5/14/08 On Second Life

In my "business" I keep hearing about Second Life and how many users there are in it and how amazing it is. Their slogan is, " Second Life is an online, 3D virtual world imagined and created by its Residents." But it just doesn't have any appeal to me. I know I should learn more about it and be open to its possibilities in education but I just don't have the energy or the interest.

There was a series of emails on the ACTEM listserv about Second Life. (ACTEM is the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine.) I wasn't paying too much attention to the postings but made myself at least look at each one. I'm so glad I did because I saw this from Crystal P. I have long admired Crystal as an amazing technology woman. I first met her at a conference in Maine in 2004. She's a leader in the field but also just a hoot. Here is her comment that I soooo relate to:

"I'm still trying to deal with my first life and haven't taken the time to come up with a second life."

5/8/08 Summer

"I see summer as a practicum in retirement." ~ Rod Farmer, Department Chair, Secondary/Middle Education @ University of Maine Farmington.

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It was the next to the last day of the semester and Rod and I were talking about what we were going to do this summer. I told him that after 3 weeks of travel, I was actually going to sit still and stay in Maine and just enjoy summer. His reply was the quote above.

4/26/08 Yummy!

On the outside of Kilwin's Chocolate and Ice Cream. Soooo true.

http://www.kilwins.com/

Rules

The fewer rules a coach makes, the fewer rules there are to break.
John Madden

...and the same is true for a classroom. Dr. Theresa
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Shared by Newcomb in EDU 101-002, spring 2008 as part of the 5 quotes assignment.

Statistics

"Statistics are like a lamppost for a drunk man--more for support than illumination."

Donald J. Dessart as quoted by Ashley Montgomery, former statistics student of Dr. Dessart.

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Dr. Dessart served on Ashley's dissertation committee and joked that the only numbers in her dissertation were the page numbers.

3/7/08 as seen in the Vegas airport

"A cookie a day keeps reality away." ~Mrs. Fields
Who knew you could find such wisdom at a fast food restaurant in the Las Vegas airport?!

thoughts on the metric system

If God had intended us to use the Metric system we would have been born with 10 fingers and 10 toes.
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LOL! I saw this in the signature line of a posting on a technical support bulletin board. Nothing else was bringing me much joy so I was doubly delighted to read this and have a very good laugh.