My New Toy

I bought a new RCA Small Wonder the other day. I have been intrigued by these gadgets for a while. The most popular are the Flip. RCA (actually Audiovox) licenses the technology from this group and puts out the Small Wonder. In the last few weeks, Creative has released the Vado, another small video camera. Here's the first video, about three minutes long, of me driving home from Fitchburg, MA (more on my new job and consulting experiences later). In the background is a song by Robert Forster from his new album "The Evangelist."

Eventually, I want to capture some of my father's memories, as well as, others. I can't wait to get to New Orleans to get some video of our grandson and our extended family from Nawlins.

I start working on Friday at a great organization in Salem, Children's Friend and Family. I will be directing their Mentor Program. I will be allowed to continue doing my consulting work through a flexible schedule. Several months back, I was offered the opportunity to do some teacher training at an organization in Boston. The V.P. for Quality used to work for me many years ago. She asked if I was interested in helping teachers at two program sites learn a web-based program for assessing children's growth, preparing lesson plans, doing progress reports, etc. I am so happy that she asked. I wound up on a list of trainers that the state provided to programs and picked up three more consulting jobs. It keeps me involved in two areas I am passionate about: working with teachers and technology. The video in this installment was done after a session last Saturday. I hope you like it.