Deadliest Fun!

Now that I am on-line I can share how things went in Philadelphia last night.

The trip there was easy and uneventful. I was able to check in and have the afternoon to walk around and visit the historical places downtown: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, etc.

Went to the restaurant (Samsom Street Oyster House) around 6 and checked in there. I was greeted with, “It’s the Michigan Guy!” from most of the people there already. Did not expect that. I was described as “The Michigan Guy” most of the night.

The whole event was great. The captains that came were Sig, Andy , and John. There are great people. They were friendly with everyone there and were very approachable and willing to talk with everyone. They signed pictures, books, shirts, etc. Everyone had a blast. I connected with some good DEN folks from the area. Thanks! I was even able to spend some time talking with some of the producers of the show.

I am so glad that I was able to go to this great event. Thanks DEN! Please keep up the great work!

Check out the slide show here.

Philly Here I Come!

As was posted on the national DEN blog I am one of the very lucky winners to be able to have dinner with the captains from the Deadliest Catch. I am floored that I will be attending an event with a group of interesting individuals. I can’t wait for Tuesday to be here. I’ll post pictures when I get back.

Some new harvests

The past 2 days I have been at a workshop titled "Integrating Technology in the 3-8 Classroom." Very hands-on and the instructor uses the technology in real classroom uses. For example, he showed how to use Google Earth to show the various forms of water found on Earth like oceans, lakes, and rivers. He set up placemarks at each of the examples and had definitions of each in the placemarks. Nothing earth shattering, but very usable and realistic.
In addition to his example lessons he shared some "new" tools.
One is Jott, Here you set up an account and then you call into Jott with you phone. What you say is recorded and then you get an email with a text copy of what you said. I believe that you have 45 seconds.
Others are bubble.us, mindmeister, rubistar, visualbody.

LibraryThing

OH OH OH! Mr. Catah Sir!

I have something to share that I did not find out about from someone else.

It’s called LibraryThing. I found it by chance when I was looking for information about P.D. Eastman. It is a place to list your personal library that you own and is very easy. You add just a bit about the book and the site does the rest by using The Library Of Congress, Amazon, and 669 other data banks.

You can connect with other book lovers and discuss, what else?, books. There are numerous discussion groups to join, topics to comment on , and the like.

FriendFeed

Read about this at the DEN site at the Digital Passports page
It sounded like a good idea as one way to put all my online presences at one place. So far I have this blog, my Picassa albums, Del.icio.us list, Pandora (music) page. I'll see how to add mt teachertube vids and my DEN blog too.
Here is the url for my page.
http://friendfeed.com/turtleman810

Peace