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I really like the ability to listen to edtech talk while I check e-mail or surf the web for news. A recent one asked what web tech should teachers know–and most of the things we have covered in the class made the top 5. There was some discussion of delicious vs diigo and problems with younger students having e-mail addresses. I suppose Woodward’s student e-mail addresses solves this problem. They also mentioned something called slideshare that I want to check out. My favorite Freakonomics had a blog with a link about what things are getting cheaper. I printed up the graphic that was linked to this. Computers are down 90% in the last 10 years. T.V.’s down 76%. Cell phone service –except in the Scott household–down 32%. Earnings are up about 38%. Not bad–but not the way it seems.
NPR had an article about staycations–staying at home or close to home and taking advantage of what is local and inexpensive. We did that this year–more because of scheduling conflicts and vacation money was invested in camps/school for children. We simply went to a friends lake house with two other couples and ate out, grilled, took the boat around the lake and played board games. It was great! We also hit all the Shakespeare plays at Ga. Shakespeare. It was nice to know we weren’t the only ones.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92933203&ft=1&f=1057

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