Senator's Subway

Freedom Statue

Still on the Senator's Path

I took way too many pictures to blog...

Taking the Senators Elevator

We had the opportunity to follow the Senator's path from the Dirkson Building to the Capitol.

In DC? Go to the Feinstein Breakfast

Senator Diane Feinstein was wonderful with the crowd. I recommend making reservations and attending her Thursday morning breakfast.

Related Site:
Senator Diane Feinstein's Site

Senator Feinstein Visits the Pepperdine Table.

Senator Feinstein was a gracious hostess and she took the time to explain her views and various practices of the Senate such as the two types of filibuster.

Seize the Day!

Jman preps us for the day. On our way to visit with Senator Feinstein and then to Capital Hill.

Washinton Monument from a Cab

Driveby shot of the Washington Monument. We'll tour the monuments tomorrow. Keep an eye out for our first Hipcast on this blog.

Gordon Peterson Gets J Eric Chocolate

Mom I gave Gordon Peterson from ABC News your chocolate.

Jake & Billy

Go Waves!

Gordon Peterson Shares Stories

Gordon Peterson, a friend of Jman Sir, was FANTASTIC. He shared some wonderful stories. Thanks Jack and Gordon for a lovely evening.

Sites to check out per Gordon's discussion:
First Amendment
Pullitzer Prize Site
Pew Project: Newswatch.org

Senator Boxer

We catch Senator Boxer on the run.

Giant Mountains & Clouds Sculpture Description

Sculpture description.

Dangling 7,000 lb Mountains & Clouds Sculpture

Yet another view and its supposedly 7000 lbs. Jman Sir says it used to spin but folks got a wee mite bit worried about that.

Mountains & Clouds - View from the back

Another view

Mountains & Clouds - View from the front

Mountains and Clouds Sculpture by Alexander Calder

Church by the Hart Center Office Center

I almost tripped trying to get this pic. Note to self, remind friends to watch your step when moblogging on the run.

Go Waves!

Thanks so much to Carolyn Breedlove and Barbara Stein at NEA.

Related Site:
NEA

Kim Anderson, NEA Lobbyist

Kim Anderson gave us great booklets called NEA Legislative Program for the 109th Congress. Kim is a fab lobbyist for NEA.

Fellow Gadget Lover

Fellow gadget loving tech user at the end there is Barbara Stein at NEA. Just for Barbara, and of course anyone who likes fun lanyards for your gadgets, check out Bead Wizardry Designs.

Gorgeous!

A picture perfect moment. Took time to smell the tulips.

Go Waves!

Keith receives his Peppy shirt.

Keith Krueger of CoSN

Visiting with Keith Krueger, the CEO of CoSN. Keith discussed the needs of K12 Chief Technology Officers, the resources available from CoSN, and the Major trends in the CTO arena including:

the importance of vision and leadership and

the importance of community support.

He brought up an interesting new term for us of the "Digital Leadership Divide" where we looked at some statistics regarding district technology budgets.

Related Sites:
CoSN
CoSN's 12th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference in San Francisco Next Spring

Bella, Julz, & Tim Magner

Thanks to Tom I had a photo opp. Tim Magner was great fun. Thanks Tim for sharing your insight and taking the time to discuss educational technology from your perspective.

Tina Interviews Tim Magner

Bella interviews Tim for our new article about laptops and PDAs.

Go Waves!

I think he likes his new Pepperdine sweatshirt.

Living the Dream

Michelle asked a great question. She asked Tim Magner, that if resources were not a barrier, what would his dream educational technology project be? He said that he hoped he was living that dream with his new position as the head of the federal Office of Educational Technology. For more on Tim Magner, check out the article, New ed-tech chief touts 'systemic' approach.

James, Julz, & Bella

eVinci in DC at DOE.

More Suits

More CadreX...the beige summer suit contingent here

CadreX in Suits, You Saw It Here First!

CadreX on the move.

Capital View at Night

View of the Capital from my room at night.

Paul arrives safely

Dr. Paul Sparks aka Sparky made it safely. Jman has lots on the agenda with a busy day tomorrow. Meet Tim Magner, CoSN, NEA, Capital, Gordon Peterson...

Reconnect Class

Reconnect class with Jman Sir.

Inside Union Station

Union Station

Godiva Chocolate Shop in Union Station

I didn't buy any mom. Honest.

Vicki talks aligned assessment

Vicki had some excellent ideas about asessment and higher ed.

Tina discusses adjunct faculty issues...

More pics...

A National Dialogue

We met Deputy Directors Vicki Schray and Eleanor Schiff at the DOE. Topic - A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Educations Commission on the Future of Higher Education.

At DOE

Ali, Mirwais, and Jman Sir aka Dr. Jack McManus our Pepperdine professor.

Front of DOE

Dept. Of Education NCLB

Capital View

View of US Capital from my hotel window. OK can I tell you though that we are on the 12th floor and thats a serious climb...

This hotel is like the one we were at in Boston last year

The Residence Inn. Our next hotel.

Heading back to hotel from Pentagon

Aviation building

Learn to love the metro cause cabs are EXPENSIVE!

Pentagon Metro Station after our tour of Pentagon. Sending postcards cause not allowed to take pics there.

Had to take a cab cause we had too much luggage to go on the metro

View from our cab of Jefferson Memorial.

Dallas Airport

Hi Mom! Its about 2:30 your time and I am sitting in a familiar spot, Gate D34 at the Dallas airport.

Division of Sound Rocks!

Shawn's band, Division of Sound rocking at Kruxfest.

Check em out at http://myspace.com/divisionofsound.

Jonathon drives the Stang...

Frankie :)

Frankie is such a pain but we love him and he is now my second cell phone multimedia posting, well actually third cause I did that hipcast...

My First Successful Cell Phone Multimedia Blog Post!

Home sweet home...

This is my mobile tech blog, go to...

...my podcasting blog for podcasting specific thoughts. It's out of date, but since I know I'll have visitors, I'm adding a cool resource - 10 Steps to Podcasting and much much more!

http://julzpodcasting.blogspot.com/

NMSU Podcasters Unite!

Happy Casting,
:)
~julz