    Spring break is almost over, and it was filled with behind-the-scenes work, the kind of stuff you never really think much about but which need to get done. (As an aside, the idea that I get an entire week off for being a teacher is still a little foreign to me, but certainly appreciated).

    By way of explanation, I did a lot of laundry, dishwashing, house cleaning, e-mail responding, social networking site updating, kid hanging-out with, photo-taking, and planning for the next few months. My wife and I even got a start on cleaning our garage.

    All that to say: spring has certainly started with a lot of refreshing and looking forward to the new seasons.