Well... I'm liking the class. We've got a lot of fun, creative people and there is a lot of information and ideas being shared. The websites we've been sent to for class have been really good for the most part. It's great seeing various examples of what we're learning about.
That being said, I am beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed. There are so many websites to visit and write about that I feel like I don't have the time to appropriately check out each site. I don't want to have to skip some of them or not spend enough time on them because I've got other things going on at work or at home. I'm sure we all have the same problems... and I don't want to make excuses, but I think you understand my position.
I am getting a little excited to make my own digital story. Looking at the suggestions in the digital story telling book, they say no more than 500 words. Wow.... 500 words... that's it. That's not a lot of words. Plus I'm trying to think of what kind of story to do. Should I do one I can show my students (and then have them make their own), should I do one for family or one for my zombie march site to help promote it. It's really hard to say. Even after I decide what... I'm not sure what really to talk about that has a surprise or twist to it or emotion. There is definitely a lot to think about. I'll be doing a lot this weekend on that, along with lesson planning, delivering Cub Scout popcorn, etc.
Why can't we have 4 day work weeks w/ 1 day to catch up!?!?!
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Shawn,
ReplyDeleteI'm with ya!
" That being said, I am beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed. There are so many websites to visit and write about that I feel like I don't have the time to appropriately check out each site."
The creative ideas and sources for this class are great...i just need an entire week to explore them all. Maybe we could as a group post any projects or examples we have for the entire cohort. I know I should be telling Louis this but it might be a time saver and cool to see how other people use the sites or applications.
I also think that 500 words is sooooo short! eeek! I'm going to struggle with that one!
Shawn,
ReplyDeleteJust when I think I've seen it all, the next class shows me more websites. Overwhelmed is a gross understatement. Did that make sense? You know what I mean. I start to think of the old adage or statistic (whatever) that students only retain 10% of the info given in class. It makes me wonder how much I'm retaining.