Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The walker
Some good friends loaned Abby a walker since their little one has out grown it. Abby is learning to get arround with here new wheels, check it out.
Thanks H&J!
Thanks H&J!
Trip to Lubbock
We made our first trip to Lubbock together since I graduated this past weekend. Wow 4 years sure has brought major changes to the Hub City! There is a real highway running next to campus, new places to eat and most importantly, Lubbock is wet! It was strange to see people walking out of walmart with a 12 pack.
We were in town to appraise the Texas Destination Imagination Tournament. (Abby stayed at home with Ben's parents, and had a wonderful time.) The tournament took up much of our time while in Lubbock, but we did make time to visit some of our old stomping grounds.
We drove past our out house, and it still looks the same, overgrown bushes, barely alive rose bushes, and weeds for a yard. Yep that is the house I remember! I also got to go by the CE building and see some of my old professors. It was strange to walk the halls of the CE building, it seems like forever since I was sitting in room 205 listening to lectures.
The bigger realization I came to while spending time on campus was, I survived college with out an iPhone! As we took the bus around campus, it hit me, we didn't have a phone with an app to tell us when the next bus was coming, or where the closest Starbucks was, or even the ability to check my email on the bus. How did we survive?
I did stop by the basement of the CE building and snap a picture of my photo hanging on the wall. They put up a class photo of each graduating class. Gosh I wish I still looked like this!
We had a pretty good trip!
We were in town to appraise the Texas Destination Imagination Tournament. (Abby stayed at home with Ben's parents, and had a wonderful time.) The tournament took up much of our time while in Lubbock, but we did make time to visit some of our old stomping grounds.
We drove past our out house, and it still looks the same, overgrown bushes, barely alive rose bushes, and weeds for a yard. Yep that is the house I remember! I also got to go by the CE building and see some of my old professors. It was strange to walk the halls of the CE building, it seems like forever since I was sitting in room 205 listening to lectures.
The bigger realization I came to while spending time on campus was, I survived college with out an iPhone! As we took the bus around campus, it hit me, we didn't have a phone with an app to tell us when the next bus was coming, or where the closest Starbucks was, or even the ability to check my email on the bus. How did we survive?
I did stop by the basement of the CE building and snap a picture of my photo hanging on the wall. They put up a class photo of each graduating class. Gosh I wish I still looked like this!
We also made it by to see the new giant class ring at the alumni center, this thing is huge!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
English 1 EOC Testing in TX
My school district has invested a lot of money in making all of the High Schools 1:1, meaning every high school student has a laptop provided to them. This is a great resource for the student and the teachers. But it also means that we get to "pilot" certain programs for the State. One of the pilot programs is online testing.
So, today is Day 1 of 2 of the English 1 EOC (End of Course) Exam. This morning started out terribly, children and administrators were running around like headless chickens. But eventually everything was sorted out and testing began. I actually prefer the online testing. I think our kids are more comfortable testing on a computer than on paper. Especially for an English test. I'm not sure the upcoming Algebra test will be as smooth for the kids. The program we are using is pretty nice also. It basically locks down the students computer, and if anything goes awry, it notifies the teacher's computer. Let's hope Day 2 goes a little smoother in the beginning.
So, today is Day 1 of 2 of the English 1 EOC (End of Course) Exam. This morning started out terribly, children and administrators were running around like headless chickens. But eventually everything was sorted out and testing began. I actually prefer the online testing. I think our kids are more comfortable testing on a computer than on paper. Especially for an English test. I'm not sure the upcoming Algebra test will be as smooth for the kids. The program we are using is pretty nice also. It basically locks down the students computer, and if anything goes awry, it notifies the teacher's computer. Let's hope Day 2 goes a little smoother in the beginning.
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