Triumph Demos

Triumph is in San Diego this weekend doing demos of their motorcycles. I'm in line to ride their Street Triple and hopefully can demo the Daytona as well.

Integrated 21st Century Interactive Classroom

i21 is Here!
...well, partly. Went to a workshop for the new equipment rollout. I received a new teacher laptop (ThinkPad - district is ditching all macs) and was introduced to the new student netbooks (pictured). Along with a 1:1 ratio of netbooks, I will have a new presentation station installed connected to a Promethian Interactive Board that includes student laptop management and response systems.
As to be expected, all of this was planned to be ready to go at the start of the school year but has been delayed. I'm sure they'll roll in when its most convenient!

Human Sun Dial

Its been quite some time since I've posted here. I blame it on Facebook for aquiring much of my blogging habits. I was in San Francisco earlier this week and came across this awesome sundial in the parking lot of a science museum. I'd like to find a good place to do this at my own school. It shouldn't take much to map this out on the ground. The hours I could map on any given day though best on a clear and long day. The months need two time points at each solstice for calibration. Sun Dials are latiude specific so local calibration or calculation is necessary.