School has begun!

SCHOOL STARTED TODAY

Well, school started today and I'm totally exhausted. Must be a sign of old age...LOL. Actually, the day went very well. The kids were ready to jump right in and I only had a few small technical difficulties. I have been working on getting the school website updated and it gives me such a headache staring at a computer for hours every evening, but, it has to be done. I really do believe that the teachers I work with are a little bit more comfortable with coming to me to help them with their computer questions. I hope that gets a even better as the year goes along. I really do enjoy my job here and I hope that it continues for a long time.

My Delicious Page

Here is the link to my delicious page.....very helpful

http://del.icio.us/reimern

Technology Integration
In the wide world of technology, one cannot simply keep up....we must step up.

I want to say the transition to emerging technology should be easy; but its not. I have always been a self-starter and willing to try the "new thing". But, I am not always like that, I actually resist change. It probably doesn't seem like that, but I do. I have accepted the changes in technology out of necessity; or I would have been unemployed years ago. I have a hard time explaining to students and my coworkers that all the classes that I teach are basically self taught. Microsoft Office did not exist when I was in college.My high school experience with computers consisted of a class of 12 students and 3 Apple IIe's to share. I am one of those people that DO know what a floppy disk really is....ok, so I'm aging my self. I do know programming language....a lot of good that is doing me now. I use this about as much as the 12 college credits of shorthand that I proudly own.