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During Thanksgiving week we only had school on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday our ARRA team met with our technology supervisor, Susan Owens and received our new equipment. We were given the opportunity to work with the equipment and get introduced to how it works. We spent quite a bit of time on the IPOD. I have to admit that the technology is very overwhelming. Trying to learn all these new skills, as well as teaching, finishing my master's program, and running a family is beginning to take a toll on me. Plus, after working the entire day on these new skills and being the day before Thanksgiving......we had parent/teacher conferences until 8:00 pm!

Thankfully, I learned a lot and survived! My sons were in from college. My oldest, Zachary is a junior at Xavier University, and my middle son is a sophomore at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Both made it in safely. My sons, daughter, husband, and the rest of our family had a wonderful Thanksgiving together. Now the crunch begins for Christmas!

Tuesday, Dec. 1, our teams met for a teleconference to learn about different applications available for our IPODS. What a tremedous amount of information! We learned about price and some of the best values to purchase. I think it's going to take some time to play around with the IPODS and to discover what works best for each of us.

The reading and videos this week focused on teaching in a digital world. Our world and the technology in it are constantly changing, and we as teachers need to change and adapt along with it. It's truly an exciting time to be an educator.