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)