Friday!

Here we are again, at the end of the week. I don't feel very accomplished this week for class for some reason. I've been reading other student's blogs, discussion posts, and what they add to the wiki. Maybe it's because we don't technically have anything due on Monday? Anyways, I got another snow day today. I went to bed fairly early last night because I was exhausted and woke up as usual this morning. The only downside is that I did not go back to sleep because I was no longer tired. I'm starting to feel some serious cabin fever and am about to venture out to workout. I don't know how the main roads are and don't want to get stuck or someone who doesn't know how to drive in this Ohio snow to run into me. Orrr I might just end up baking something... Next week is going to be long due to the fact that this past week was only 3 days for me... But I am excited to be heading to Columbus next weekend, excited to get away if only for a weekend. Does anyone have any exciting spring break plans (speaking basically to all the other teachers)? Well, I think this is all I'm going to add for today... I'll probably be back sometime this weekend to add more thoughts about class or something. Byeee for now!

Happy President's Day, Thank God for you!

I am really happy that I had today off. I have used my time wisely and am about to crash from brain overload! Nothing like procrastination to get your stress level going. I think why I procrastinated on my web design is that I'm still partially confused on what I am doing yet alone I don't know how to find my way around the website designers. I try to get my feet wet with some of them, but when I want to do something cool with it, it's a huge FAIL! I feel like I skipped a course along the way that I should have taken before I took this one. Website building for dummies? I don't know... But now that I'm into the course there is no going back now. I know that some of you are as frustrated as me. Are there others out there that get what they are doing and are having success with website builders that are easy to use? If so, can you leave suggestions or those builders? I feel like I'm going nowhere right now because I don't have a grasp on what I'm learning. Yes, I know about the different types of technology pieces but not how to do this technical stuff with graphics and so on. Someone please help or point me in the right direction! On that note, I'm done with my laptop for the night... my eyes can no longer focus on the screen. Have a great week everyone!

Done with my WQ and moving on

It felt great to turn in my webquest. I was a little nervous not knowing if I had everything I needed for it. I saw the rubric after I had already posted it and started stressing out... but I just looked at the points I received and was pretty happy with it. Now I've devoted most of my time figuring out what website design to make and how I'm going to do it. I know we're only submitting a outline for next week but I like being on top of everything and want to make sure I turn in what I want the prof to give me feedback on. I'm a little nervous but I'm hoping by the very last submission of the url, it will be the way I want it.


We are also getting ready to start our discussion on our class wiki. When I was reading the chapter about wikis by Richardson it said, "each of Wikipedia's more than 860,000 entries has evolved, from the hands of people just like us with the concept that everyone together is smarter than anyone alone." I liked the thought of that. I know that some people will add bogus material to open wikis and that some wikis are monitored on who has access to write on them. I still find that wikis are creative and can get people thinking about ideas. The difference I like between wikis and blogs is that you can go back and keep editing it. With blogs once you post, you can't go back and edit it. Good luck to everyone working on their web designs, see you in the discussions and have a great week!

And here is snow day #2

Let's be honest, I was really hoping for these snow days because I wanted to get caught up on some work. The problem is I haven't gotten much accomplished. I've been lacking in the motivation department and can't seem to snap out of it, haha. I have been working on my webquest, just not as far as I would like to be at this point in time. I freaked out when I realized I was on my own creating my very first website. I have sampled several but think I finally found one that I can manage and understand how to use. Now that I'm feeling underway I'm probably going to get back to it. I will return in a day or two to post more on my progress and any difficulties I ran into along the way. Good luck to everyone else still working on their webquest!