job hunt update

Hey everyone, I just got an email saying that I have an interview with Prairie Valley School Division... YAY!!!



ok, so I am going to try this video thing. Here is my favourite youtube video right now. It's pretty great! It is called serious baby.. HAHA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ALIL7T764

if anyone can tell me how to put the video right on here and not just the link that would be great.

Tech Task 10

HAHA these are the four pictures that I would use to represent and "sell"myself.

The first is a picture of a hedgehoge wanting a hug, this is me because I believe in respecting everyone and gving everyone a fair chance to accomplish what they want in life. this may be why I am a Special Needs minor.

The second picture is of a man freaking out! Notice the computer in the picture? haha. No, I believe that a person is under their own control and that you do not need to "sweat the small stuff", if there is nothing you can do about it you must realise that life goes on. This is especially my modo for this week, for those of you who have read my last post.

The third pic is of a girl playing softball. Basically this represents how I like to stay active, whether this be physically, mentally, or emotionally. I believe fully in keeping active and having fun.

The fourth and last picture is a bit more personal. This picture is of holding hands and the words mother, daughter, sister, and friend. This is me. My family and friends mean the world to me and I would do anything for them. {No I am not physically a mother, however I do have a VERY cute cate named Bacardi... I would post a picture, but we will save that till I have a computer of my own with them on it. haha}

Here is my igoogle page from Tech Task #4. Apparently I was supposed to post this one and not my google reader, woops!

You may notice I have my rss feeds on the left and a youtube easy access on the right. There are also many other applications lower down, too bad you couldn't see them all. The battleship application in the middle there really helps me to procrastinate. HAHA. I should probably remove it, but it is SO much fun!

Spring "Break"

Hey Everyone,

Sorry that I have not written on here over the break at all. I had a week from HELL! Acutally the week was not that bad, it was just those little things that all went wrong. HAHA. First off I would like to begin with my computer situation. On the Wednesday before the break, Feb. 11th, I purchased myself a new computer because my other one was not doing that good. That all went hunky dory for a while. That Saturday, however, my computer decided that it did not want to turn on!!! I was at home for the week so I did not have access to all of my information {because all of my passwords and such were on my computer} so that was not fun at all. Way to go Toshiba! So I finally got that back in on Monday here and they are going to give me a brand new one, until then I am without so I am using the university's. On top of all that, in the mix up of trying to transfer my information from one computer the other and then everything dying on me, I loss ALL of my information from the university for the last four years! That means, EVERY project, every assignment, every little bitty detail that I wanted to save. Somehow I think I clicked on cut instead of copy off of my USB port thinger and it is all gone! ARGH!! Along with that stuff I have also lost my information for my resumes {which is quite important right now for summer jobs as well as applying for teaching jobs}, my St. John Instructor stuff and taxes information {EEK! thank God I have hard copies of that}, as well as many other important pieces of information. I got my mom to send my old computer back up to Regina in hopes that I will be able to regain some of that information.

Now that all that computer crap is done and over with, I taught 3 First Aid/CPR courses over our spring "break" HAHA.. what a nice break. Needless to say I did not get as much homework done as I had wanted to, especially since I did not have my computer and such.

All in all, the "break" is done, and I can get back to doing what I do best. Procrastinating and then freaking out because my assignments are due.

I would post pictures on here of my break, however, I don't have any! Because of that darn computer thing. So I hope you enjoy this picture. I know I sure do!

I hope everyone else's breaks were great!

Me and my Mom!!

Hello everybody. Just thought I would write a little on here today. I am hanging out with my mom, back home. She is pretty great! Right now I am showing her all about our ECMP 355 class. I think that she is enjoying all that I am learning about blogs, delicious, google accounts. She especially loves the slide that I made for our Priceless assignment. I am still trying to figure out how to get sounds on it then I will post it all for you to see! I hope you all have a wonderful break! I know I will!

Major Project Update

Today I went down to St. John Ambulance to talk with the head of the Sask. division. If you have not read my other post on my project, I am doing tutorial videos for St. John Ambulace. I already have copy rite permission from the national office, and now I have to go through some other hoops that St. John has for marketing. I am hoping to get a video camera over the break and video tape some of the courses I am doing, as well as get other instructors and volunteers from St. John to do some of the tutorials as well. I think that this should be great fun and quite useful, not only for myself but also for St. John and the general public. I am hoping that after getting these videos up on the internet the general public will be able to go to the videos as a refresher for their Standard First Aid/CPR/AED refresher.

Just a random note about my week

Yesterday was my last EPSY 328 class, however I still have a bunch of homework assignments in the class. It is nice because now I do not have to attend 6 classes weekly, which was kind of difficult. Hopefully after I am done the assignments my homework load will go down. HAHA who am I kidding I am still taking 5 classes AND looking for jobs! Thank you Tara and Nadine for the wonderful class!

Talking about jobs, here is an update for all of you. I was offered a position in Peace River {Northern BC} but I am going to be turning it down, much too far. I also, recieved notice of a position for Calgary Catholic but I am not really a big city person so I don't think I will go there as well. Hopefully somewhere nearby has an opening. I am applying almost as we speak to PrairieValley and PA Seperate. HEY DEAN!! put in a good word for me at Prairie South! haha.

I went to see the movie "He's just not that into you" last night! Even though my friend and I had to stand in line for approximately half an hour to get tickets, we managed to get ok seats {in the front area of the galaxy theatre... you all know where I am talking about}. Even after all that, the movie was AMAZING! I reccoment everyone go and see it! Very entertaining. {Just as good as the book!} Hopefully up next will be Underworld: Rise of the Lycans!

Contacting for Mentorship

I am actually quite excited about this mentorship assignment. The two classes that I have chosen to work in are with Chris Harbeck {in Winnipeg} and Sophie Rosso {in Moose Jaw}. Both of which are Math classes, so I am hoping that I can help out quite a bit with those.

I have just contacted both of them, and I'm waiting for a reply. How suspenseful! .. I will keep you all posted.

K12 Online Conference

"Never Too Young" Presentation by Sharon Betts

This presentation was put on the web for the K12 Online Conference.

Sharon focus' on how the early year teachers and classroom teachers are sometimes forgotten about when it comes to technology in the classroom. She discusses some forms of tecnhology that the teachers can use in the classroom just off the web; voicethread, dipity, and blogging.


I found this clip very educational, because it is true that not everyone has access all the time to the technology provided to others. This also is true with some schools in rural areas due to lack of funding or access; however, there are more and more rural schools who are recieving this technology. It is nice to see that there are other options out there that just need computer access.

If you would like to read more on Sharon Betts you can on her blog or on her biography site.

TED Talks- "take two" or second video

Joe DiRisi hunts the next killer virus


Joe DiRisi is a Biochemist, and in this clip he talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses { and treat the illnesses they cause}using DNA. Maybe a modern day Dr. Gregory House MD. { HAHA a little insight to my life}.

Things covered in this clip:
- complexity and evolving viruses
- balance of ultra conservation
- wide spectrum of virus'
- How viruses evolve
-How to create a DNA ray machine... {HAHA}
- How to identfy some viruses
- experiment on respiratory colds

I found this clip VERY interesting. It is amazing how much people know about these little things {viruses}.
Joe was quite funny while talking about serious content.


If you would like to learn more about Joe, please feel free to click on this Link.

TED talks {Technology, Entertainment, and Design}

Rob Forbes: Ways of seeing


"Rob Forbes, the founder of Design Within Reach, shows a gallery of snapshots that inform his way of seeing the world. Charming juxtapositions, found art, urban patterns -- this slideshow will open your eyes to the world around you." (from the site)

Forbes shows a very interesting take on different designs around the world and the different meanings they have to different people.