2008
Jul
Wednesday: Last Conversation module meeting of summer session.
Jul 23rd
Tuesday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 22nd
Tuesday a.m.: Tutoring
Jul 22nd
Monday: Conversation Partners
Jul 21st
Sunday: July in Colorado vs. living in a dry sauna. Discuss.
Jul 20th
Saturday p.m.: The sun has gone to bed and so must I. So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!
Jul 20th
Saturday: The heat is on, weatherwise and otherwise.
Jul 19th
Friday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 18th
Friday a.m.: Tutoring.
Jul 18th
Friday a.m.: Tutoring.
Jul 18th
Thursday a.m.: Tutoring
Jul 17th
Thursday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 17th
Thursday a.m.: Tutoring.
Jul 17th
Thursday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 17th
Thursday a.m.: Tutoring
Jul 17th
Wednesday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 16th
Wednesday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 16th
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jul 16th
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jul 16th
Savoring my first Starbucks Vivanno.
Jul 16th
Tuesday p.m.: Homework
Jul 15th
Tuesday p.m.: Homework
Jul 15th
Tuesday a.m.: Tutoring Abdi
Jul 15th
Tuesday a.m.: Tutoring Abdi
Jul 15th
Monday p.m.: Conversation Partners
Jul 14th
Monday p.m.: Conversation Partners
Jul 14th
Inverse Polarity Technorati Profile: Technorati Profile http://tinyurl.com/5ogn95
Jul 13th
Technorati Profile
Jul 13th
Homework done!
Jul 12th
Homework done!
Jul 12th
Friday p.m.: Homework
Jul 11th
Friday p.m.: Homework
Jul 11th
Friday a.m.: Tutoring
Jul 11th
Friday a.m.: Tutoring
Jul 11th
Thursday p.m.: Homework
Jul 10th
Thursday p.m.: Homework
Jul 10th
Thursday: Tutoring
Jul 10th
Thursday: Tutoring
Jul 10th
Thursday: Tutoring.
Jul 10th
No Jupiter sighting. Had to reinstall Evernote for Windows.
Jul 10th
No Jupiter sighting. Had to reinstall Evernote for Windows.
Jul 10th
Wednesday p.m.: Jupiter sighting at sunset (8:30 p.m. MDT)
Jul 10th
Wednesday p.m.: Jupiter sighting at sunset (8:30 p.m. MDT)
Jul 10th
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jul 9th
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jul 9th
Tuesday: a.m. tutoring, p.m. reading
Jul 8th
Tuesday: a.m. tutoring, p.m. reading
Jul 8th
Monday: Conversation Partners
Jul 7th
Monday: Conversation Partners
Jul 7th
Congratulations to Rafa Nadal! Roger, we love you!
Jul 6th
Congratulations to Rafa Nadal! Roger, we love you!
Jul 6th
Just submitted this to Mixx: http://www.mixx.com/stories/771702
Jul 6th
All Module 6 assignments completed!
Jul 6th
All Module 6 assignments completed!
Jul 6th
Saturday: Completing course project budget assignment
Jul 5th
Saturday: Completing course project budget assignment
Jul 5th
Homework: Three out of four assignments for the week completed
Jul 5th
Homework: three assignments completed; one to go, tomorrow.
Jul 5th
Homework: three assignments completed; one to go, tomorrow.
Jul 5th
Friday a.m: Tutoring.
Jul 4th
Homework: two assignments completed, two more to go
Jul 4th
Homework: two assignments completed, two more to go
Jul 4th
Thursday p.m.: Homework.
Jul 3rd
Thursday a.m.: Tutoring.
Jul 3rd
Talking about YouTube - Betancourt, 3...
Jul 2nd
Inverse Polarity Talking about YouTube - Betancourt, 3 Americans Freed in Colombia.....
Jul 2nd
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jul 2nd
getting a jump start on this week’s discussion forum posts
Jul 2nd
Tuesday: A.M. Tutoring; P.M. Reading
Jul 1st
Jun
Monday: Conversation Partners Plus!
Jun 30th
Inverse Polarity Talking about Facebook | I Volunteer: My June Volunteer Log Face.....
Jun 30th
Talking about Facebook | I Volunteer
Jun 30th
Reading: “Facebook | I Volunteer” ( http://tinyurl.com/4tbc8s )
Jun 30th
Facebook | I Volunteer
Jun 30th
Week 4 is done! The term is half done!
Jun 30th
Sunday: Complete (really!) Week 4 Assignments.
Jun 29th
Inverse Polarity Smiling Through: OpinionDick Cavett: Smiling ThroughBy Dick Cavet.....
Jun 28th
Smiling Through
Jun 28th
trying out Browzmi on Flock browser
Jun 28th
calling it a day
Jun 28th
Just submitted this to Mixx: http://www.mixx.com/stories/549253
Jun 27th
Fri. a.m.: Tutor Abdi; p.m.: academics
Jun 27th
Tonight’s in-service: update on FY09 US refugee admissions; travelogue of visit to Karen...
Jun 27th
Tonight’s in-service: an update on the upcoming FY09 US refugee admissions; a travelogue of a...
Jun 27th
Inverse Polarity Talking about YouTube - The Girl Effect: The Girl Effect, n.The .....
Jun 27th
Talking about YouTube - The Girl Effect
Jun 26th
Thurs a.m.: Tutor Abdi; p.m.: In-service
Jun 26th
Completed Week 4 Readings (whew)
Jun 26th
Tried out Language Experience Approach with Conversation Partners.
Jun 25th
Back from Conversation Partners. Back to reading.
Jun 25th
Back from meeting with Amazon Kindle owner: my ESL students SO need this!
Jun 25th
Wednesday a.m.: Amazon Kindle demo; p.m.: Conversation Partners
Jun 25th
Tuesday p.m.: academic reading
Jun 24th
is reading
Jun 24th
Tuesday: Tutoring Abdi
Jun 24th
Monday: Conversation Partners
Jun 23rd
Sunday: Homework
Jun 22nd
Sunday
Jun 22nd
Saturday: Greek Festival (Opa!)
Jun 21st
Inverse Polarity The World is an Unkind Place for Gay Refugees: del.icio.us Tags: .....
Jun 20th
Friday: tutoring Abdi?
Jun 20th
The World is an Unkind Place for Gay...
Jun 20th
Thursday: doing homework.
Jun 19th
Thursday: tutoring Abdi.
Jun 19th
My Business Mgmt textbook seems rather better written than my Assessment textbook. Curious.
Jun 19th
An hour never seems long enough for Conversation Partners.
Jun 18th
Wednesday: Conversation Partners
Jun 18th
Abdi called. No tutoring today. He’s been sick since Friday. :(
Jun 17th
Monday redux: A.M. slept in; P.M. conversation partners, reading assignments.
Jun 16th
Monday: A.M. read, P.M. Conversation Partners
Jun 16th
reading for Week 3 in progress
Jun 15th
I’m Going To: http://tinyurl.com/57khw3
Jun 14th
Twitzu - Help us erase torture in the world! http://tinyurl.com/57khw3
Jun 14th
Inverse Polarity World Refugee Day 2008: del.icio.us Tags: united,nations,un,wor.....
Jun 14th
World Refugee Day 2008
Jun 14th
is mourning deeply the passing of Tim Russert.
Jun 14th
is mourning deeply the pasing of Tim
Jun 14th
completed first week of tutoring Abdi.
Jun 13th
is reading about organizational configuration.
Jun 13th
tutored Abdi on multiple spellings for long vowels.
Jun 12th
submitted five sample instructional objectives to class forum for comment.
Jun 12th
reading about writing instructional objectives.
Jun 11th
Bloglines | My Feeds (3690)
Jun 10th
Bloglines | My Feeds (3690)
Jun 10th
Today’s tutoring session cut short.
Jun 10th
preparing for tomorrow’s tutoring session with Abdi.
Jun 10th
started part-time job as Spring International Language Center Conversation Partner.
Jun 10th
installing Iceberg.
Jun 9th
beginning week 2 of 2nd term at JIU.
Jun 9th
joined Netlog by invitation.
Jun 9th
completing week 1 of term 2 at JIU.
Jun 8th
is getting a haircut today — at last!
Jun 7th
took the night off after completing assignments for business management course.
Jun 7th
is caught up on homework — for now.
Jun 5th
enjoying the rain
Jun 5th
installed Sxipper for Firefox extension in Flock browser.
Jun 5th
is doing homework.
Jun 5th
is meeting my Somali ESL student for the first time today.
Jun 4th
hopes designing and administering assessments is more interesting than reading about them. ARGH!!!
Jun 4th
has been invited to assist with an ESL conversation class Mondays and Wednesdays at Spring...
Jun 4th
is attending Spring International’s summer session student welcome party this afternoon. Ice...
Jun 3rd
installed Yoono in Flock.
Jun 3rd
is uploading Mom’s road trip pix to Kodak Gallery.
Jun 3rd
has begun my second term at JIU.
Jun 2nd
has completed my first graduate level course in adult learning theory.
Jun 1st
May
is completing the final assignment of Adult Learning Theory: evaluating classmates’ adult...
May 31st
is glad to be home.
May 31st
teaches Reading and Writing one more time tomorrow at Spring.
May 30th
teaches Reading and Writing once more tomorrow morning. Next week: meet the Somali refugee student.
May 30th
is teaching Reading and Writing tomorrow a.m. and Listening and Speaking tomorrow p.m. Film at 2:00...
May 29th
survived my first day of teaching — and so did my students.
May 29th
is substitute teaching at Spring International Language Center on the Auraria Campus today.
May 28th
is meeting with the Spring faculty to review this week’s instructional schedule.
May 27th
Back from lunch from Applebees. Time for a nap.
May 26th
resubmitted course project (added pub info, attached consent & release). Going out for lunch...
May 26th
consolidated deliverables into single document with title pg, exec sum, and toc; submitted to...
May 25th
completed and published third deliverable for course project.
May 25th
is writing a 3-4 page summary describing four selected methods and techniques to be used in my...
May 25th
is meeting with a Spring instructor to review lesson plans for my substitute Intensive English gig...
May 24th
Completed weekly forum discussion assignment on internet-based forums, panels, and symposia.
May 23rd
Completed weekly forum discussion assignment on internet-based forums, panels, and symo
May 23rd
According to the AP, a tornado touched down in Windsor (50 mi N of Denver). One fatality. Extensive...
May 22nd
just realized that more than the weather is changing; my mood has changed — for the better.
May 22nd
just landed my first gig as a substitute ESL teacher. Meeting with staff tomorrow. Gig is set for...
May 22nd
has recovered from a sinus migraine. The weather must be about to change.
May 21st
has suffered with a sinus migraine all day.
May 21st
is wide awake after the kitty roused me at 4:00 a.m.
May 20th
took out the trash and was lightly rained on.
May 20th
spoke to Mom tonight. The Grand Canyon has to be seen to be appreciated.
May 20th
mailed Amazon Marketplace Purchase to buyer. One more book sold, seven more to sell