Merry Christmas

Well, several months have passed with no time to even think about blogging!
Here's hoping that there will be more opportunities in 2008 to finish the 23 things.

Happy Holidays,
M.A.

The Merging of Two Careers

Now I'm learning how to create avatars and this avatar shows me arriving in my reading classroom (a few years ago) ready to introduce the students to a new book - Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater. Creating a mindset for the book stimulated interest and motivation to read it.

Baltimore Oriole - MD State Bird

Week 3 - Exploring Flickr

After many round-abouts, I finally captured this Baltimore Oriole and posted it here. WOW!

In the beginning.....

Week 1 -

# 1 -The first step is the biggest - accepting the challenge!

# 2 - When reflecting on the 7.5 Habits of Life Long Learners I realized that I have practiced some of these. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 7 have been utilized over the years. Now I need to focus on numbers 4, 5, 6. Number 7.5 is a matter of interpretation. For some work is play, especially when you conquer the goal and help others along the way.

"You must give something to your fellow men - even it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it." Albert Schweitzer

On to week 2.....