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NATO “DRESS REHEARSAL” FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA?

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<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WERE THE TURKISH PHANTOMS “TEASING” SYRIAN AIR DEFENSES FOR NATO’S ELINT (ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE GATHERING MISSION</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">) <b>COLLECTION?</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZ9eMyD77ssV5B83NGSZFib3uoqFf2hYFs3y-vNlFtoKrvHbukcHu63joh-MYkNW0NCoO57Sm0PfJlUQBLumP8NicoPtcaw1gw33W1sz6270cnNjbITAWZ5kEAq9ub_YqRbe0w2EhUPFH/s1600/2049852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZ9eMyD77ssV5B83NGSZFib3uoqFf2hYFs3y-vNlFtoKrvHbukcHu63joh-MYkNW0NCoO57Sm0PfJlUQBLumP8NicoPtcaw1gw33W1sz6270cnNjbITAWZ5kEAq9ub_YqRbe0w2EhUPFH/s400/2049852.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="rg_ctlv"></span><span class="st"><em>Type of Turkish RF</em>-4E <em>Phantom</em> <i>photo-</i><em>reconnaissance fighter shot down in Syrian Airspace </em> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">By Tamir Eshel</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKISH PHANTOMS IN SYRIAN AIRSPACE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The SYRIAN news agency SANA confirmed that at 11:40 AM on Friday (June 22, 2012) the SYRIAN air defense forces have downed an ‘unidentified target’ that violated SYRIAN airspace coming from the west (seaside) at a very low altitude and at high speed over SYRIAN territorial water. After spotting the aircraft SYRIAN air defense artillery units opened fire with anti-aircraft artillery, hitting the target about one kilometer from the coastline, causing it to crash into SYRIAN territorial waters about seven kilometers west of the Om al-Tuyour village in Lattakia province. The two crewmen are still missing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DEFENDING SYRIAN SOVEREIGNTY</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Apparently, the target headed west before crashing, hitting the water about ten kilometers from the coastline. The SYRIAN agency released a map showing the target’s route before the intercept. SYRIA has tried to play down the incident. SYRIAN foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said the incident was “not an attack”.”There was no hostile act against TURKEY whatsoever. It was just an act of defense for our sovereignty.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkhQqL04D1UXC3qZ236yv6m0vC9S5a82zqXyicRmLEtfc6ggZickKsEu9s7PB1ylm2V5gm64vXo9Y_XRxSQBZyR6bmKxxqraF4qTR7dx-O9OogiB6cqG4mOgwjUULZpTpS9c-gKO1ziMz/s1600/sana-route.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkhQqL04D1UXC3qZ236yv6m0vC9S5a82zqXyicRmLEtfc6ggZickKsEu9s7PB1ylm2V5gm64vXo9Y_XRxSQBZyR6bmKxxqraF4qTR7dx-O9OogiB6cqG4mOgwjUULZpTpS9c-gKO1ziMz/s400/sana-route.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The SYRIAN news agency SANA published this map showing the tracks of the TURKISH aircraft before it was shot down by its anti-aircraft artillery seven kilometers off the Lattakia coastline. Photo: SANA</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (ELINT) GATHERING MISSION</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to this map, the aircraft, apparently an unarmed reconnaissance version of the TURKISH Air Force F-4E, was circling at higher altitude in TURKISH airspace north of the area. If this was the case, the aircraft could have possibly using Long Range Oblique Photography (LOROP) payloads (similar to the system TURKEY bought in ISRAEL few years ago). LOROP provides high quality imagery form very long range (up to 100 km), when taken from high altitude. However, it is less suitable for fast, low-altitude tactical recce missions characteristic of the final dash the Phantom performed just before it was shot down. What drew the pilot to act this way? One possible explanation for the Turkish maneuver is an Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) gathering mission.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEYS VERSION OF THE INCIDENT</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The TURKS confirmed that two Phantom fighters (the type was not identified) have left the Erhac Air Base at around 09:30 local time, one of these planes disappeared from the radar screen about one and half hour later. TURKISH authorities said the plane was flying in international airspace but crashed in Syrian waters near Lattakia. They admitted the plane had entered Syrian airspace but quickly left when warned by Turkey and was shot down in international airspace several minutes later.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKISH NATO RECONNAISSANCE MISSION</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Officially, TURKEY said the planes were on a training mission but more likely they were on a reconnaissance mission, peeking along the SYRIAN MEDITERRANEAN coastline, where SYRIA is known to maintain a strong anti-aircraft, coastal defense and radar coverage. Based on the flight profile (if the SYRIAN description is correct) the TURKS could have performed a ‘teasing’ game, in an attempt to stimulate the SYRIAN air defenses to activate their fire control radars, therefore give away critical data that could be used to optimize electronic countermeasures if NATO decides to involve in the situation and enforce a ‘no fly zone’ over SYRIA, similar to what the alliance did in LIBYA in 2011. Apparently, the SYRIANS weren’t tempted, and challenged the intruder with anti-aircraft fire rather than surface-to-air missiles.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“TRAINING FLIGHT” ALONG SYRIA’S COAST!!??</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Indeed, TURKISH foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu said the plane was “on a training flight to test TURKEY’S radar capabilities and had no covert mission related to SYRIA”. Davutoglu, said Ankara would formally present the incident to its NATO allies to prepare a response under article four of the organization’s founding treaty. The article provides for states to “consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened”. It stops short of the explicit mention of possible armed responses cited in article five.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The LIBYAN and SYRIAN air defense systems are similar in terms of hardware – SA-5, 6, 3 and 2, linked through an advanced command and control network and backed by a dense radar surveillance network. For the low level air defense, SYRIA uses the SA-8, and more recently deployed the SA-22 Pantsir S1. Air defense artillery SYRIAN air defense is maintained at higher alert levels and better equipped with more modern equipment, including the new Pantsir (recently demonstrated on official video firing on a nearby coastal range), likely to be deployed in the western region. NATO is also concerned about the RUSSIAN intentions to beef up its garrison maintaining and protecting a small facility established recently at the port of Tartus, south of Lattakia. Currently the base is manned my about 100 sailors and marines, but the RUSSIANS were reportedly preparing two landing ships loaded with Marines at Sevastopol on high alert, to be sent to protect the base if required.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Submitted by Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet</i></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On 13 June 2012 the third of nine provincial ICT Resource Centres was<br />launched in Sunnyside, Tshwane by the Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara<br />Creecy. The intention of the Vodacom Resource Centres is to help the<br />Department of Education to meet its goal of exposing a significant number of<br />learners to ICT and to upgrade the quality of instruction given by teachers.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs7BpT_9VchoTAUkO4irs7Gw8tazYFFiNecj-F6to62yZ25MqeZ-op_1q9y1SpcW5tSSdH9YLqK8Xh-wWsupmfxL_y_-hY8W7LOeHpgEqLddWiyQHOY0gg24w6CMuo0Bgh8wPwQPXNdE/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjeosKQh1Dd00dcitvxHfKR6wQzagltWDBvu0P_MXyuGfm-ffWU_arqqYIZiLPLebzJCGmKbrNWiOZgafTLzgEMb1fCYlRgXGPtfzK_djdkUOZt8YqMGFrwSTtAXLtIQtxPVEmXEfBIE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Improving the quality of education is mission critical for the future of</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">South Africa and skilled teachers are a key element of the education value</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">chain," said Head of Innovation and Partnering at Vodacom, Portia Maurice.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Barbara Creecy said at the launch, "The establishment of this computer centre is in line with government's</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">commitment to making schools resource rich environments that also promote</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the use of modern information and communication technologies to improve </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maths and Science teaching in the classroom." </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SchoolNet SA has been commissioned by the Vodacom Foundation to train staff<br />who will be based at the Centres in resource centre management. SchoolNet is<br />also training trainers at each Centre to be able to offer the <i>Sizanani ICT<br />Skills for Community Members </i>course, the <i>Microsoft ICT Skills for Teachers</i><br />and<i> HelpDesk </i>courses, as well as the<i> Intel Getting Started </i>course.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on <a href="http://www.digitalclassroom.co.za/">http://www.digitalclassroom.co.za</a> for more information</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div></div>

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<br /><div class="diigo-link" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here are notes and things I've seen so far that someone following ISTE would want to know. 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It is created using Smore - an app recommended at the smackdown today. It includes many of the other events of iste that you'll want to join.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://cybraryman.com/pinterest.html" href="http://cybraryman.com/pinterest.html">Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - Pinterest Guidelines</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Jerry Blumengarten has created an excellent set of resources on Pinterest for educators.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialedcon" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialedcon">socialedcon</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://blog.iste.org/remote-iste-expands-conference-convention-center/" href="http://blog.iste.org/remote-iste-expands-conference-convention-center/">Remote ISTE Expands Conference Beyond the Convention Center | ISTE Connects Blog</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I'll be presenting on Tuesday for remote ISTE with Maggie Tsai talking about social bookmarking as part of research (I'll also include some slides on common core from my new book Collaborative Writing in the Cloud from eye on education.) Here's information on all the ways you can participate remotely.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://blog.iste.org/socialedcon-ed-tech-unconference-attendees-share-conversation-web-2-0-tools/" href="http://blog.iste.org/socialedcon-ed-tech-unconference-attendees-share-conversation-web-2-0-tools/">SocialEdCon Ed Tech Unconference Attendees Share Conversation, Web 2.0 Tools | ISTE Connects Blog</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This summary by @isteconnects gives an overview of some tools shared at socialedcon.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smackdown" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smackdown">smackdown</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialedcon" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialedcon">socialedcon</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=%23iste12" href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=%23iste12">Pinterest / Search results for #iste12</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This hashtag search shows everything tagged #iste12 on Pinterest. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://pinterest.com/coolcatteacher/iste12/" href="http://pinterest.com/coolcatteacher/iste12/">#iste12 Pinterest Board</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I've created an ISTE12 pinterest board and am inviting anyone who wants to share cool things. Just send me a message on Twitter that you'd like to be added. Remember that hashtags work in Pinterest. Tag it #iste12 and I'll find it and pin it to the pinboard.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-623-socialedcon.html" href="http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-623-socialedcon.html">Sat 6/23 SOCIALEDCON - ISTE UNPLUGGED</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Socialedcon will be Saturday morning at ISTE and I'll be there to spend time with friends and meet new ones. If you're curious, here's the page with information including if they will be streaming.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.iste.org/news/12-06-21/International_Society_for_Technology_in_Education_ISTE_Names_Brian_Lewis_as_Chief_Executive_Officer.aspx" href="http://www.iste.org/news/12-06-21/International_Society_for_Technology_in_Education_ISTE_Names_Brian_Lewis_as_Chief_Executive_Officer.aspx">ISTE | News > International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Names Brian Lewis as Chief Executive Officer</a></div><div class="diigo-description">#ISTE Announces Brian Lewis as New CEO: http://t.co/sJ8rn3vZ #ISTE12</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ISTE" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ISTE">ISTE</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ISTE12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ISTE12">ISTE12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.classroom20.com/events/socialedcon-2012?rsvpConfirm=1" href="http://www.classroom20.com/events/socialedcon-2012?rsvpConfirm=1">SocialEdCon 2012 - Classroom 2.0</a></div><div class="diigo-description">If you're attending ISTE and can get there a tad early, SocialEdCon (formerly edubloggercon) has always been one of my FAVORITE things to do. I'll miss a smidge of the morning to do a keynote smackdown with Steve Hargadon, Kathy Shrock but the rest of the time I plan to be there. I plan to have my daughter there with me some of the time.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professional_development" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professional_development">professional_development</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pd" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pd">pd</a></div></li></ul><div class="diigo-ps" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Posted from <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com" href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</div><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin-left: 0; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/pinterest-resources-for-educators.html" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_08_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/pinterest-resources-for-educators.html" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">Pinterest Resources for Educators</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/iste-2012-going-to-be-great.html" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/95194808_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/iste-2012-going-to-be-great.html" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">ISTE 2012: Going to be Great!</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=012e45a8-95cf-45aa-aa57-cd4dc4208028" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

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Here are notes and things I've seen so far that someone following ISTE would want to know. These may post in other posts, but I'm ex...

The Road Ahead: 3 Things Education Conferences Need to Help Teachers #iste12

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<div id="__ss_13433796" style="width: 425px;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/the-road-ahead-3-things-education-conferences-need" target="_blank" title="The Road Ahead: 3 Things Education Conferences Need">The Road Ahead: 3 Things Education Conferences Need</a></strong> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13433796" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC;" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher" target="_blank">Vicki Davis</a> <br /><br />I presented to the ISTE affiliates. Because I had the chance, I had three things I wanted to tell them to encourage them and help them improve education one teacher at a time. This is a copy of the presentation. If you want to see the notes and what I said with each slide, I've got most of them on the <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/the-road-ahead-3-things-education-conferences-need">main presentation on Slideshare.</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div>

The Road Ahead: 3 Things Education Conferences Need to Help Teachers #iste12

The Road Ahead: 3 Things Education Conferences Need View more PowerPoint from Vicki Davis I presented to the ISTE affiliates. Because I ...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/24/2012

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-virtually-attend-necc-2006-and.html">Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to (virtually) attend NECC 2006 (and make a difference)</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">When I couldn't go to ISTE in 2006 (It used to be called NECC) - this is what I did - I wrote a whole series of virtual posts that year and many people even thought I was there! Here is what I did back then to encourage those of you who are left at home. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?parametrics=90009,90134,90570&event=23&mode=browse">Middle School: Physical Education: Games, sports teaching resources - Share My Lesson</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Health teachers and coaches will find some interesting lesson plans for teaching their subjects. It is fascinating to see the types of things being downloaded relating to this topic including a "shot put teaching card", "orienteering and fitness activities" some gymnastics lessons and swimming skill cards. Health teachers will appreciate these lessons.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/health">health</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50000143">Win a Staples $500 gift card - HTML Content - SML</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Right now you can upload and share lessons and win a $500 Staples gift card.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=6000208">About Us - Information - SML</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Here is information on Share my lesson - a place where I'm sharing lessons and connecting. All the lessons are free. This is created and co-sponsored by the AFT and TES (out of the UK) but any teacher (like me) can join and share. Disclaimer: I have been doing some work promoting TES resources for the past months - see my blog for full information.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tes">tes</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.leekolbert.com/2012/06/some-iste-advice-to-all.html">A GeekyMomma's Blog: Some ISTE Advice to All</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Excellent post by Lee Kolbert for ISTE presenters and attendees.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.smore.com/n57d-iste-2012-the-big-events">ISTE 2012: "Other" Events | Smore</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">You should read this page if you're at ISTE and if you're not. It is created using Smore - an app recommended at the smackdown today. It includes many of the other events of iste that you'll want to join.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://cybraryman.com/pinterest.html">Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - Pinterest Guidelines</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Jerry Blumengarten has created an excellent set of resources on Pinterest for educators.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialedcon">socialedcon</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://blog.iste.org/remote-iste-expands-conference-convention-center/">Remote ISTE Expands Conference Beyond the Convention Center | ISTE Connects Blog</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">I'll be presenting on Tuesday for remote ISTE with Maggie Tsai talking about social bookmarking as part of research (I'll also include some slides on common core from my new book Collaborative Writing in the Cloud from eye on education.) Here's information on all the ways you can participate remotely.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/24/2012

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to (virtually) attend NECC 2006 (and make a difference) When I couldn'...

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/23/2012

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=7&nbyear=2012&evcode=47">July 4 lesson plans</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">As you plan for July 4th, here are some lessons and activities you can do. Share my lesson is a new site for US teachers, would you upload and share your lesson plans. We can do better than this even if the site has been up less than a week. Share those lessons. (There is a contest going right now too.)</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/july">july</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Race-around-the-clock-times-tables-3003146/">Race around the clock times tables - Resources - SML</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">An interesting way to review multiplication tables.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/23/2012

July 4 lesson plans As you plan for July 4th, here are some lessons and activities you can do. Share...

Why we need eFolios in schools #iste12 #socialedcon

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I'm at #socialedcon at #iste12 and have some important points that I'd like to interject about why we need efolios. Since it would take too much time in the session, I'm going to share them on my blog. Please forgive me for not being able to link as easily as I'm cranking this quickly.<br /><br />Portfolios should be:<br /><br /><b>1- About learning and legacy.</b><br />It isn't just about assessment but about helping kids connect to their legacy and who that student is.<br /><br />efolios should be about taking kids from a number to a unique individual and give us a unique way to celebrate creativity beyond the standardized test.<br /><br /><b>2 - Efolios should make kids not feel like a number to feeling unique. </b><br /><br />They should be able to pull all of their lives together. Steve Hargadon shares how his daughter used her blog to get into college.<br /><br />Joyce Valenza says that "kids don't think about archiving and sharing what they are doing in their lives. We are obscuring their names of everything they achieve because of lack of privacy so the only things that people see that they are doing are frivolous."<br /><br />In my own life, I can look back on my journal when I was twelve and remember that I wanted to become an author back then.<br /><br /><b>3 - Schools need permanent museums of learning</b>.<br /><br />If I was sending my child to a new school, I would ask that school to show what their students were doing.<br /><br /><b>4 - Schools can use efolios as a way to celebrate creativity, the arts, and phenomenal work instead of the "standardized test."</b><br /><br />The group is saying that it is a problem that everything is behind a wall and @edtechsteve made a great point that students need to own their data. I agree with that and think that every annual should have a DVD where that student burns all data from that year onto the DVD.<br /><br />There is a discussion about how those kids who build efolios and have them have a "leg up" versus other children and it isn't fair so all schools should allow and encourage efolios. The digital divide is being exacerbated because the "haves" have Internet access and computers at home and can build websites relating to their passions whereas those without access are allowed only to do something behind a walled garden that is deleted every year.<br />This group also has a feeling that efolios shouldn't be "owned" by one teacher but the learner and should go from classroom to classroom. <br /><br />Joyce makes a great point that we need to collect some best practices for this.<br /><br />If you're doing efolios, please share what you're doing with efolios or your opinions on this. Remember that leaders are those who overcome barriers. You can't change your district but you can change yourself and your classroom.<br /><br />Note that I plan to release some very simple posts this week to bring you into the conversation. I welcome your comments and hope you'll forgive typos (as often I have them when typing on my ipad.) Welcome to #iste12<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=E%20Harbor%20Dr,San%20Diego,United%20States%4032.707058%2C-117.162483&z=10'>E Harbor Dr,San Diego,United States</a></p>

Why we need eFolios in schools #iste12 #socialedcon

I'm at #socialedcon at #iste12 and have some important points that I'd like to interject about why we need efolios. Since it would t...

Jamaica: Day 4

10:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

I began my first full day as Mrs. Busbee with a mimosa!<br /><br />Since I woke up most days between 6:30 and 7 AM, I would retreat to the balcony and do some catching up online while Joel slept.  I had plenty of messages on Facebook to keep me occupied until 9 AM when our breakfast arrived.  We were entitled to one day of breakfast in bed (except really, on our balcony).  This is how it was delivered to us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl-kRwnQ21bvcHWZNfj0D1lbBf_NPokZbWL_oblwctj_1zI5sr5cyLbk-ns-HtOVqP-VZ4sso4-IkNTrnMjDfVP0LoXJve-VtrqCZp410p7OrVJqW8nXPqUnNQJL-FygbQB-rVIzBQZw/s1600/Jamaica+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl-kRwnQ21bvcHWZNfj0D1lbBf_NPokZbWL_oblwctj_1zI5sr5cyLbk-ns-HtOVqP-VZ4sso4-IkNTrnMjDfVP0LoXJve-VtrqCZp410p7OrVJqW8nXPqUnNQJL-FygbQB-rVIzBQZw/s400/Jamaica+2012+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Poor Joel wasn't feeling well, however.  On day 1 of our marriage, we immediately exercised our vows: "in sickness and in health."  He ended up getting some type of bacterial infection related to his sinuses.  We learned this after visiting the nurse and doctor onsite at the resort.  So, on Sunday we took it easy.  Joel rested a lot in bed, and I did a 45 minute workout at the gym.<br /><br />At noon that day, we got to view our wedding pictures.  I wasn't pleased that we couldn't obtain all of the pictures that were taken on our special day.  Well, let me rephrase that.  We COULD have taken all of the pictures that were photographed on our wedding day, for the holy-moly price of $3000.  Uhm, no.  So we selected 142 images.  It saddens me.  142 pictures of the 600ish that were taken.  *sigh*  Originally, we were only going to get 110 images, but I couldn't part with 32 of them so we paid more than what we anticipated.  I loved you Sandals, but you were insanely priced when it came to your photography services!<br /><br />Afterward, I spent the rest of the day at the beach while Joel slept.  It was me and Fifty for most of the day!<br /><br />Later that evening we enjoyed another scrumptious dinner and glorious sunset.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio72fQH2sWeGb4FO41WYWHcsXMi6lPNNQIqH3KWZ4lsuezHrdKAuYyv2es0rA5JohfguFIAmOy8ULnrWGLxfi9FCWBJ9o6-QZjuuScY8LYyULeMOzUAVTno_HEkc_7Araqs7NqcJK_sRw/s1600/sunset+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio72fQH2sWeGb4FO41WYWHcsXMi6lPNNQIqH3KWZ4lsuezHrdKAuYyv2es0rA5JohfguFIAmOy8ULnrWGLxfi9FCWBJ9o6-QZjuuScY8LYyULeMOzUAVTno_HEkc_7Araqs7NqcJK_sRw/s400/sunset+2.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>   <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hDj6ziNex6Iq9S1B3jR5Ls6GqeHJq4AxGUCzGO7NHXSAPTtMWSZeg1pOy8oyAUCMDeayptpHMD6FICZO0ZYkOsOla-WFeqcGFabWMEGbnxNpNuBsaK5SNp1Pn_EH7x5S_uVdrQV9YbY/s1600/sunset+joel+and+hilary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hDj6ziNex6Iq9S1B3jR5Ls6GqeHJq4AxGUCzGO7NHXSAPTtMWSZeg1pOy8oyAUCMDeayptpHMD6FICZO0ZYkOsOla-WFeqcGFabWMEGbnxNpNuBsaK5SNp1Pn_EH7x5S_uVdrQV9YbY/s400/sunset+joel+and+hilary.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />Afterward, we walked along the beach and took some additional pictures.  We ended up meeting a couple who were married on our same wedding date, but back in Virginia (about an hour from where we currently live) and had just arrived in Jamaica on the 10th.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I began my first full day as Mrs. Busbee with a mimosa! Since I woke up most days between 6:30 and 7 AM, I would retreat to the balcony and ...

Crowdsourced #iste12 advice

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ISTE iste12 Crowdsourced #iste12 advice

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/23/2012

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=%23iste12">Pinterest / Search results for #iste12</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This hashtag search shows everything tagged #iste12 on Pinterest. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-623-socialedcon.html">Sat 6/23 SOCIALEDCON - ISTE UNPLUGGED</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Socialedcon will be Saturday morning at ISTE and I'll be there to spend time with friends and meet new ones. If you're curious, here's the page with information including if they will be streaming.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50000148">Common Core State Standards - SML</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Common Core information center. Some good resources on Common Core and what is happening with them.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/commoncore">commoncore</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/23/2012

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Jamaica: The BIG Day - PART 2

7:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

After we had cake and champagne, we got started with the rest of our pictures.  I'm going to share a few of my favorites in this post, but I'll provide a link to my personal Facebook photo album of the rest!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty2ldMp3CohlTr6i7SSSK67ZQaEOw6hCn6zEOZmkF5JyBqYwRMBohf4ljr8OCd6xCVMgQlV8_s7G4OJnqOtDMBFh8sYv8ZY_lCtAB2DbzkX43bfOJVz_fSuToJmwI_zGdtUhsV3B88V4/s1600/Garden+Shot+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty2ldMp3CohlTr6i7SSSK67ZQaEOw6hCn6zEOZmkF5JyBqYwRMBohf4ljr8OCd6xCVMgQlV8_s7G4OJnqOtDMBFh8sYv8ZY_lCtAB2DbzkX43bfOJVz_fSuToJmwI_zGdtUhsV3B88V4/s400/Garden+Shot+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This one below is one of my favorites, but I'll show you my real favorites here shortly :).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxK-LyynXsHu-7bamFOsTRv3n092UJD91B8OhZBsmugwpsVpCJ_oED6GTa1eX9ef_Hsdur0mdSMUqWONIeIDRqFnc-mlInVK3IqVOL3cxmZAYa39JVnr5nkzahUITEdrB-Vv1nT-L-M/s1600/Garden+Shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxK-LyynXsHu-7bamFOsTRv3n092UJD91B8OhZBsmugwpsVpCJ_oED6GTa1eX9ef_Hsdur0mdSMUqWONIeIDRqFnc-mlInVK3IqVOL3cxmZAYa39JVnr5nkzahUITEdrB-Vv1nT-L-M/s400/Garden+Shot.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />I really like this one too :).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejOAYd8M-Rog1oRS6vAgoTO0cmRJrhG98VJXV58H8n69n0VbgAFvSTAPjvzCONsiPD-xSwqT3TTs3JKBczBYnobgl3OdHpXek8Zsbh_6IBSt8V2WP-LgiZZ05lyIS3XupfEnGuXum6eY/s1600/Tree+Hiding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejOAYd8M-Rog1oRS6vAgoTO0cmRJrhG98VJXV58H8n69n0VbgAFvSTAPjvzCONsiPD-xSwqT3TTs3JKBczBYnobgl3OdHpXek8Zsbh_6IBSt8V2WP-LgiZZ05lyIS3XupfEnGuXum6eY/s400/Tree+Hiding.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br />The prom picture that never was! ha!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75OgyQPJAXcgemuQP6641D3NwQYHXf-wkpUVlHtdYBXgvVkIUXMu4CbKP9jnI9K2S8No8Ad5Kz5DpbHijOuyQX5XVoFLYO6fL5vNozduvgsq9lLNv6nzlRfBrszYFID_wmEK7CQj23ag/s1600/garden+shot+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75OgyQPJAXcgemuQP6641D3NwQYHXf-wkpUVlHtdYBXgvVkIUXMu4CbKP9jnI9K2S8No8Ad5Kz5DpbHijOuyQX5XVoFLYO6fL5vNozduvgsq9lLNv6nzlRfBrszYFID_wmEK7CQj23ag/s640/garden+shot+5.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-qwp2EYhLRD65o10TI0BYWLGtVnhbz6pgHKzROGfHB_8rkO4U_vhdGIihurS4yFZ84crdk_mGl4fLTytHiKWYjYBol_4K__dS4mqjcalKsW8UiU98FzU_GR3XUj3oQZ8NVavxDDPL5I/s1600/garden+shot+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-qwp2EYhLRD65o10TI0BYWLGtVnhbz6pgHKzROGfHB_8rkO4U_vhdGIihurS4yFZ84crdk_mGl4fLTytHiKWYjYBol_4K__dS4mqjcalKsW8UiU98FzU_GR3XUj3oQZ8NVavxDDPL5I/s640/garden+shot+6.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br />This one is another favorite of mine (below).  I have so many, but something about this one just makes me smile every time.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcLifkngy3dtG4zmOoBzB_NdmpfSJVPki0_v9-jl4tzISn8JJ8aCDaOmalFFQZYSAjA2OvjpltKQ9nLoxkehoqB4qQ9d8cm1vbg0-M5eoqX9W8ED-xKz1qgD_JyxFMGzgCsakFkCLzjY/s1600/garden+shot+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcLifkngy3dtG4zmOoBzB_NdmpfSJVPki0_v9-jl4tzISn8JJ8aCDaOmalFFQZYSAjA2OvjpltKQ9nLoxkehoqB4qQ9d8cm1vbg0-M5eoqX9W8ED-xKz1qgD_JyxFMGzgCsakFkCLzjY/s400/garden+shot+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Glad we captured one with palm trees!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrb13_APfZ8kZyOPgavfHRVoSBgfSI-uS4gV_U6MVdcxe1vkOzvFKZUSFVfVxx4MNmu3idUM4XEDsjJPWpp-iL8eXGCW7MJ7IgFhUueGyRVMf65RHafEnxbJdvxuEOlKgBe9Spi_0_PXA/s1600/palm+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrb13_APfZ8kZyOPgavfHRVoSBgfSI-uS4gV_U6MVdcxe1vkOzvFKZUSFVfVxx4MNmu3idUM4XEDsjJPWpp-iL8eXGCW7MJ7IgFhUueGyRVMf65RHafEnxbJdvxuEOlKgBe9Spi_0_PXA/s640/palm+tree.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNxKneOgjl-9l68IcosNPfH08Q-t3K_hTZaBALdgUhiY51BxxIEqqbX7IV3E_AdunDETbkiq_M2TzCrRl6tuZzB_Ifpy-nTcZzhhqCjK2bXWDIscmpj03Ql5yplVGl81kvfNWAgf2r6w/s1600/swing+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNxKneOgjl-9l68IcosNPfH08Q-t3K_hTZaBALdgUhiY51BxxIEqqbX7IV3E_AdunDETbkiq_M2TzCrRl6tuZzB_Ifpy-nTcZzhhqCjK2bXWDIscmpj03Ql5yplVGl81kvfNWAgf2r6w/s400/swing+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I also adored my bouquet.  I was able to bring it home with me and I'm currently trying to root the orchids.  I've done some quick research online about rooting orchids and I guess there are a lot of different breeds of them.  I have no idea what "breed" of orchid mine is but I'm trying desperately to root them!  I love plants and how awesome would that be to be able to grow orchids from my very own wedding flowers?  If you know anything about orchids, please share!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtp3XRh5ckcQYnXnA5JZWUqiFNjA3imd9VZK40zf94yt8xHuJAkO3btvded1FPC0P718nRrc0-uiWbfYfKj0D6N_x8g3YnL39P6Jasi2aGOmICyPcXZ3kbG5v7R-6wC8_ViVquEb2nW0/s1600/008_8+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtp3XRh5ckcQYnXnA5JZWUqiFNjA3imd9VZK40zf94yt8xHuJAkO3btvded1FPC0P718nRrc0-uiWbfYfKj0D6N_x8g3YnL39P6Jasi2aGOmICyPcXZ3kbG5v7R-6wC8_ViVquEb2nW0/s400/008_8+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I'm not sure if this was done on purpose but I loved how the veil formed a heart silhoutte with our heads.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLo-1xQwolWrH0e2uVfWfbMriGQlmB-Sp2PKacp4oBQah9cwuNwDpPYB2Z4nVrLwW96ahZwuTMXTIvIaZEriVdJDR6Bm2HFyhSOdsFcdO1EjCQy4wMZYlV2txnEfp4xdnEMFpXySJKHo/s1600/021_21+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLo-1xQwolWrH0e2uVfWfbMriGQlmB-Sp2PKacp4oBQah9cwuNwDpPYB2Z4nVrLwW96ahZwuTMXTIvIaZEriVdJDR6Bm2HFyhSOdsFcdO1EjCQy4wMZYlV2txnEfp4xdnEMFpXySJKHo/s400/021_21+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sidewalk was scorching hot, and while we're smiling in this picture, my thoughts were really, "Faster! Faster! The soles of my feet are melting away!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsgDoQk918qQ4KBr_owcGuchvf1Sh2IYNKW5477YaFhr020E_J6d_B6vCRNoYfgTFxL8E-Z8xfDhgrJTYeq2ePtFc35a2U_qR9FUFNnNvuCijpC9DGDpH5sKTt7HBDpJdwt-jBstRdBo/s1600/024_24+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsgDoQk918qQ4KBr_owcGuchvf1Sh2IYNKW5477YaFhr020E_J6d_B6vCRNoYfgTFxL8E-Z8xfDhgrJTYeq2ePtFc35a2U_qR9FUFNnNvuCijpC9DGDpH5sKTt7HBDpJdwt-jBstRdBo/s400/024_24+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This draping, braided tree is called a rubber tree.  I got some other cool shots of it in our honeymoon pictures.  I'll be sure to share those in a later post!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkiR_yNg4ZXkITXR5F6CMjNHDBaSmnOXQF5S0Imt5XsCvwzo5_5FCVKvGPqs0patxM6QW94Zgsc4FES2rTC9ZyZdqUM_YTjUUsIxI-krS30_a1OHKbUxN5Fmaova4cpjAst3cIrTpGK8/s1600/038_38+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkiR_yNg4ZXkITXR5F6CMjNHDBaSmnOXQF5S0Imt5XsCvwzo5_5FCVKvGPqs0patxM6QW94Zgsc4FES2rTC9ZyZdqUM_YTjUUsIxI-krS30_a1OHKbUxN5Fmaova4cpjAst3cIrTpGK8/s400/038_38+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb96MI1XFsB0sDjp7H6lVNhQTrcvbZYGpdIcjPR96jCKOkh5PJjb9CgVjOY09HYrBI4Vv93WFougvb4NZNOe269ZlYWcY77wtyNhS5jZP4L2RBHDeyd_QZnNc_2I2FkMaDipmuD7TPbU/s1600/040_40+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb96MI1XFsB0sDjp7H6lVNhQTrcvbZYGpdIcjPR96jCKOkh5PJjb9CgVjOY09HYrBI4Vv93WFougvb4NZNOe269ZlYWcY77wtyNhS5jZP4L2RBHDeyd_QZnNc_2I2FkMaDipmuD7TPbU/s400/040_40+%25282%2529+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />This is the only one I've had the time to Photoshop. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ls0ZQe4otAs1avXUk0dSOV5HuyKE4g6gBeAgk1kpcIE3JyeZOKEGBNII82tODKjk3KgOTYGlg10yk_zJ0MGQx6n9qoYruC9kc6VBtQYtAKCWkxEa3NFqVvEAVXvJLZKvN7WdyU5fjKg/s1600/tree+side+kiss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ls0ZQe4otAs1avXUk0dSOV5HuyKE4g6gBeAgk1kpcIE3JyeZOKEGBNII82tODKjk3KgOTYGlg10yk_zJ0MGQx6n9qoYruC9kc6VBtQYtAKCWkxEa3NFqVvEAVXvJLZKvN7WdyU5fjKg/s400/tree+side+kiss.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprMjVl0DIdonaDiwDXG55I6JuXxleRV4rkIjQFOr1EZ4lW6mJSRfG7zQaRYEb1YqfOc7unl8fVLo8sXBf8bIp13_Wa7Sgmh3D6YHV-h-9jEhnXj8zGfNn6Bu5P2Zh35JHa2OkWUS3YsE/s1600/014_14+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprMjVl0DIdonaDiwDXG55I6JuXxleRV4rkIjQFOr1EZ4lW6mJSRfG7zQaRYEb1YqfOc7unl8fVLo8sXBf8bIp13_Wa7Sgmh3D6YHV-h-9jEhnXj8zGfNn6Bu5P2Zh35JHa2OkWUS3YsE/s400/014_14+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />These pictures make me want to print/frame them all.  But then, that would be kind of weird to have 50 wedding pictures distributed throughout our small condo on the walls and on tabletops, wouldn't it? :)<br /><br />And now, for the best pictures yet!  As I stated in previous posts about our time in Jamaica, it. was. HOT!  By the time we were done with pictures, I had a nice sunburn on my shoulders and a sweet layer of sweat coating everything.  Joel was the same.  As much as I wanted to keep going with the photo taking, I also desperately wanted to get that dress off of me so that I could just hop into a refreshing pool of water!  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfFb8MDY28wZnG2dG9-dT8GEExzI7zXjV5njT5a2D0WVP2ybV_ZOgmebvenL_WDewvNuNYjnONittbPGcz8X1ZZebpfSy4eI7KD9UlFVn5PPBGgxJ-QNYlGYdcOoB3-WKkgzWtcXy_mA/s1600/beach+kiss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfFb8MDY28wZnG2dG9-dT8GEExzI7zXjV5njT5a2D0WVP2ybV_ZOgmebvenL_WDewvNuNYjnONittbPGcz8X1ZZebpfSy4eI7KD9UlFVn5PPBGgxJ-QNYlGYdcOoB3-WKkgzWtcXy_mA/s400/beach+kiss.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />So, that's just what we did!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I absolutely love this shot below.  It was the perfect ending to a perfect wedding ceremony!  And while the picture looks cute because he's carrying my dress for me, he's really carrying it because it weighed a ton as soon as I landed in the water.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmgQMVXtX_cRNtayMBeBjgGni_N9-qxT-VrZJ7PmUO5wrxFW-vJe1Fe8HK8izSP9oyLO3Qg4VtpmR12wVrgz6LdWvfB8l3pwHB3MSnRIskbpfir-6pSspMbLVTPSUa2r8oPvWR2pbl_M/s1600/coming+out+of+water+edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmgQMVXtX_cRNtayMBeBjgGni_N9-qxT-VrZJ7PmUO5wrxFW-vJe1Fe8HK8izSP9oyLO3Qg4VtpmR12wVrgz6LdWvfB8l3pwHB3MSnRIskbpfir-6pSspMbLVTPSUa2r8oPvWR2pbl_M/s400/coming+out+of+water+edit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After this, we went back to the room to shower up and relax before our candlelight dinner later on that evening. <br /><br />We returned from our ceremony to this sweet towel animal  on our bed, with flower petals scattered throughout the entire room!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCExKyc-Npk50-kxbSyaxyCtJna2QypsUUqHXYymWYdLRi9FznGHD5Mfl43Y5mVPRwp_VYUIaCmZ4aktEEiZnEYvdfeqcFQdzL9tGobSVC27tqlAVTiC3NJOr_OxH65AQR6pbaceG60M/s1600/Jamaica+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCExKyc-Npk50-kxbSyaxyCtJna2QypsUUqHXYymWYdLRi9FznGHD5Mfl43Y5mVPRwp_VYUIaCmZ4aktEEiZnEYvdfeqcFQdzL9tGobSVC27tqlAVTiC3NJOr_OxH65AQR6pbaceG60M/s400/Jamaica+2012+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />In just a few hours, we set off for our candlelight dinner on the Greek gazebo, which was next to our wedding gazebo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74lN988_A3LwoIH-fcFoDPob93VaOy9blykSDU2FXvbWPNVGwMariV066mAFsOnBsf6XquU1OKPB2SOo_10AsYlNsxkhSAOZM1n0q1O43mf_pMPo3_SWIxtg-hyIT2HyaEn2PemVHra4/s1600/dinner+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74lN988_A3LwoIH-fcFoDPob93VaOy9blykSDU2FXvbWPNVGwMariV066mAFsOnBsf6XquU1OKPB2SOo_10AsYlNsxkhSAOZM1n0q1O43mf_pMPo3_SWIxtg-hyIT2HyaEn2PemVHra4/s400/dinner+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwS4Qp3q6CyjoWd20bEdb7cBBZvHu1nO6-shWY9BcdqyONRkLbzEBQe3DN641hAL6JkaEPVm0DcdItIpFGlVSDx0aBsBuuC8G_7h2GOf015yF4CgeznP1L3d4g-jTex_U9KPQRzVgIirc/s1600/Jamaica+2012+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwS4Qp3q6CyjoWd20bEdb7cBBZvHu1nO6-shWY9BcdqyONRkLbzEBQe3DN641hAL6JkaEPVm0DcdItIpFGlVSDx0aBsBuuC8G_7h2GOf015yF4CgeznP1L3d4g-jTex_U9KPQRzVgIirc/s400/Jamaica+2012+024.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the roof of the gazebo</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTDRzgjHmoFa5SQTvxvPmns-xruy90_DCpnXIG6YVWZOu93H8gAbAcnBTzdn6eZ-KM6oY_M6U1mpwuwKkNynOiMGJpFXcUren30RNlgmendUuc_wjM4U4j9Jqjie2VZdHEcLQKXcWFDw/s1600/dinner+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTDRzgjHmoFa5SQTvxvPmns-xruy90_DCpnXIG6YVWZOu93H8gAbAcnBTzdn6eZ-KM6oY_M6U1mpwuwKkNynOiMGJpFXcUren30RNlgmendUuc_wjM4U4j9Jqjie2VZdHEcLQKXcWFDw/s400/dinner+pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We had a delicious meal of snapper with mashed potatoes and squash, along with a few glasses of champagne.  <br />  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSZbkq9tTqyVK50A3D7q_hqktLy1LQRdKZLwn_mRqIxAkFwjT6mFCpM7r088k_YCu6uejP6F8x_5malAz_EQCKCuOZ0u9n1iot4lQckQCbCJXYuWulh17s_-7w5CNdjvsWJt_uv0QjBc/s1600/wedding+dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSZbkq9tTqyVK50A3D7q_hqktLy1LQRdKZLwn_mRqIxAkFwjT6mFCpM7r088k_YCu6uejP6F8x_5malAz_EQCKCuOZ0u9n1iot4lQckQCbCJXYuWulh17s_-7w5CNdjvsWJt_uv0QjBc/s400/wedding+dinner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And so ended our wedding day - the first day as Mr. & Mrs. Busbee!  I couldn't have been happier!<br /><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">You can see even more of our wedding pictures </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102943149486724.3871768.9311080&type=3&l=60ca364c3c" style="color: #cccccc;">here</a><span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span>

Jamaica Montego Bay Sandals wedding Jamaica: The BIG Day - PART 2

After we had cake and champagne, we got started with the rest of our pictures. I'm going to share a few of my favorites in this post, b...