Next session, Electromagnetic Waves at CAST2011 :-)

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Group classification. Activity found at digitalgoonies.com/

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Region One training on Project WILD Aquatic at Estero Llano Grande

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Discussing morphologies of galaxies

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At RGVSA Astronomy workshop with Dr. Judit Ries

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Coastal Studies-Region One Workshop

Went to the UTPA Coastal Studies Laboratory as part of the Region One Science Texas Regional Collaborative. The workshop was led by Bridgette, research assistant at the lab and who is part of the educational outreach programs.

Using concepts from Ocean Literacy and C-MORE, discussed red tide and red tide rangers along with observing samples of red tide. After observing red sample and counting number of plankton encountered, we moved on to observing brine shrimp. Bridgette was nice enough to give us samples that we could use in the classroom.

We then moved on to shark dissection. Bridgette discussed how to go about dissecting the shark and what in particular to look for. She wasn't kidding when she mentioned the liver was very oily!

After dissection, we moved on to look at different samples of echinoderms and mollusks. The teachers had some hands on with starfishes, sea urchins, some crabs and a sea cucumber.

We then headed to the Sea Turtle Inc, a turtle hospital at South Padre Island. Kat gave us some great info on what Sea Turtle Inc. does, besides helping turtles, they also do conservation and education. Discussed five Gulf of Mexico species, Leatherback, Kemp's Ridley, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Green, and that they have treated most of them except Leatherback.

We then finished up by going out on the bay on a boat. We were able to look at some live ocean life that Kyle collected and then looked at some dolphins. Great professional development, lots to take back to classroom to discuss with students. :-)

Getting ready to get on the boat

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At Sea Turtle Inc., Kat gave a great presentation. Here is a Hawksbill sea turtle.

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And the insides of the shark :-P :-D

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Time for a shark dissection...

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Info on Ocean Literacy from NSF and on Red Tide

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Getting ready for workshop at UTPA Coastal Studies Lab

Ready to do some learning ;-)


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A Plethora of Moles

A few of the moles that students turned in :-)




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Pics from visit to Texas RenFest on Saturday

Had a Great time as always :-)


















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Post from efrenr at CHUMLY

Happy Mole Day All! Go out & enjoy your favorite mole activities, like whack-a-mole, & foods, like guacamole :-) www.moleday.org
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First week with HP Photosmart All-In-One Printers HPInkChallenge

Gotta say that this is first time I really deal with a photo printer and I was most impressed with the quality of the photos. I guess I've mostly stuck to the digital versions these days and didn't see a reason to print them. Also, I was used to simple inkjet printers when printing pictures and you know how good those come out...
Anyways....on to the challenge....
1st assignment: Setting up, refilling and printing
Had problems with the setting up on computer, initially. Software would not completely load and I tried several times. So with the help of HP tech support, I downloaded newest version of install software and worked perfectly. The printer set up itself was extremely easy! Ran everything off the lcd panel. Setup and wireless was done with no problems. The ePrint capability...Awesome! Being able to send an email to your printer with something you want to print...very cool! :-)
Took me a few tries to find a place that could refill the ink cartridges. But with some suggestions from others on Twitter, I ended up at OfficeMax. It took them just 15 minutes for the refill. The cartridges looked OK though was concerned about some ink on the outside and they didn't seem exactly the same. Based on some comments on the community site, I'm wondering if they are my originals....
Once the cartridges were set up on the printers, one with HP ink cartridges and one with refill cartridges, I was ready to do some printing. Right away I noticed streaking on the refill ink printer (right arrows), the alignment page, and differences in color (up arrows). Not good! Expectations immediately drop for the refill ink printer's chances in this challenge.



I also noticed streaking on the wireless report (right arrows).



I finished setting up the printers with the required paper and placed them side by side.



And continued printing the rest of my assignment.

Like I mentioned, I am really impressed with the quality of the photos being printed on both printers. But I have noticed color differences between them. The refill ink printer is printer in different shades of color and somewhat darker. For example, the black and white test photo, it's all black and white on the HP ink printer but some of it looks brown on the refill printer (left arrows)



Looking forward to the rest of the challenge... :-)
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Working on my assignment! :-) HPInkChallenge (pic)

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Post from efrenr at CHUMLY

Finished early today. Now I've got some tech to work on...well, play with :-) Hope everyone is having a good day!
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The printers are in! Will set them up after Monday Night League Bowling :-) #HPInkChallenge (pic)

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Got the refills at OfficeMax #HPInkChallenge

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TI Nspire - Liking this! -

Classroom Activities: Nuclear Decay & Chain Reactions - education.ti.com/calculators/downloads/US/Activiti...=9522


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Part of shipment for #HPInkChallenge. Just waiting on printers. They weren't kidding when they said they were going to provide everything :-) (pic)

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Post from efrenr at CHUMLY

Good Day Chums! Have an enjoyable day!! Good luck on the first day back, my fellow educators :-) Let's make it a Great Year!!! :-)
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Very Good QR Code Generator

QR Code and 2D Code Generator | Kerem Erkan: keremerkan.net/qr-code-and-2d-code-generator
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A question to ask on 1st day of classes

How does this glass prevent condensation? Did it occur inside?


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Trip to Mammoth Cave

Since I was going to Dallas for an AP Institute, I decided to take a little side trip to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky :-)
It was a pleasant day and a half drive. I just love road trips! Enjoy as the road passes by seeing all the different landscapes.
When I arrived, I checked into a cottage. It was a small little place, no AC, no TV, very nice. After a quick shower, I went out and explored a little, talked to the rangers, oops, sorry, Park Interpreters :-), about the different tours. Very friendly! Decided on the four hour tour exploring lots of different sections of the Cave. I was then set for the talk outside...
Jackie gave a fascinating talk about different types of Caves. Great stuff, need to look more of this stuff up. Also, I didn't know this part of the U.S. had so many cave systems! Then I went to sleep, with windows open, and the soothing sounds of the creatures of the night
Next day I was ready for the Grand Avenue Tour! Had a big breakfast and ready for a 4 mile walk through undulating landscape. I gotta say Ranger Rick was a great tour guide through the Cave. He gave us geology, biology, and historical lessons. Didn't know the Mammoth Cave had such a dynamic history. I can only say that it was Awesome!

Just before leaving Kentucky, I came across the National Corvette Museum so I had to stop :-) Only had 30 minutes so I quickly went through everything, took as many pics as I could. Figured I could enjoy them later....

Miller Outdoor Theatre

Made it! After climbing the hill, selecting a place I can see the musicians and sitting on my complimentary ExxonMobil towel. I'm set and ready for some music :-)








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Time to Read!

Just received my copy of Entombed by @BrianKeene. Impressed with Camelot books. Book looks Great


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At Our Bowling Awards

Our team did Great this year, 8th overall.
Pic of my awards :-)


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WHC 2011

That was Awesome!! Was able to meet @BrianKeene, @marysangiovanni and
@kelli_owen #WHC2011 pics..






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Post from efrenr at CHUMLY

Awesome!! Billions of years compressed into 18 minutes, David Christian gives a quick run-down of the universe.



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ePEARL - free, bilingual, web-based electronic portfolio software

ePEARL: grover.concordia.ca/epearl/promo/en/epearl.php
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AVG - LiveKive

Online Backup | Unlimited Online Storage: www.avg.com/us-en/avg-livekive?ctype=ppc_us_gs_000...00016
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AVG Enters Cloud Backup

..w/5 GB Free, Unlimited Option | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382954,00.asp
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Testing...

[Resent 2011-04-04 01:24:01 from efrenr]
track:
maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=20651308628...7972f
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Another little journey

[Resent 2011-04-03 22:28:10 from efrenr] Started My Tracks at half-way point:
goo.gl/EBbno
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Today's partial path

Started bicycling today and trying My Tracks:
maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&;msid=206513086289983091990.0004a0050b9709117972f
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Helping out at Region One Training

[Resent 2011-04-02 14:04:20 from efrenr] Hoping to pass on some tech use for the classroom :-)


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Amazon Cloud Drive

[Resent 2011-03-29 13:02:23 from efrenr] Checking this out....looks interesting :-)
Amazon Cloud Drive: Learn More: www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmore
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pH Mindstorms Robot

Spent the day working on a robot at Region One. Then worked with a program to make it loop, taking pH's, until the solution was a certain pH. It
created log of different pH readings. Fun Stuff!!! :-) 


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Region One Robot Training

Great way to start my Spring Break :-) 


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Weblist

Trying out Weblist, created a little something for kids for Spring Break
Spring Break Stuff: weblist.me/spring-break-stuff
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Earth and Moon

Earth pic from training  


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Made a TCEA info Popplet

Right Click on Links and Select Open

TCEA Notes

Here are my notes from  #TCEA2011 It's still a rough draft and will try to make a popplet of it later.
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Sun-Earth Viewer

Really cool views, different frequencies, of the Sun  ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/viewer/flash/flash.html  


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NASA Training

...at Region One training...  aespmike.wikispaces.com  


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Zombie Love Song

Just ran across this....just Awesome!! :-)
 


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Great Set of Resources

Another Awesome set of resources! Liked a lot of these :-)  #TCEA  popplet.com/app/#/1784
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TCEA2011

Ready 4 last day of  #TCEA Been a great conference! Lots learned & lots to process :-) Will work on post 2 share resources
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Chrome 9 Is Out!

I really enjoy using Chrome as my browser. Makes things faster and safer, imho.
 www.electronista.com/articles/11/02/03/chrome.9.go...reads
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Chemistry Add-in for Word

Another good product from Microsoft for teachers :-)
Chemistry Add-in for Word:  www.educationlabs.com/projects/ChemistryAdd-in/Pag...aspx#
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@googledocs

[Resent 2011-01-31 21:12:11] @google:   Find, explore & share your files more efficiently with the refreshed Document List:  goo.gl/Seipl
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Set for Morning Sessions

Last day of College Board AP Conference :-)  

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Calculating Wavelengths

Calculated wavelengths for different energies, in nanometers, using following equations... Fun Stuff!!! :-D  

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First Session at AP Conf.

Ready to learn :-)  

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