Tex, the World Famous Traveler

Tex, the Longhorn, has agreed to be a world famous traveler for our 3K M-F Class.  Tex is our class mascot and he is famous in Texas!  He has agreed to travel across the United States during the 2014-2015 school year.  Tex will report back to us about what he sees.  Below is a list of things that we hope that Tex will report back to us. 

1. Where is Tex?  (name of city, state, country)
2. What is the geography like there? (mountains, plains, coastal, lakes, etc.)
3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?
4. What types of jobs are there? (agricultural, manufacturing, commercial, etc)
5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?
6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there!
7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?

1.      Where is Tex?  (name of city, state, country)
Tex is in Galveston, TX with Ms. Coltharp and Mrs. Normann-Petersen.  

They spent June 16 and June 17 attending Texas Computer Education 

association Tots and Technology. Integrating technology into the early

childhood classroom was the focus of this 2 day Professional Development. 

2.  What is the geography like there? (mountains, plains, coastal, lakes, etc.)        

Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in 

the U.S. state of Texas. Galveston is 208.3 square miles, its population is

47,762 people, is the county seat of Galveston County.

3.  What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?     
Many residents and tourists of Galveston love to dine on seafood, especially shrimp.  Shrimp and Stuff is Ms. Coltharp’s favorite restaurant and Bubba Gump’s is Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s favorite restaurant.

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4.  What types of jobs are there? (agricultural, manufacturing, commercial, etc.)
 The shrimping business is one of the most prevalent jobs in Galveston as well as tourism.

5.  What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?   Fishing, boating, bird watching, beaching, building sandcastles, looking for seashells, and walking the beach are most popular activities in Galveston. 

6.  Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! 
Please see Tex’s Clue at the end of this post!

7.   Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Tex has included several pictures from Tots and Technology Professional Development.

Here is Tex, Mrs. Normann-Petersen, and Ms. Coltharp waiting for the learning to begin at Tots and Technology.  

We learned so much and can not wait to share with the class what we learned at Tots and Technology.

Here is Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex with two presenters at Tots and Technology and Zach and Susy Snow from Royse I.S.D . 

 

 

Mrs. Normann-Petersen learned alot from Matt and Autumn about Google Hangouts.  Autumn had a Google Hangout with her class and the solider that they had adopted.  Mrs. Normann-Petersen is hopeful that we will be able to do a Google Hangout with the solider that we adopted this year.

 

Ms. Coltharp and Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoyed Galveston and Tots and Technology.  

For more info regarding Galveston, TX, Tots and Technology,

 Connected Classrooms and Google Hangouts please visit the websites below:

http://www.galveston.com/default.asp

http://tcea.org/convene/tots

http://connectedclassrooms.withgoogle.com/

 http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Tex's Clue for his next stop:  This island is about 60 miles south of Houston, and is where 

Mrs. Normann-Petersen  loves to vacation during the summer.  There is a lot of sand and beach for you to enjoy while visiting this island.  Can you guess where Tex went on this viist?  Please email Mrs. Normann-Petersen if you think you have a guess!

cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com