Well,

It’s time to take a deep breath and get running again.  This is the second leg of this graduate school marathon.  I wonder where this quarter will take us.

It is sure to be a “fun” ride — we shall see …

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I am not sure my brain is still working as I accidentally deleted this blog earlier.

“Happy Fingers” on the keyboard.

More likely, “Tired Fingers.”

I find myself wondering if I have forgotten anything on this overall Blogging assignment.  I am thankful that our professor will leave our class available to us on the blackboard for the duration of our time at Cal State — at least, I think that is what he said.

What a RELIEF!! We are in the program for 2 years and I don’t want to have to frantically copy (cut and paste style) everything that I would find beneficial in my teaching future.   I feel less stressed to know that I will be able to utilize the different discussion board websites, the blogs, etc over the next 2 years and as I do so, to figure out which ones are valuable to me so I can make informed decisions in my

Cataloging

and Archiving.

PHEW!  So much information from this class my head is like to burst! In a good way, of course.

aha, copy and paste time.  I wonder how I will do …

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Well, I guess that answers that!  It is not just a simple matter of grabbing a piece of clip art from a word document.  I guess I’ll have to go through clip art to do it.

What I think is very interesting is all the back code that a piece of clip art needs.  Logs of gibberish, that of course makes sense if you are programming the clip art.  I had a friend once upon a time who wanted to be the behind the scenes programmer on everything.  She really really got into it.  Her mind was brilliant, yet she also had pretty good people skills, which at her level of brilliance you don’t see very often.  As life moved on for both of us we lost contact.  I wonder how she is doing today?  I bet she is having a blast with the internet and is maybe developing all kinds of cool stuff.

Well, I was taking a quick study break (or should I say “sanity break”) and came across a poem that I wrote a couple of years ago.  It is applicable to being a teacher, so I included it in my Teacher Web Site.  Click HERE to go see.  It is a poem that I like because it reminds me of my childhood when I would ponder things that today I just do not have the time to think about.

The poem is titled, Be a Pebble: Make a Difference, and reminds me that it is time to write a poem or two.

Soon, soon, soon, soon …..

I usually blog about the weekly assignments and use them as a learning tool.  This week I had intended to use my son’s “website” as a nifty link.  He is 10 going on 25 and thinks he knows all there is to know about computers.  He is finally, after several years, learning some things of substance.  However, it is still mostly “sound bites” of information.  To allow him to learn more, we have relaxed parental standards and given him more “www” time.  This benefits hubby and I as we both have to work long hours — mine being this Cal State program.

I went out earlier today to look at son’s website to see what I wanted to link to and found a page that is very endearing — endearing today, embarrassing tomorrow.  Real cute.

I still need to think if I want to post his link here because as a parent, I still try to protect my children.  I know that no one in our program would cause him any harm, but I do not know where these posts can be read.  I assume they can be read by anyone anywhere.

So, instead of linking his site (which I may still do later), I want to lament.  I spent the last 20 minutes on a study break reading some blogs and I really wish I had kept up my reading of them each week.  I don’t feel that I have time to read more than a few entries and that makes me mad.  I love all this learning, but it is difficult the extent to which we must shut down our personal lives and/or free time.

I’d love to blog about our puppy and the fun ways we torment her to her enjoyment.  Her utter bliss.  We are in stitches and she just encourages us.

Maybe next week I will find some time to breathe.

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ps — the link I did in class (below) is of Dabo.  He is my cousin’s husband.  A really nice and very funny guy.  He is a college football coach at Clemson.

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Well, last week we learned about copyrights and copywrongs.     Look carefully at how the rope is attched to the pole.  Much too ordinary. I learned that although a photographer owns the image created, the image may actually be under dual ownership.  Much of this depends on the contract waiver.

My brother related to me the story of a well known photo of an old woman.  Bottom line is that the photographer did have a contract use waiver, but was very specific in the wording — too specific.  Turns out that the photo used was a photo of one person instead of two people together.  The waiver mentioned two persons, and also named the persons by name.   These photos were not for a specific use; just photos being added to a portfolio for future use.

During the photo shoot, one of the persons went off and sat down to rest.  The photographer took photos of this and ended up using one of these.  At some point in time, the subject of the photo came across her photo in print and objected to the way the photo was being used.  Called the photographer to complain.  Photographer replied — “you signed a waiver” — Turns out that the waiver was very specific (think of a search warrant) and the use of the image as a one-person image was not as specified in the contract.  Result:  Lawsuit lost by photographer.  This is why so many contracts are generic, yet long enough to cover any possible happening; even having the kitchen sink fall from the sky. Notice how the rope is tied.  This is a throw away photo as the rope is clunky and did not convey the right “classy” image.

So, now I have another question that I need to ask.  Does the photographer own the ad image — The actual image that goes into print?  In this blog I have posted several photos of ropes.  These photos are throw-aways as they were not used in the final product.  Look carefully at how the rope is tied.

The ad was for “The Mirage Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Celebrity Poker Invitational” last year.

They wanted a classy image that connected the cowboy to the glitz.  The resulting ad is posted as the third photo in this posting.   So, this photo can go in the portfolio of work done, but can it be used anywhere else at another time?  Can the photographer sell this in an art gallery?  Can he sell the image at the Rodeo next year?  When he photographs next year’s Rodeo Queen and she sees this on the wall of the studio, can she buy it?  Who owns the final image?  — Assuming it was not spelled out in the contract.

Notice how the rope looks elegant here.  This was the right way to tie the rope to the pole.  This photo made it to print.  See how nice the ad looks around the photo part of the image.  Even the lighting is better.  Definitely connects the cowboy to the glitz.  Mission accomplished.

From time to time, my brother clears out his excess inventory and sells prints at bargain basement prices — what he does is join with some artist friends at an art gallery walk night and sells rocks.  Yes, you read correctly, he sells rocks.  He will post a sign that says “Rocks for Sale – $xx – Photos Free” and sets big rocks (from the desert or wherever he has hiked and camped) next to each photo grouping.  Buy the rock and go home with a free photo.  He has really neat rocks, so this generates lots of interest.  “Rocks for Sale” has been a popular event.

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The joys of blogging just keep getting better.

Too bad my eyes are so tired from study study study.

But Look LOOK at all the fun I can have!

Even the indenting stays.

And, just like that, back over to the left side.

Of course, like the photos, I know what I see while creating this post …. but what will it look like when it is actually posted?

Ready for more fun?  Here we go, tra la la la.

Ok, back to a calmer note.  It is nice that we got a quick overview today in class on what we can do in blogging-land.  I spent so much time this week wrestling with the photos that I quite forgot to look around at all the nifty buttons at the top of the “Write Post” box.

I think that blogging is very interesting.  I need to continue to explore and learn more.  There will be many applications for blogging with students and my  brain needs to sift through various ideas.

Well, off to a midnight snack, then to

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