I am truckin' along on learning all the technology pieces that I am so excited to incorporate into my expedition. The plan, as it was written in this week's agenda, was to understand photo uploading to my journal by yesterday and to dedicate today to learning how to include audio and video clips. I just figured out how to add photos, after a hair-pulling, pretty darn humbling day of learning, so I am a little behind. At one point today, my mascot, Drop, sucked all the photos out of my computer and made me start all over again.
Conference Room, Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks, AK
Here is the story behind Drop. I was asked by PolarTREC staff to bring an item to the Polar Orientation in Fairbanks (where I am now) that represented my class, myself, and the area where I live. My students were in charge of deciding upon the item. Every class helped create a large list of objects they felt represented our fabulously unique corner of the world. The list was narrowed down to the top five, and after every class voted, Drop came out on top! By the way, Drop is an acronym for the other top items on the list; Oregon Duck, gray Rat, Octopus hat, and Pen. I had the pleasure of joining my long-time friend Mary, a Fairbanks resident, for dinner tonight. Yum, Thai food. After dinner, Mary and I went to the University of Alaska campus to stroll around the BP World Ice Art Championships . There was a maze made completely out of ice, many delicate ice sculptures, even slides, lit with colored lights from below, made out of ice! The ice for all the sculptures is harvested from a pond located right next to the sculpture park. How cool!
BP World Ice Art Championships
BP World Ice Art Championships