Mosaic

I've just spent a mind numbing amount of time making a picture into a masaic. I am pleased with the results, however, I am finding myself going cross eyed and my hands are shaking. I don't think I will be doing this again. Or, if I do, I will be using larger tiles. Anyway, here is the result:

Verse

I had to spice this photo up. I've just recently was looking at some wonderful verse/pictures and thought, hey- I could do that! So, here is my first verse and photo combined. gotta love online concordances. Great tool to help you find the verse you want. Anyway, enjoy!

It is done!!!

Let us celebrate! Let us rejoice! It is nearly summer. Tomorrow is the last day I will be administering finals for my lovely students! And then summer. Bliss. Oh wonderful break! To kick off this wonderful event let me share with you a creation.

Missing Post

Well, I just finished writing a really neat post complete with lots of pictures and for some reason it did not post. I'm not really up for writting everything again and finding the html for all of the pictures again. So, in essence, I was going to say something about how much I've learned in photoshop this weekend and show you some examples. But, I won't say anymore then I've already said. But, I will leave you with this picture that I was going to post... It is one I didn't think would be very good but I now like:

Model

Not too long ago I did a few senior pictures. For example, here is one of the shots I did of Brittney:



Anywho, I'm thinking, it would be fun to practice a bit and am in need of a good model. Someone who is willing to let me practice and put up with me taking bunches and bunches of pictures. Now, maybe my sister would volunteer if she didn't live so far - maybe she'll be up for it anyway when I do see her next. But, I know of another young lady who is very pretty that I think just might be fair game. I'm thinking I'll offer her a discount on any pictures she wants...

I so love taking pictures!

Radioactive Strawberries

So, whataya think of my radioactive strawberries?? I was playing around with the hue of a my picture and was pleased with the way the strawberries changed colors. So, I tweaked around a bit and made this mosaic. I also made this one:

Power Teaching

I am all for Power Teaching right now. I'm on my second week of using these techniques in my Life Science classes, and let me tell you, there is a difference. For starters, instead of leaving a sour taste in my mouth as my students file out of my classroom, I am now happy and enjoy teaching these kids.

This group of students is a challenging group. They have special needs, they have behavior problems, they have family issues, and in general aren't too keen on the idea of learning and are less keen on the idea of actually having to do work. Often, when I give an assessment of some sorts a small percent earn an "A" and a few more earn a "B" and most earn a low "C" or a "D" and a good handful flat out fail.

Friday, after a week of using Power Teaching techniques 68% of my students earned full points on their quiz. 68%!! When I told them how good they did one of my students said that they could always do that well if the quizzes were always that easy. However, it wasn't an easy quiz, it was that they learned the material.

So, for only a few days, I would have to say that this is a good technique. It is soooooo nice to hear a bright "YES" from all of my students when I say "Class." I used to have trouble getting their attention. I sure hope that I can continue to make this work in my classroom.
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