Geeky Stuff

Yeah, I am a Geek.

But today before I was a Geek I was a taxi cab - driving Big Funny Kid all over hell's half-acre so he could procure some items of a Valentine's Day nature.  Oh and he had a ripped pair of pants from the One I Want To Hug that he thought My Mother could fix.

So eventually headed to her house and I was STARVING.  BFK had already eaten and My Mother was cooking something that looked like a football in the oven.

And it was at that point that she mentioned that she screwed up her iPad and her new iPod.  Big Funny Kid got on the case, while I tried to fix her phone (which was a WHOLE other issue).

Turns out that the iPad is a SUPER hot mess.

The iPod is BRAND NEW and already she had programmed it in German and even BFK couldn't even restore factory resets.

The phone was an easier fix.  That Woman has been on the 4G network since Thanksgiving.  Uh - we don't have 4G here yet.  Good lord.

I fixed her phone, chatted a bit with Dad who was choking down that meat product that she created, ate some frozen peas and headed home.  (After making yet ANOTHER Valentine's Day stop for BFK.)

I finally sat down and was putting some finishing touches on my big ol' final presentation for tomorrow.... a few moments later I came upon an education "unconference" that is going be held here next month.  And I literally got fixated on this thing.  Here is a link about one that was held last year in Berkely.

I totally registered.  

I am totally going. 

I am totally going to throw my hat in the ring as a presenter.

I am TOTALLY geeked out about this thing.  Not actually because of the technology that will be present, but because it seems like a real time forum where a mere educator-elect like myself can feel comfortable in a room full of people who are actually in classrooms. 

Cuz here is the deal:

There is a shit-ton to be said about what is "wrong" in education.  

This EdCamp is a collective of people 

who want to discover and promote what is "right" 

and what CAN BE EVEN BETTER.

Sweet!