That voice you keep hearing...

One of my biggest accomplishments over spring break was to finish up a class I've been taking called "Podcasting in the Classroom." There were basically two parts to it. In the first part, we looked at what podcasts are (duh) and how they can be used as a part of our daily "stuff" of teaching. Pretty basic, but I found a ton of really cool science podcasts that I'll be sharing with you as time goes on.

The second part was a lot of fun. It focused around creating, editing, and publishing a podcast that could be used in class. For my project, I created a 9 minute podcast to introduce the rat unit to my anatomy classes. You can find it under the "Rat" section of the class website, or direct link to it here. I don't think it turned out too bad...

This is Bizarre...

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And so it ends...

Here we are...Sunday night. Spring Break has come and gone for another year, and I'm setting here trying to get mentally prepared to get back into the classroom. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to go back. Spring is definitely my favorite time of the school year, and there's a lot of really cool stuff going on between now and the end of the year. Not to mention that we've got some AWESOME stuff planned for class during the last quarter. But it still takes me some time to mentally get out of the "break" frame of mind and back into the "school" frame.

I meant for this to be a "how I spent my break" magnum post, but instead I think I'll give you the details with a series of smaller posts over the next few days. There's a lot to cover...

Happy St. Patty's Day!

In case you missed it...

I haven't posted in a few days, and have some catching up to do, but I wanted to get this on in case you missed it. Space shuttle Discovery was successfully launched yesterday from the Kennedy Space Center. Thoughts and prayers are with the astronauts and their families.

It's worth watching the whole video. At about 8:30 they talk about how fast the shuttle will be traveling when it enters space...9 times the speed of a rifle bullet!

The first full day in space consisted of examining the orbiter for damage sustained during launch, and making preparations for docking with the International Space Station tomorrow afternoon.