Friday, April 30, 2010

summer

The weekend has officially begun- Although, I manage to plan out my week and weekends in advance I have no clue what is going to happen. I know that one thing is for sure I am completely finished in one of my education classes. I finished my Capstone as our final project and I am ecstatic. The past few weeks I have worked so hard to complete according to the rubric. The assignment was to choose the grade each student would like to teach once they finish graduating. Of course, I chose kindergarten with a focus in math-learning addition, subtraction, and money, face and place value. On each slide I chose images off of Google and each item was placed into my capstone folder and on my jump drive. Throughout this course I learned how to use windows vista for movie maker and power point. In high school the money funding was provided towards Mac computer which are a bit different than MSSUs. I also had the courage to do a few narrations- where I recorded myself talking on a slide about the specific topic. It was not easy to do so of course I recorded the sound from home and then brought it to the school to add to the power point. Some of the disadvantages were that I do not have an upgraded computer with Power Point 2007 therefore; it corrupted a couple files leaving me to start completely over. One day I got to class and realized that I did not have my jump drive leaving me with nothing to do for a whole class period and then found out Paisly had put it in one of her purses, funny. If my memory was awful I have no idea where I would be right now. I am completely finished – burned the CD and turned it in to the professor. The only downside is I still have four classes including our English class. BOO. I hope these next three weeks pass on by and I can still squeeze in observation hours. I am really getting irritated with one of my teachers because she keeps assigning assignment and I turn them in before the due date and of course she extends the dates for the procrastinators. I honestly could have squeezed in a little more Paisly time; movie, outdoors etc… catch my drift? The assignment is over education in the different countries and to fill out a chart with our own words through the Power Point she shows in class. The students should all be writing down word for word, but instead they do nothing- then realization hits the night it is due and the Power Point on blackboard does not open.
Dear summer,
Please hurry. I need a break!

2 comments:

  1. Don't look at deadlines that way it will drive you insane. If the class isn't graded on a curve then nobody else's performance influences yours. If it is then the procrastinators probably aren't setting the curve. You're on the right path, keep your focus and you'll be happy in the end.

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  2. I would agree with the last comment, because the soon you get your work done the more time you havr to do what ever you wait. It isn't on your mind all the time either, because it is already done. I also agree with you about summer it can't get here fast enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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