A good old fashioned Chat....

I have missed the auditory component of learnign with our on-line class. I love to listen to people talk, the differences in their voices, their accents, pronunciations, inflections, and tone.
It really adds a lot to be able to converse.... so.... our group had an old-fashioned chat via the telephone. I really think it helps to get to know someone more quickly. I enjoyed talking with the ladies. We can talk faster than we can type!

Ciao for now,
Ursula

Hi Everyone!

I was aksed to join the Technology Planning Committee by one of the computer teachers.
I am jazzed to have been asked! I am looking forward to finding out how things are planned and what is taken into consideration. I am also going to pick the brains of some people that were on it at the school that my children attended.

I look forward to sharing the information with you in the future.

Regards,
Ursula

Hi...
I had planned on working on my Edu. Tech. class today, but most of it was spent ironing out the details of our annual Halloween Window Painting. This is a time-honored event for the MS students of FES. Permission slips, letter to merchants, maintenance requests, etc..., etc.. etc...
Maybe I should rethink things and become a classroom teacher? HMMMM Only 20+ students instead of 420 students! I think I'm going to have to do a pro/con spreadsheet on the matter! If I weren't an Art teacher, I would want to be a MS Social Studies teacher. In that case, I'd have about 180 students, still better than 420. I only see a class 40 min./wk, that translates into 24 hours a year, which in turn means about 24 minutes spent with each child in a year. That is not a lot of time. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do, I just wish I had more time individually to do it!