We had to put Jesse to sleep on Tuesday. She had a tumor on her spleen and it was getting the best of her. She was a great dog and a wonderful companion. It's harder on Kathy, who Jesse was bonded with as a soul mate, they were a pair for so long.
I like to leave the memory of Jesse as the companion that transitioned Kathy, and later me, into family life. She was the first dog I "owned", even though I had dogs as a kid, Jesse was a dog that Kathy and I took care of singularly (no parents to fall back on). She loved snuggling in bed on Sunday mornings, eating kleenex and mopping up the floor after Kaitlyn had breakfast/lunch and dinner. Marvelous dog who will live on in our memories. This is one of the time that I really want to believe reincarnation does exist, so that Jesse is out there making another family happy as she did us.
Goodbye Jesse, I'll see you when I see you.
Technology Conference 2009 Presentation
The annual MSU Center for Teaching and Technology "Technology Conference" was held Saturday, November 14, 2009. I presented at an informational session, the description follows;
Learning Chinese through Technology and other Language Learning Resources
"This presentation will be anchored in a series of language learning materials supported with technology. By introducing and discussing the language learning materials, we will explore the topics of technology innovation in the more traditionalized content area of second language learning, using technology to create innovative curriculum as well as individualized learning."
In the presentation I give a quick overview of the development of langauge learning with technology, giving examples of work we are doing at CI-MSU to push the envelope. My presentation, done with prezi.com, is below;
Web 2.0 selfishness
Monday, 15 June 2009 15:06
On Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 am, Facebook allowed people to create a unique username for their accounts. This is very similar to what many other social networking sites have done, i.e. Flickr, myspace, etc. Facebook up to this point required that you supply a real name as the account identifier, so searching for a singular persona like "Ken Dirkin" worked like a charm, but finding your friend "John Smith" was difficult at best. Seems like a great idea.
ePortfolio Exhibition Building an ePortfolio with Joomla! Noon - 1 pm Tuesday - May 05, 2009 507 Erickson Hall, MSU
Join me as I exhibit the process of building an ePortfolio using the content management system Joomla! I'll talk about the process of creating an ePortfolio as well as the technology driving the backend.
The Beijing Channel Company (BCC) is the feeder system for our new College of Education Teacher Education Chinese Language Certification Program. What it allows us to do as the Confucius Institute, is to prep certificate candidates before actually becoming MSU students and teachers.
We had to put Jesse to sleep on Tuesday. She had a tumor on her spleen and it was getting the best of her. She was a great dog and a wonderful companion. It's harder on Kathy, who Jesse was bonded with as a soul mate, they were a pair for so long.
