Round 1 done

Well it is an exciting day as I just posted my Assignment 1. At least I hope it posted since I was having porblems attaching anything to the course e-mail.

I am now busy working on a course web design for another course. I am busy developing material and trying to find the best layout possible, keeping in mind that several of the teachers that will use the material have never taught through distance ed before. ....like me. If anyone has any links to course sites that are well laid out, I would be happy to hear from you. Every little bit helps.

After finding out how expensive Web CT was, I was a bit discouraged, but have since found www.moodle.com has many of the same features for free. I still need to review this. I also found out that the University of Calgary may sponser our school for the use of web CT which would mean that we would get access to a password for a year for testing. They are trying to get the Alberta Government to sponser the use of WEB CT software for free. I won't hold my breath on this one though, but if you don't ask, you won't get.

Well that is all for now...I'm off to do that teaching thing again.

almost time

First of all thanks to those who took a look at my web site. Your comments were appreciated.

Well just a few days before our first assignment is due. I've been busy doing the final touches before handing it in...I've aucutally just sent it to my english teacher friend to review...I bow to the english teachers with their knowledge of propper grammer or is that grammar. :)

In other news I was looling into getting web CT to help for the development of another web site for another course I am taking....I almost had an attack yesterday when I found out a licence could be about $80,000...this is not an offical cost, a co-worker had looked into it before. I don't know for sure, but I don't think I'll get approval to spend this amount of money :) Don't most school divisions approve unlimited teacher funding?

Well that's all for now...haven't had my morning tea and my cat thinks that the computer mouse is an actual mouse, so excuise any typo's in the posting.

Cheers
Louise

web site

I've posted my web site to our assignment at http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0007802/edu5471/Homepage.htm

I know everyone is busy with the assignment, but if you have a minute or two, it would be great to get some feedback as I am still very new at the web design thing.

That's all for now..busy, busy with everything. I'm glad I took a few days off over the weekend to catch a breath.

Another Day

Well here we are, just another day in the life of working full time while taking two courses. I've been busy working on Assignment 1. I should have the web-page ready for review by Thursday, that will give me a few days to do any revisions and post my final draft by next Wednesday, giving a few days for any bumps in the road along the way. (of course we all know this can happen with any course) I have most of the links for my web-page, but am being a little challanged in making it visually appealing. Because it is an information site, I don't think there is a lot of need for several graphics, and how creative can you be when listing web-sites and short summary's of what those sites are? Any suggestions would be useful.

Well I'm off to continue my web-page....deadlines to meet...students to teach.

Working Away

Well today is another day. I have managed to post my questions and replys today on the two forums I joined three weeks ago. It was the first time I had acutually posted anything. Mental note....write down your passwords when you join a forum...after a few weeks you may forget. :) I am looking forward to seeing all the replies. I have gotten one response in the past few hours.

The web page is also starting to take shape. The links are all set, but now I'm trying to jazz it up somewhat. It has been a few years since my last web-site, so this is proving to be very interesting. My goal to to have this finished by next Friday.

And last but not least, I'm trying to track down a waver that we use in our school. To be honest, I think our division has one, but we have never used it in our school as our web-site has no pictures. I will post it to our discussion board if I can track one down.

Just a short note as I have to get ready for parent-teacher interviews and complete some marking.

Have a good one.

Forums

I'm going to start today saying how pleased I am with my 13-14 year old students who replied to my blog yesterday. Out of a class of 23, only one had heard of blogging and while working in groups of 5 they all posted a comment to my blog yesterday. They were very excited about the whole process and concept.

On another note, much to my suprise, after much fustration of finding forums that are not jibberish, I am enjoying the two forums I joined. I have been observing them for the past three weeks and am ready to post and respond to postings....as soon as I build up my nerve:) . I should be fine by tomorrow...the great part is that I'm showing a few students in my computer class how the process is done and I said I would show them how to post tomorrow, so there will be no backing out. I wonder if students realize that sometimes the teachers are learning things just before they teach them....hmmm......some things are left better unsaid.

Gotta go for now and finish comparing the two forums.

Pope John Paul 2

opps. I posted the above twice. I didn't want to delete it since someone put a comment with it.
Baby steps.
Louise

Pope John Paul 2

Grade 9 Class:

As part of a class assignment, I would like you to reply to the following questions in groups of 3-4 students.

As you all know, Pope John Paul 2 passed away a few days ago. I would like you to reflect on the following questions:

• What did Pope John Paul 2 mean in you life and the life of others?
• Did he have a special impact on you?
• What legacy d0 you think he leaves?

Place your group number at the bottom of your comment.