April 7, 2008

We are into April, the end of the third nine-week period, and on the final leg of CFF for the year. To top it all off, our IT guy is taking another job. I do understand his reasoning because of many issues, and I do wish him good luck. I mostly spent the day working on hardware concerns and trying to catch up on many items. I did okay except the embedded learning needs a couple of more hours to complete what I need to do. I have to prepare for a CFF meeting tomorrow and have heard back from a few of the teachers that they cannot be there. I have decided to answer questions and do short mini-lessons on various software. I am going to go over Skype and Oovoo so they can contact me faster and use it to talk with each other. Next meeting I am going over Office 2007. These lessons will not be intense but whet the appetite so they can explore the software at their own leisure. They are using the the media; let me preface that by saying, they are exploring the possibilities. This is good. I will inform you on how the meeting went and other tidbits. Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 1, 2008

When it rains, it pours, but that rain sure is good when it deals with the projects that the teachers are contemplating. It sure sets me to thinking to create and research the various areas to make the ideas come alive. It is great so come on rain. I did have a few hardware issues to deal with today, but they were minor. I learned something new about the Promethean boards, which I will be able to impart. Of course, I had student imput into the matter. Some of my teachers are getting into Skype, and I love that, also. They are beginning to contact me through that program. I must still admit that I like oovoo better, and I need to look at other programs. I like what I am seeing, and I like where this is headed. The district newsletter also made its rounds, and CFF is a big part of it. People need to see what can happen by engaging students with the same skills but in a different way. Yep, I am quite ecstatic today, and I will take that one. I will be back on the blogging path. OH, I forgot one thing....I am sorry to hear that Microsoft was bought out by Apple.......Oops, April Fool's.