Nearly Finished

Well, Im nearly finished and it feels great!

What DOES NOT feeel great is that I have worked 36 hours at work in the last 3 days AS WELL AS working on Uni stuff... I think my brain could be confused with a sultana right about now... MMmmm Sultanas.... Super hungry right now because Im too lazy to cook dinner...
My housemate did make me some Pumpernickel and cheese tho, so Im a little better now.

Anyways, better get to finishing this assignment.... Hope everyone (including myself) does well!

Erica Out.

BRING ON THE RAIN!

Trudging Along

I'm having trouble coming up with evidence to show how I will integrate my ICTs....

I think I know what I have to do, I just don't know where to start....

So....

Very.......

Tired.........

Random Funny Pic

Click the pic for a larger view.

Just in case you cant read the small writing in the 'Edit He-Man' Box, it says:

"He-Man is actually a tremendous jacka** and not actually what powerful. He hangs out with a bunch of jerks like Peela and Dorko. He has a cat who is also dumb and_"

If this doesnt make sense to you, go here. (lol at the relevance of the link...)

... Source Unknown... I dunno... from the internet.. somewhere...

I thought it was relevant....
(^.^)v

ICTs

I just realised I haven't posted what my 3 ICTs are going to be!

ICT(1) - Publisher
ICT(2) - Audacity
ICT(3) - Google/web searches

The activities are aimed at Year 7

Students are going to be constructing a review of an item of their choice (book, movie, game, cd etc). They will first construct it as an article in a newspaper/magazine in Publisher (with headings, images, by-lies etc).

Students with be using the WWW to search for RELEVANT images to include in this written format.

Students will then use Audacity to transform their written review into a spoken review (with a radio audience). The spoken review should include relevant sound clips and appropriate editing.

Ultimately, students' written reviews will be submitted to the school's newspaper and their spoke reviews saves to a CD and placed in the school library for student reference, giving the task a real life context.

Let me know what you think!

Long Blog entry is LONG!

Well I think I have my wiki in order....

Just need to add the content... (im still working on that... lol)

I've found it quite a challange to play around with LearnJCU's wiki tool, as I'm used to writing the code rather than 'point and click' style editing. Also the HTML editor tool on the Wiki is SHOCKING?!?! It just makes ONE BIG JUMBLE of html code, NO BREAKS! makes it almost impossible to find where things are....

Oh well... that my whine over. On a Happier Note!

We FINALLY finished our SOSE unit plan...

What a crazy crazy assignment... Maybe I should practice what I preach and NOT leave my assignments until the last day...

(O.o)

Not that Im doing that with my Tech assignment!! Its not due for a WEEK!

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ANYWAYS!!

On a (technological) side note, here is a pic of my new computer! It is AWESOME!



Thats the graphics card being held there!!

Although I'm having some trouble with Windows Vista trying to CONSTANTLY second guess/undermine my decisions (My house mate tells me my Vista has no confidence in my decision making skills whatsoever... oh noes!)

I guess it's like going from a manual to an automatic transmission car... And I haven't even TRIED to network it to my XP machine yet... Ahh that's a day-long task set for after exams are finished...

Speaking of exams... ONLY 2 more weeks! D'OH!

Ok... going back to work on Tech portfolio now.... will keep this blog posted on my progress!

PRIORITIES

^---------------------Click on the picture for a larger view!

I think this sums up my last entry to a Tee....

(Picture is from here.... 'Tis a great site... You too can make your own DEmotivational calendar! I did! I even gave them my credit card details! (oh oh!))

Fear vs Common Sense?

If there is one thing I am going to teach my students through the use of technology, it will be:

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF IT!

I believe that is why most adults are hesitant when it comes to clicking the 'continue' button, and instead go for the easier option... the 'Back' or, even worse, the 'Cancel' button...!

Nobody taught me to use technology, there was no teacher telling me exactly where to click and what to type in Excel to find the hidden flight simulator.... But at the same time, no one told me that if I deleted the 'C:/windows' file on my laptop when I was in grade 10, that I would lose my entire assignment... due the next day.

I just 'gave things a go'.

And because of this 'No Fear' attitude towards technology, I was one of the scarily few people who raised her hand when Max asked who thought they knew more about computers than their students.

Don't be afraid to click the 'Continue' button. Don't be afraid to open that attached file in your inbox named "uve_1_ten_million_dollas.exe". We learn by doing, and making mistakes, and if you have taken all the necessary precautions (Making a back up copy of all your digital pictures of your first child is a GOOD idea...) Then the worst that can happen is you have to reinstall Windows, which, besides being time consuming and annoying, and dispite what Bill Gates and his Army of programmers might lead you t believe, is NOT the end of the world.

If you HAVE NOT made back ups, then maybe this will be a great learning experience for next time?! (Just like the time I realised that leaving an assignment till the last day DOES NOT always get me better marks..) (-.-)

If you want to do more serious business on your computer/internet, get the basics down first. DO NOT give you're personal details to ANYONE you do not know, (would you walk up to a stranger on the street and tell them you date of birth and your credit card number? If you would, then maybe you shouldn't have a credit card to start with....(0.o)

If we are so afraid to use technology, we will undoubtedly instill this fear into our students!

Instead of teaching and learning technology through fear ... Perhaps we should be teaching and learning common sense?

Have no fear, Jump on in!

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