I made a video at Heritage Farms that shows glass during earlier times.

Heritage Farm's Glass from David Williams on Vimeo.

While I made the video under the ceiling fan lights that are regulated by the government to help the environment, drinking from a bottle whose top is hard to open for conservation purposes, I couldn't help but wonder.....will there be laws like this favorable to glass?  Glass is recyclable. Should our government enact laws to use more recyclable products or should they stay out of it and allow people to decide?

Movie on Glass Blowing

John Pomp Studios Glass Blowing Promo Film from Ron Risman on Vimeo.

Glass Blowing from Dane Kurihara on Vimeo.

Glass Blowing from Joe Trimmer on Vimeo.

Week 2

We learned a lot from Dean Six's presentation. He was very informative and passionate about glass. Growing up in the plastic age I did not realize the importance of glass. I knew about fancy glasses, bowls and artsy items. Half of my glasses are made out of glass and I remember returning glass coke bottles for deposits, but I had taken it for granted. I did not know the extent that the glass industry was a part of everyday life. I knew that the glass industry was an important industry in West Virginia, but was surprised about how big. Another thing I found interesting was that the glass industry started at Jamestown in the colonies.

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Week 1

Expectation

How will I integrate tecnology in blog- I will put pictures that I take. I will put video clips in and make movies to put in blog. Sound will also be put on the blog. I will access the blog from a number of devices and will add using a camera.

I have met the expectations with accessing with a number of devices, photos in blog and clips in blog. I plan to use camera and movies in the blog

How will I integrate the blog in the classroom- I will use blog to show information. I will try to get students to blog. The technology that I use on my blog I will bring into the classroom. I have used the blog to show information and to give information. To this point I have not had students make blogs.

Grafton Glass Town

Grafton is located in Taylor County WV

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(39°20′30″N 80°1′11″W / 39.34167°N 80.01972°W / 39.34167; -80.01972). Grafton was settled in the late 1700s by the Current family. Their surveyor was George Washington around 1835 Grafton became a railroad town with the building of the B&O Railroad. In 1895-1928 Tygart Valley Glass (bottles, fruit jars, jelly tumblers) opened in Grafton. It was their first glass company. Other companies to operate there are Beaumont Glass Company 1902-1906 (pressed pattern glass, tableware), Dominion Glass Company 1904-1912 (window glass), Empress Glass Company 1906-1910 (unknown), Grafton Window Glass Company 1906-1910 (window glass), Columbia Tile Company 1906-1910 (glass tile), Royal Window Glass Company 1915-1924 (window glass), Hazel-atlas Glass Company 1916-1959 (hollow-ware, fruit jars),Southern Glass Company 1922 (window glass), Salem Glass Company 1960-1966 (hand blown stemware and barware), Minners Glass Company 1966-1974 (hand blown stemware and barware). 

Lewis Hines took pictures of boys working in the glass factories in Grafton.  Grafton is also the place that started Mother's Day.

Glass Blower and Mold Boy, Grafton, WV
October 1908
National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Department of Commerce and Labor, Children's Bureau
Record Group 102
ARC Identifier: 523090

The Cabell County Glass and Ceramic Project

I am very excited to be a part of the Cabell County Glass and Ceramic Project.  I look forward to working with the teachers across the curriculum and coming up with lessons to benefit the students.  The project got off to a great start with Dean Six. He had a true love of glass and conveyed it to the class.