New school year begins

Hi everyone, I finally am able to sign into blogger. (I knew I'd forget my password). I hope everyone's doing well. It was really nice to be able to be in the same class with all of you, the environment was great.

The New school year has begun for our K-12 school. Both returning and new staff are well on their 2nd week of instruction. I am hoping the school year will be productive and positive for all who attend and work there. We've had teachers (especially highschool) that have changed almost on a yearly basis, makes me wonder about the progress of our highschool students,but I'm hoping it will be different this year. I'm hearing great things about the leadership so far.

The weather has been great, it's like summer is finally here, but sad to say that it's mostly gone. It really has gone by fast. The first cross-country meet was held here this past Saturday with neighboring villages, Hooper and Chevak participating. It was great to see the young people's energy bubbling all over town. Our H.S. boys and girls did very well.

I hope all is going well for all of you, it's good to read about what's happening in your part of the world.

Intensive week reflection

Wow, this week went by pretty fast. I really enjoyed the class because we actually did assignments and learned the steps. I just hope I will remember all the steps to each program. The inspiration, I think is a really useful tool to use anytime. Learning about blogger and flickr's capabilities was interesting and fun. Talk about fun, the movie, book, and slide were exciting to do. I plan to do more with them in the near future.
I know when the actual time to doing the assignments come up I'll have questions, but you all were so patient and helpful, for I'm still learning about the computer and what it can do. My main problem when doing assignments is finding where to go. While here I've learned on a Mac now when I return home, I'll have to re-learn on a different computer that kind of scares me.
As long as the steps of the assignments are posted I think I'll make it. But it's been a fun week, good stuff to know as teachers huh?

Here are two pictures of my family and my baby and her cousin. I had problems uploading more photos.



Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Learning two new programs

I enjoyed learning (not totally proficient) about the two programs that we used yesterday. On the power point program- I am still learning how to use it (mainly finding where to find tools). I've used it last semester but on windows, when I thought I got the hang of it, I'm using a different computer (a more updated one). I think it will definitely be useful in the classroom for teachers and students when they want to show and tell, share personal experiences, pictures that won't be necessarily available in a certain time. (show summer plants, animals, and activities during the winter months.)
The inspiration program will help in organizing subjects or in teaching "how to". The tools are amazing and useful, I think students would find it more interesting and an appealing way to learn. Excellent programs to know how to use.
The only downfall would be for me to become comfortable to use and teach it, practice, practice, practice.

Seasonal subsistencing in Scammon

Every season brings in a new subsistence activity. At this time we are busy picking salmon berries. Every household picks about 40-50 gallons per year to last throughout the winter. Salmonberries are mostly picked and used in akutaq (eskimo icecream).