I had the opportunity yesterday to attend a luncheon that featured a young author named Annette Januzzi Wick. She has written "I'll be in the car" the story of her life with her husband and young son during the period he was diagnosed with leukemia. Her detailed letters home to her mother formed the basis for the book.
You can learn more about her and the book at: http://www.illbeinthecar.com/
Friday, October 26, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Bookmarks
Another idea that I will be exploring at work. The idea of being able to better tag my book marks is wonderful. My current list is so huge, it would be nice to be able to call up the related ones.
Technology
This has been a good week at work. I spent several days working with students doing research for a Language Arts class. I was showing them how to do more effective searches. Now after spending 2 days looking at other ways to search and other places to search I wish we could go back a few days and do it again.
There is so much out here that it boggles the mind. Perhaps more than the average student can comprehend.
There is so much out here that it boggles the mind. Perhaps more than the average student can comprehend.
Who am I
Like a cat I have had many "lives".
I served in Vietnam during 1969, as a Hospital Corpsman attached to Alpha Company 1st Battalion 4th Marines, other medical duties took me to Camp Lejeune North Carolina and the US Navy Shipyard Dispensary in Philadelphia, where I learned basic pharmacy.
Since I was due to return to Vietnam in 1971, I chose to instead get out of the Navy and go to college. I graduated in 1975 with a Bachelors Degree in what was then known as "Speech and Theatre".
Following graduation I worked for almost 20 years in health care doing Public Relations and Marketing. When our hospital merged in 1994 all of us with experience (and high? salaries) were laid off. I went to work in Retail Advertising for the Morning Journal.
Around 1998 my wife finished her Master's in nursing and went into private practice and asked me what I wanted to do. I told her "teach".
So I became a stay at home dad to our our sons(3 and 5) and began taking the courses I needed to become certified as a Teacher.
In 2000 I completed that work and received my certification.
After a couple years of subbing I was approached about becoming a Media Specialist for our district (longer story another time). I said yes and before I could even enrole in the School at Kent State the opportunity to obtain a full scholarship became available. I applied and was accepted and received one of the first 12 scholarship offered.
In 2006 I completed my course work and am now a licensed Media Specialist for a large Northern Ohio high school.
I served in Vietnam during 1969, as a Hospital Corpsman attached to Alpha Company 1st Battalion 4th Marines, other medical duties took me to Camp Lejeune North Carolina and the US Navy Shipyard Dispensary in Philadelphia, where I learned basic pharmacy.
Since I was due to return to Vietnam in 1971, I chose to instead get out of the Navy and go to college. I graduated in 1975 with a Bachelors Degree in what was then known as "Speech and Theatre".
Following graduation I worked for almost 20 years in health care doing Public Relations and Marketing. When our hospital merged in 1994 all of us with experience (and high? salaries) were laid off. I went to work in Retail Advertising for the Morning Journal.
Around 1998 my wife finished her Master's in nursing and went into private practice and asked me what I wanted to do. I told her "teach".
So I became a stay at home dad to our our sons(3 and 5) and began taking the courses I needed to become certified as a Teacher.
In 2000 I completed that work and received my certification.
After a couple years of subbing I was approached about becoming a Media Specialist for our district (longer story another time). I said yes and before I could even enrole in the School at Kent State the opportunity to obtain a full scholarship became available. I applied and was accepted and received one of the first 12 scholarship offered.
In 2006 I completed my course work and am now a licensed Media Specialist for a large Northern Ohio high school.
Saturday October 20, 2007
This will be my second attempt to establish a blog. My first still exists somewhere in in hyper-space along with the web page I created eight years ago.
This blog is being created as part of a workshop on searching the internet.
More later.
This blog is being created as part of a workshop on searching the internet.
More later.
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