popcorn and cell phones!!

so one of my friends sent me this video of a group of people using their cell phones to pop popcorn. It looked like it works though. I actually want to try it! here is the link:

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/portable/video/x5odhh_pop-corn-telephone-portable-microon_news

It kinda freaks me out though if it is true, that your cell phone waves can pop popcorn. It scares me that if it can pop a corn kernel what is it doing to my brain?!!?!

We should try it out in class next week!!

school uniforms

so i was reading one of the blogs i was following today and the teacher that writes it was talking about school uniforms in a public school. I must say that from a parents point of view, it is the easiest thing to not have to worry about dressing your child in the morning, but from a students point of view there are many pros and cons. I think it would be great to wake up in the morning and not have to worry about that i am going to wear. at the same time, i can see a lot of students annoyed at the fact that they cant express themselves the way they wanted to.. I dont know how i would feel in a school if i, as a teacher, would be ok with wearing a uniform to school everyday.

a whole new mind

so before reading Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind I was not too excited. It didn't really look like a good book, however after reading it I realized I was 100% wrong. This was a really interesting book and something I could definitely incorporate into my teaching. I loved the section on the different senses, and how at the end of his explanation of each he gave a list of website links to go to that had to do with each sense. I though it made the book a little more interactive and fun. I am glad I gave the book a chance and I am excited to visit more of the websites, especially the games!!

Spring Break

so i know i havent written in a long time but i have a good reason!! technology hated me over spring break. my macbook broke so i brought it to IT. turns out my hard drive broke, and none of my information could be taken off it. so i lost EVERYTHING. my pictures, itunes, word documents, everything is gone. so i had to wait like a week for them to get the parts in and then fix it. When i got it back i put leopard on it since i had no system what so ever, which is kinda cool. I guess im kinda happy but kinda annoyed at the same time with the whole situation. I have a fast "new" computer now, but i lost all my info. from now on im going to make sure i back up all of my docs. hopefully this doesnt happen again!!!