Lights, camera, action. . .we will be learning how to edit in iMovie tonight! If you didn't receive my last minute email and Edmodo post, please bring headphones to class if you have them! We will be learning how to edit sound in iMovie and headphones will be most appreciated by your neighbors ;-)
Everything that is past due, with the exception of the Spreadsheet assignment, has been graded. I have not had the opportunity to do re-grades yet. . .but I will soon.
Journal 8 & 9: WooHoo, the new issue of L&L has hit the Internet! Let's use the current issue for the next two journals. Journal 8, "Choosing the Perfect Tools for One to One," by Bouterse, Corn, and Halstead discusses issues to consider if your school can adapt a laptop program. Journal 9, "Science + Technology = Creativity (and Fun)," by Jared Mader and Ben Smith talks about creative ways to integrate technology into science curriculum!
If you choose to do a journal 10, pick another article from the August 2009 issue of L&L and ensure you give the proper citation.
Today's Question: What is your current or all-time favorite quote? It could be about education or life in general.
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I do not get to focus on favorite quotes or sayings much, but there are a few that I tend to stick to and this would have to be my favorite at the moment... "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy" --Ludwig van Beethoven
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote is something said by FDR "the only thing ou have to fear is fear itself."
ReplyDelete"And when nothing can be done, we'll make the best of what's around" -Dave Matthews
ReplyDeleteJust one of my fav's, and a little too fitting for life right now.
A wise elderly woman said to me, "My husband is 65 years old and he's still a kid. Men never change. Good luck."
ReplyDeleteAmong others, "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane." - Jimmy Buffett.
ReplyDelete"Attitude is everything..."
ReplyDeleteLess talk, more rock
ReplyDelete“Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde
ReplyDelete"Eve was framed"
ReplyDeleteand that's SO much more than a quote! ;)
If you wait too long for the perfect moment, the perfect moment will pass you by
ReplyDelete"So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity." -Andre Gide
ReplyDelete"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." -Edmund Burke
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine
ReplyDeleteDo not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
ReplyDelete-Buddha
There are quite a few...I'm a big quote person, and can't pick a favorite. =) Here are a few:
ReplyDelete"The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?" - Eugene Kennedy
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
"You can be on a peak with just about anyone. You have to find someone you can be in a valley with." - Unknown
"When you come to the edge of all the light you have known and are about to step out into the darkness, FAITH is knowing one of two things will happen...there will be something to stand on or you will be taught how to fly." - Unknown
"You cannot live with the past cluttering up the house. You cannot waste your love. You must love what is left, and has the will to live." - Marya Hornbacher
"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it."
ReplyDeleteBernard Bailey
I can never remember quotes long enough to regurgitate them. I love a lot of the ideas of Albert Einstein though...he has some great thoughts on life in general (not just crazy astronomical nonsense).
ReplyDelete"Imagination is more important than knowledge."-Albert Einstein
ReplyDeleteI love and believe in this quote: Where there is a will, There is a way.
ReplyDeleteTANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
ReplyDeleteRobert Heinlein
I am not good at remembering jokes or quotes, so I looked up a few and I really liked these
ReplyDeleteOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
-Helen Keller
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
- Charles Reade
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
-Anonymous
Cherish today tomorrow isn't guaranteed.
ReplyDeleteI dont have a favorite quote but I like this one...
ReplyDelete"To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong." by Joseph Chillons Peace
I have two favorite quotes:
ReplyDelete"Lighten up Francis" from the movie Stripes. I use it all the time.
"It's in the Hole" from the movie Caddyshack.
I have quite a few but these are my favorities
ReplyDelete"Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To preform this difficult task it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being" - C.G. Jung
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away" George Carlin (1937 – 2008)
"Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing."
R. K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07/03/05
"Live every day as if it were your last"
ReplyDelete"Give me a chance to shine and I'll blind the world!"
ReplyDeleteChange will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama