Testing Windows Live Writer

I’ve just downloaded Windows Live Writer, so I thought I’d test it out here. I really should be heading to bed - it’s very late! I’m heading off to see Will Richardson speak tomorrow, and very much looking forward to it of course. I’m also going to meet a couple of people from my PLN in person.

Sitting Wherever She Likes

This afternoon as I sat playing around on my laptop my cat, Angel, came to let me know that I was not paying enough attention to her. In order to do this she sat on my lap despite the fact it was already taken up with my laptop. She cared not about this and simply settled herself in. She then proceeded to fall asleep with her head resting on my hand. I managed as best as I could for a while, but then had to gently remove her. I then got up and took her outside for a while. We’ve just moved house and so she was getting used to her new backyard. Angel is here with me now as I am snuggled up in bed early on a Saturday night. She’s having a lovely sleep right next to me. Oh, to be a cat.

Live Blog Test With Year 9/10

Working elsewhere

Yes! I am still around! No! I have not fallen off the edge of the edublogosphere!

I haven’t posted on this blog for a while now because I have been concentrating my efforts on my main blog, technoLOTE. Do come and visit over there, leave a comment or two, and consider adding it to your reader!

The reason I started up this second blog back in January was because I felt that there were things to write about that I didn’t think my technoLOTE audience would really want to read about. Things like my general thoughts on blogging, or just relflections on how I’m feeling about technology etc on any given day. I’ve now changed my mind on that a bit. I think these posts, among all the ICT ideas I try to write about ar an important part of my blog as long as they don’t ‘take over’ the main idea that built the blog - which is integrating ICT into the languages classroom.

So, yes, this blog will get less attention and I will be posting what I would normally post here over at technoLOTE. Who knows, maybe it will help to grow that audience a bit more.

Please consider dropping by if you haven’t already.

Wiggly Monster Child

I haven’t been online much at all since Monday morning because I had one of my best friends, Rebecca, visiting with her son Caden. He’s 14 months old and kept both of us entertained for three days. Well, he kept us busy trying to keep him entertained and he wasn’t worried about that at all! Some things I’ve learned over the past three days:

there is only so much of The Wiggles I can actually stand.
unless child is asleep or entranced while watching The Wiggles, you can’t get anything done.
you must be very good at sharing your food. Well, actually it’s no longer actually YOUR food.
If a child is near water he WILL get wet and there is every chance you will too.
DO NOT be fooled by the size of child. He will copy everything and learn very quickly how to turn computers, DVD players and TVs on and off - especially when he wants to watch The Wiggles.
Portable DVD player at cafe table is essential for people also at table who may think it is appropriate to actually have a conversation with each other. But, then you have to hear The Wiggles playing lightly in the background. Alternative not even worth contemplating.
Taking child to the beach and watching him squeal at the waves and run back and forth into them was just hilarious.
Trying to get him to eat his Weetbix and watching him throw them everywhere was not quite so hilarious.

Anyway, monster child has left now and my house is eerily quiet. I can type without him trying to assist me or actually insisting on doing it himself. I am not hearing the Wiggles anymore - although I feel for his Mum at the moment who is in the car with him and the portable DVD player. I’ll miss the cheeky little giggly squealing though and the hilarious little grin when he’s climbing on to the coffee table and knows very well that he shouldn’t be. Ah, until next time Caden…