this morning

end of the week thoughts

stuff is never where women says it is
nostalgia is nauseating, remembering is valuable

"social" networks have made us so unsocial

Learning Communities

Connectivism
Expertise, usage
Learning Skills: Filtering, Contextualizing
Soft Skills, interaction, need more social skills
Fluency
What sense does this make? Learning ecosystems
Characteristics: dynamic, organic, the learners bring their context into your box
Example, Twitter, multiple touch-points for access.

Bioteams, Organizational Biomimicry
We are becoming a Hive, we communicate like bees, pheromone like information
My Mind works like a search engine.
collective leadership, penguins migrate

What happens when anyone can take the lead?(Kanye West)
Teamwork in nature
wikipedia, flash mobs
nmtiepresentation.pbworks

Holy crap!

So awesome, from Brothers-Brick

awesome, thanks FailBlog

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/epic-fail-internet-email-fail.jpg

This week Cole said: "Is the world just starting? I'm only 5."
I was telling a joke, "Where do vampires keep their money?" Reid piped in. "In his pockets!"
Aria fell down and scratched her face up. Poor thing, but she is ever the happy kiddo.
Tianna, hmm, maybe I need to spend more time with her.

Im thinking about starting my masters, Im scared of the time and monitary commitment. Its someting that will be good in the ling run, but it costs about $30,000. Jokae freaked me out cause she freaked out about it. She hates debt, kind of psyco abut it, our debt is this house, our rental and our modest car. Elder Uctforf tols us in the last session of conference that education was a commandement.
Facebook sucks. Its too inundated with Join my cause/play this game requests.

Windows 7 on a tablet

 OK, this is Cool, I just installed Windows 7 on my tablet, and so far so good.  I immediately installed Chrome and have been playing with the native Tablet Support built into W7. Im currently using the handwriting tool, and think its alot better than the vista tool.  It seems smarter, and faster. It still requires(it got that right), some pretty careful Strokes, but built in Spell  Check and some cool editing features, like being able to edit any letter within the handwriting area, with the more careful individual selected is pretty cool. I used the snipping tool to get the above screen clip. So so far so good, I messed with the pre-release a little, but this is on my production machine, and time will tell how well it plays with Novell.

Nokia N810 thoughts

so here is the thing, this is the first thing I am typing texting style. Our district is using these Nokia's in the classroom, (just found the auto-complete)

man hnow does anybody text. I know it is considered a young person thing, and if all you text is "hi brb c u l8tr" then I guess its ok.

The device itself is cool, wish it was a phone too.

179th Semiannual General Conference Sunday Afternoon Session

Elder Jeffery R. Holland
The choir is the sermon
The Heart is the "center" of our faith, a worse calamity then signs of the last days is the failing of mens hearts.
"Mists of darkness" exist today the Iron Rod is still here
No wicked man could write this book, and no righteous mad would without divine influence.
The most powerful testimonies of the Book of Mormon that I have ever heard.

Quinten L. Cook
Stewardship for Ourselves: protect the springs or our spirit

Stewardship for Others: Christ is the reason

Elder Rundland
Heart transplants need care and monitoring so the body does not reject it. But paitents can become casual and that can often be fatal.
The same goes for our spiritually changed hearts, it needs constant care and nurturing.

Elder D.Todd Christofferson

179th Semiannual General Conference Sunday Morning Session

I had always wondered what the line, "Here I raise my Ebenezer.." from the song "Come Thou Fount of every blessing" meant, this morning for Music and the spoken word the narrator explained what Ebenezer is, it is a "help" or a monument to help or support. Then they sang "Come thou fount of every blessing."

President Henry B. Eyring
We can and must expect to become better throughout our lives. Moroni 7:48
Love is the motivating principal he uses to help us want to be like him.
The Family is the ideal setting for this.
The needs of the children should be as important as the parents.
Please No Empty Chairs
1)pray for the love that makes you see people in good light, and ignore imperfections
2)parents of a wandering child, paitence
3)children, adopted, remember important dates
4)Peace

Elder L. Tom Perry
Organized in taking care of every datail
built the Manti temple with their own hands
"I don't want to go to the past, I want to go to the past way of facing the future."
upside down ship can be a roof for a temple, turn things upside down to find a solution.

H. David Burton, presiding Bishop
Virtues: outward manifestation of the inner man
-ity attributes, like quality, responsibility, 


Ann M. Dibb
Bridge accident, although we may not face the same challenge, we will face trials


Elder Russel M. Nelson
besides modern technology we can access heaven without hardware, soft ware or monthly service fees.
to access information from heaven you need faith and desire
study the matter diligently
the vale can be removed, ponder and your eyes will be opened.

President Thomas S. Monson
"At what did you do for someone today?"
motivated to provide for others
Paul; By love, serve one another Gal. 5: 13
greatest happiness is when we lose ourselves in service to others.
Poem:

I Have Wept in the Night

Author Unknown

I have wept in the night

For the shortness of sight

That to somebody's need made me blind;

But I never have yet felt a tinge of regret

For being a little too kind. Warm Fuzzies "Have I done any good in the world today?"

179th Semiannual General Conference Saturday Afternoon Session

Sustaining of the leaders by President Eyring

Elder Dalin H. Oakes

Parental love and laws need to be righteous.

Gods love is eternal like his laws. His love does not excuse us from our actions. Mercy cannot rob justice. Only through obideance can we become perfect.

Justice and mercy balanced by the Atonement.

The kingdom of glory is determined by law.

there is no good compromise to any law

real love does not support self destructive behavior

Elder Robert D. Hales

We believe in God the eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost.

We look like God, we are created in his image.

One of Joseph Smiths jobs was to help prepare the world for the Second Coming.

Jorge F. Zeballos

Tad R. Callister

Elder Neil L. Anderson

Elder Boyd K. Packer (from his chair)

We all have the light of Christ

179th Semiannual General Conference Saturday Morning Session

We are watching general conference on line this time. This is nothing new, we've done it before. But this time we have the laptop connected to the tv, and we selected the ASL video stream. The church has always been on the forefront of technology. I think any commercial broadcast network could look to the Church and the way they deliver live streaming content to millions of people.

Elder Richard G. Scott

Use the spirit to make decisions, stay away from things that offend the spirit.

Elder David A. Bednar

More dilligent and concerned at home

1)Express love and show it, when was the last time I said it to anyone in my family? Need to show it. We should not assume they know it. Demonstrated in the scriptures.

2)Bear testimony and live it. Not lengthy or eloquent. We need to LIVE it. Create opportunities.

3)Be consistent. Read the scriptures through the noise! They will remember that it was done everyday. Individual brush strokes to make a beautiful painting.

Be not weary. Be not hypocrites.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

How do we become true disciples of Jesus Christ?

Sometimes we focus on non-doctrine as "good ideas"

Love it the great commandment, it needs to be the center of all we do in family and community.

Love clarifies all relationships. We have vast capacity to love. It is the defining characteristic of a disciple.

He has promised all that he has. John said it best: 1st John 4:19

How can we hear the Fathers voice? As you pray, listen for His voice. As you read the scriptures, listen for His voice. As you listen to conference, listen for His voice.