So close to the end!

Well...here we are at the end of an amazing journey. The biggest hurdle will be the exit interview on Friday...I think all will be well our group has split up what we are doing, and should go well. Not sure what I'm giong to do next week without class...perhaps we should hold a vigil on tuesday or wedesday and pay homage to the ITTC Center or something like that.

More to come as we get closer to the Exit...;)

So close to the end

I can't believe that we are almost there...seems like yesterday we were all saying how we could do all of the work that we were being asked to do...I believe I said we would say that at the start of my first blog!

The online is coming along glad to be almost finished with that...finishing up mod 5 so I will be gald when it is finished...trying to get everything ready for the last piece of the new index page and such plus finishing up the last lesson plan for podcasting.

Tough to believe this journey will soon be over...exit interviews on the way I look forward to working with my group, I think we will do a great job. I keep trying to think what will I do on Tuesdays Wednesdays and thursdays...wait I know NOTHING! What a ride!

Podcasting

Alright so I learned something tonight about podcasting...guess I never thought of it as having to be something that people subscribe to. I guess for me I think of people recording their voice onto something and letting others hear it. Guess that is where the subscripting comes into play, so people can hear it from around the world.

Publishing this to our wiki page seems to be difficult. We were able to get it there as a file, but this subscribing thing seems tough...Jessica and Jodi showed us something, but there must be a way to do it easier...since I don't subscribe or belong to Itunes, it won't let me do whatever it is that I need to do. Hopefully, there will be an easier way to get them uploaded next week (or should I say Thursday.)

movie maker and video

So cool...I was able to pubish and post our video last night to our wiki page. I have always wanted to publish something like that to the internet so it was a real thrill to do that. What's really neat about all of this is think how excited we get by doing these things...kids are even more excited! It was fun working with everyone last night on our movie...don't know about you all bu tthe online is really keeping me busy it feels more than just the usual online course. Mod 3 is killing me! But it will soon be all over:)

Public Announcement

One of the things that I like best about this project is that my group really works...My biggest fear with group work is when one person pulls all of the weight and other folks kind of ride on the line. The group that I'm with just really works well, all of our ideas are accepted and talked about and to me that is the best part of working in a group, when everyone pulls together.

I think that our video is going to be pretty funny, and while being funny also get to the point. Filming will take place tomorrow and it will be a great lesson for us using digital video.

I really get a lot out of using digital video with my students...the kids just get into and really like seeing themselves on tape. Even the students that sometimes hate getting up in the class this is a way to get them there. A cool idea that I love to use with the students:)

Advocacy Paper

Well tonight our group finished working on our paper. I think that it could be a useful document, and is something that we might be able to give out to parents to help them out. I guess if you want to find out more you will have to check it out at our website...http://parenting101.pbwiki.com/

We are already crunching some ideas for our Public Address Video.

I think that the next 6 classes are going to be intense. The amount of work that needs to be completed will I'm sure compact and hopefully not pile up.

The leadership course is something that I'm not sure about...being in this role as an ITRT has really given me leadership skills that I feel that this course would have been great before I became an ITRT. I think back to a leadership game that we did with Dr. Warrick last year and how valuable a "game" it was. I'm not sure I'm getting as much out of the course as others...I feel like it is just a slump of work with little really happening...perhaps it is because of our mentor having such a huge amount of people. I can't think that it is easy for her having 10 of us. It makes me somewhat nervous being a mentor starting in June. I hope that I can handle it.

Advocacy Paper

Working on the advocacy paper has been something that I was a bit nervous about since writing it for parent's is something that I know little about. Not having kids of my own, except in the classroom I don't feel that I not as a parent have the right to tell parents what to do.

Writing this paper though really isn't about telling people what to do it is giving ideas more like common sense thought about what you should do when you ahve children.

I'm looking forward to seeing what are final paper looks like. Writing it using the WIKI is cool as it allows me to be able to see and others to what we are all writing. Pretty cool