In praise of my wife, the science teacher

It's been a long week for me here in San Antonio as my wife, Jackie, has been traveling to Baltimore for her Earthwatch fellowship. We talk on the phone, and I read her blog about her studies on the ecology of the American forest.

Suffice it to say that I miss her a lot, but I am also proud of the fact that she was one of seven science educators selected for this fellowship. My wife's legacy is her students. She's the kind of teacher that her former students love her for what she taught them. A few of them have become doctors and scientists, but most of them have become people who appreciate the beauty of science and nature.

Teaching my wife how to soar in her first blogging efforts

I can't win......   I sitting in one of my regional offices at Indigo Joes, working on some things and trying to teach my wife, Jackie, the Madison physics teachers, how to capitalize on her EarthWatch Institute fellowship in Maryland.   Her Earthwatch  blog is just starting up, so I am trying to teach her to use Twitter as a way to promote her work.  

My wife is first of all a science teacher so she loves facts and other details things.  Then, throw in the genetic combination of her Bohemian father and her Irish mum, and you get someone who is a little stubborn at times.  So showing her about Twitter was taking a person who just soloed in a Cessna and asking her to fly a F-15. 

Recognizing that she's not ready, I had to regroup a little, as my wife is still working through her concerns with Twitter.  Still, I believe that social media is a great way for teachers to communicate with students.  It's just that she has some legitimate reservations.  With time and love, she can overcome these fears.

My ultimate goal is to get readers for her blog.  And, I know this takes time.  So, I am going to let her fly about in her puddle jumper of a blog.  In time, she'll want to reach into a higher stratosphere.

My wife joins the blogosphere so that her students will learn more about the environment

With an impending trip for the Earthwatch summit in Maryland, my wife, Jackie has joined the blogosphere. Her blog will focus on her research and her off-site education for her San Antonio James Madison environmental science and physics students. As a rookie blogger, Jackie will have to learn about such great tools as Budurl, Twitter and other social media tools that will help her get an audience for her online work. Today, she bought her own video camera for her research, so I will have to share with her how to post her videos online. Right now, I'll get her a Youtube account, but I will begin to look at other video sharing resources.

I am proud of my wife Jackie and her fellowship

I just got word that my wife, Jackie, has been named to an Earthwatch Fellowship. My wife teaches physics and environmental science at San Antonio James Madison. She'll be traveling to Baltimore for a week long field research experience after Thanksgiving.. Part of her fellowshp will include a live stream/blog to her students from her fellowship location.

My wife is a master teacher who has also been named as a Radio Shack Math, Science and Technology Teacher of the Year several years ago.  She also is the coach of the Madison National Oceanic Science Bowl team, a volunteer job that has she has held for years.