MICCA Blogging Workshop

Who: Me! MICCA actually wants me to be a presenter again! (I guess I wasn’t too bad the last time…)

What: A workshop that will cover the edu-blogging basics as well as point out some good places to start and some excellent examples done by other educators.

Where: Greenbelt Elementary School, Greenbelt MD (Thanks to the accommodating staff there for hosting the event!)

When: Monday November 13th, from 5-8 PM

Why: Because not enough teachers (and administrators) have been bitten by the blogging bug.

How: MICCA put out an open call for anyone willing to run some workshops, and I jumped at the chance. They’ll be handling most of the (non-education related) hassles, including promotion and refreshments.

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Workshop Registration

MICCA hands-on technology training sessions are held at central locations statewide. Most of the workshops are scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Please check the specific workshop for date and time.
Directions are available directly on the Workshop link. They will also be sent with registration confirmation by email. Workshops are a non-refundable $10.00 and should accompany the workshop form. All checks are made out to “MICCA”. Registration will be confirmed via email or telephone. Each workshop is limited to the first twenty applicants.
Name
 ____________________________________
MICCA Member
 __ Yes __No Memberships expires: ___________
Email
 ____________________________________
Work Phone
 ____________________________________
Workshop Title
 Baffled by Blogging?
Workshop Date
 Monday, November 13
Computer Experience
 __ Beginner __ Intermediate __ Advanced
Mail Registration and deposit fee/ (checks made payable to MICCA) to:
MICCA
c/o Michael Maszczenski
103 Little Neck Road
Stevensville MD 21666

Firefox 2 Updated!

Firefox 2 has just been released, and I bit the bullet to see if it was worth it.

I have to say, it was the most painless Firefox install I ever tried. It looked at my Firefox 1.5 preferences and plug-ins and moved everything over except for one plug-in that wasn’t compatible, and with one click it found an updated version of that one.

If you haven’t tried Firefox, or you’ve been waiting for the next release, you should try it out now.

This is only a test, and I’m sick.

Sorry to get your hopes up. I’m not really dead, just distracted.

New podcast on Monday.

Really.

Edit: It seems I was a little too ambiguous with this update. Sometimes when I don’t post for a while I put up a “I’m not quite dead yet!” post just to let people know I haven’t abandoned my site completely.  The apology was because I’ve had people tell me they look forward to my podcasts, and since this update gives you nothing new really I can see how it would be a bit of a letdown.

The back story is this:  After visiting Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm‘s Harvest Festival last weekend (an annual event I try to never miss), I came down with a cold which I apparently still have.  It’s not enough to keep me home from work (I have too much of my father in me), but it is slowing me down and I need to save my sore throat for telling Kindergarten kids that oil paints aren’t lipstick.

I’m hoping I’ll be back to normal (or at least my usual grade of abnormal) by Monday, and if I’m not I’ll still have SOME audio for you.  I might even find a guest podcaster, but we’ll see.

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