Tonight my team meet to edit the latest version of our PowerPoint fir Thursday's presentation. I think that we did a great job of providing construct criticism to each other and put together a nice final presentation. On Wednesday we plan on meeting to practice our presentation before its we deliver it on Thursday. We have also started putting together our final paper and plan on having that finished by the beginning of next week. We have many references that we have compiled together and I am confident that we will collaborate on a well put together piece of literature. :)
In other news, my daughter has learned to say a few more words this past weekend and she has been a joy watching develop over these last few weeks. :)
Andrew
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Coming Down the Home Stretch!
Hello All,
The last few weeks have been hectic as usual. Report cards have gone out and parent teacher conferences have finally come to a close. This year I am team teaching and was required to have a conference with both mine and my partner's parents. That made for 48 conferences (really 56 because 8 did not show up and had to be rescheduled because our principal would not allow report cards to go home until parents showed up to meet with their teachers). It was a challenge fitting in all the conferences within a two week stretch. The last two weeks my partner and I have not had a planning period, had literally 10 minutes to eat lunch each day, and did not leave the school until 5:00 pm each night. It was rough. However, its over and I can put it behind me. This week, Thanksgiving will be nice and the extra days will give me an opportunity to get caught up on grad school work, as well as, "job" school work.
With all other assignments now completed, full focus needs to be directed towards my final project. I have gathered numerous resources to use for the team final paper but now must pick and choose which ones we need to use. Once, I have plugged in papers that are relevant to aspects of my outline I think the paper will come together rather quickly. I look forward to getting my thoughts and ideas down on paper and presenting in Dec. My team members are great and we have been meeting regularly in Second Life, corresponding with emails, and trading documents in Google Docs. I hope everyone has a great next few weeks and enjoys their Thanksgiving or as I like to call it "The Best Nap Day of the Year".
Andrew
The last few weeks have been hectic as usual. Report cards have gone out and parent teacher conferences have finally come to a close. This year I am team teaching and was required to have a conference with both mine and my partner's parents. That made for 48 conferences (really 56 because 8 did not show up and had to be rescheduled because our principal would not allow report cards to go home until parents showed up to meet with their teachers). It was a challenge fitting in all the conferences within a two week stretch. The last two weeks my partner and I have not had a planning period, had literally 10 minutes to eat lunch each day, and did not leave the school until 5:00 pm each night. It was rough. However, its over and I can put it behind me. This week, Thanksgiving will be nice and the extra days will give me an opportunity to get caught up on grad school work, as well as, "job" school work.
With all other assignments now completed, full focus needs to be directed towards my final project. I have gathered numerous resources to use for the team final paper but now must pick and choose which ones we need to use. Once, I have plugged in papers that are relevant to aspects of my outline I think the paper will come together rather quickly. I look forward to getting my thoughts and ideas down on paper and presenting in Dec. My team members are great and we have been meeting regularly in Second Life, corresponding with emails, and trading documents in Google Docs. I hope everyone has a great next few weeks and enjoys their Thanksgiving or as I like to call it "The Best Nap Day of the Year".
Andrew
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Can't Sleep
Hello,
Saturday night....can't sleep. I don't know why but I think it has to do with my father-in-law's snoring. :) There are visiting for the weekend. Yeaa! (sarcastic) I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and don't forget to turn your clocks back tongiht/tomorrow.
The last few weeks of class have been a great growing experience in Second Life. I have learned a lot about new locations within Second Life to find resources, items, and information. I have also grown as a builder. This week, Dr. E had us build within Second Life in our own personal team space at the Tipsey Teapot. I spent a few hours searching for some materials by teleporting to different locations, building end tables and a carpet, and decorating some of the space. It was actually a very rewarding time. I look forward to viewing everyone else's building creations.
Again have a great weekend. Relax with your loved ones.
Andrew
Saturday night....can't sleep. I don't know why but I think it has to do with my father-in-law's snoring. :) There are visiting for the weekend. Yeaa! (sarcastic) I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and don't forget to turn your clocks back tongiht/tomorrow.
The last few weeks of class have been a great growing experience in Second Life. I have learned a lot about new locations within Second Life to find resources, items, and information. I have also grown as a builder. This week, Dr. E had us build within Second Life in our own personal team space at the Tipsey Teapot. I spent a few hours searching for some materials by teleporting to different locations, building end tables and a carpet, and decorating some of the space. It was actually a very rewarding time. I look forward to viewing everyone else's building creations.
Again have a great weekend. Relax with your loved ones.
Andrew
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