Even though we've lived here for almost 3 years, waking up to blooming daffodils in February freaks me out.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
January showers bring February flowers?
Even though we've lived here for almost 3 years, waking up to blooming daffodils in February freaks me out.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Heart Day
Ben made these for us for breakfast on Valentine's day...
Awwwwww.... What a sweetie.
He also made me this lovely card....
Luckily, this was only the first page. (;
Awwwwww.... What a sweetie.
He also made me this lovely card....
Luckily, this was only the first page. (;
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Work & Learning
I figured I should write a post on what takes up quite a bit of my life these days, which is my job, and learning how to do my job. For the past year, and for another year and half to come, I will be taking several credits of courses each semester to learn how to become a better teacher of students with visual impairments. This is my study chair on our porch. I spend most Saturday mornings here:
My school district was nice enough (and desperate enough) to take the risk of hiring me as the district "expert" on vision impairments in the classroom. I have 14 students. 3 of whom I teach and work with in braille. My office is at Slate Creek Elementary and I work there, with one of my primary students, most of the time. It's great school and I feel really at home there. (You can click on the picture to move around.)
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This is a deck of beginner-braille flashcards I recently made for one of my students in first grade who is going blind quickly, but can still read print. Her teacher told me that she remembers things best when they're "pretty" and I knew she sees green on yellow best.
Come June, I will be in Winnipeg again for 7 weeks, as I continue to take graduate classes at the North Dakota School for the Blind (near UND) in Grand Forks. I write up my research project over the winter 2009-2010 and hope to graduate in May 2010.
My school district was nice enough (and desperate enough) to take the risk of hiring me as the district "expert" on vision impairments in the classroom. I have 14 students. 3 of whom I teach and work with in braille. My office is at Slate Creek Elementary and I work there, with one of my primary students, most of the time. It's great school and I feel really at home there. (You can click on the picture to move around.)
View Larger Map
This is a deck of beginner-braille flashcards I recently made for one of my students in first grade who is going blind quickly, but can still read print. Her teacher told me that she remembers things best when they're "pretty" and I knew she sees green on yellow best.
Come June, I will be in Winnipeg again for 7 weeks, as I continue to take graduate classes at the North Dakota School for the Blind (near UND) in Grand Forks. I write up my research project over the winter 2009-2010 and hope to graduate in May 2010.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Cashing In and Checking Out
Ben here.
I'm in a little bluegrass band right now called "The Book of Jebb". We've been playing together for about a year now and mostly just do covers of other bluegrass artists. Recently, though, we've decided to try to practice a little more regularly and expand our repertoire. This opens up some time to work on original tunes, which is exciting.
My first submission to the band is a little swing tune I wrote called "Cashing In and Checking Out". I don't know if we'll do it or not, but I made a little video of it anyway so you can hear it. The melody is pretty short, as it's meant to be a jam tune that people take turns improvising over. What you'll hear in the video is just the introduction and one time through the melody.
Here it is:
I'm in a little bluegrass band right now called "The Book of Jebb". We've been playing together for about a year now and mostly just do covers of other bluegrass artists. Recently, though, we've decided to try to practice a little more regularly and expand our repertoire. This opens up some time to work on original tunes, which is exciting.
My first submission to the band is a little swing tune I wrote called "Cashing In and Checking Out". I don't know if we'll do it or not, but I made a little video of it anyway so you can hear it. The melody is pretty short, as it's meant to be a jam tune that people take turns improvising over. What you'll hear in the video is just the introduction and one time through the melody.
Here it is:
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