September 21, 2001

Well this afternoon started out with a bang.  Nothing really went right this afternoon.  The tiny human was cranky, my husbands car broke down and I had to get a friend to go pick him up because I have class.  I was happy to see that we pushed the due date for the IT History project I think that will help a little with stress. I am always a little annoyed with myself when I cant get things to work the way that I want them to.  I have however been doing a good job of researching powerpoint and figuring out features that I didn't know how to use previously.  Since it seems like everyone else has already determined what they are doing for their independent portion of their contract I feel like I am a little behind.  I guess I am just frustrated with myself that I have been working so hard on trying to find something that I have not already done.  I think that with my new found interest in powerpoint I am going to create a powerpoint game that I can use in my classroom.  I also think that I want to create a template that I can make a jing for to have my students create their own jeopardy or who wants to be a millionaire games,  I think that that would be a good use of my time and be useful within my classroom.  I really like all of the web 2.0 tools but I don't like that the kids have to create accounts to be able to use them (a lot of the time)  

Wednesday September 14th

So this week started out as stressful and depressing.  I think that between the anniversary of my cousins suicide and 9/11 it felt like everyone including myself was in a funk.  9/11 is also my mothers birthday so we changed it to 9/12.  So basically I really think that this week can only get better.

Class tonight was interesting, I liked starting out with a recap of who is out there and what they have been up to.  It makes for personal connections and helps to create relationships and form groups that will work well and be dedicated to creating good and interesting projects.  I just keep playing that song, getting to know you in my head.  Anyway I always appreciate going over the syllabus no matter how many classes I am in I always feel better once I have heard things explained.  We as a group seem to have similar goals and objectives.  I am always excited to see what other people bring to the table, since new web 2.0 tools pop up all the time there are a lot of opportunities to learn new things from our classmates.
One tool that I really liked in one of my previous classes was befunky.  I used it to edit this picture of my son and his daddy picking out his first Christmas tree.

September 7th 2011

There are times that I just don't know what I am thinking with the decisions that I make.  I decided last minute to take this class and Amy kindly let me in (even though I couldn't actually get to class with the tiny human.)  Plus I run home from school with the baby, to go out to the barn and do 8 stalls and feed the horses, then back to the house to feed the tiny human (also know as Cameron but I usually call him either Cam or Bug.)  All in all my life is kinda hectic but I seem to think that I needed to take two classes this semester to accelerate and graduate earlier.  I would say that my main concern with this decision is missing the moments with my kid that you don't get back.  I hope that I do a good job of balancing life and getting most of my work done while he is sleeping.  That is in fact why I chose to do this program while he is little. 

I am sure that this decision is in fact a good one however I would not be true to myself if I didn't worry about it at least a little bit
This class is going to be a nice difference from the others that I have taken, I like the opportunity to get to know different people.  It will be yet another adventure.