Well I have real frustrations and funny ones. Let's start with the real one that are less entertaining.
First: Wikis. Now everything is fine, but this process was very frustrating because we had to figure out completely on our own what we were to do. After we our group figured out what the heck we were supposed to do, we were told that there is some rubric we are to follow and that most things we had done were wrong. Now everyone is one the same page, so this has been solved.
Second: Evaluating websites. So again, apparently there was a rubric we were to use to for this website, but most of our class was unaware of this. So now we have to do this assignment again. We have to some how find a way to edit a PDF file and email it back to our teacher tonight. Well... I downloaded adobe reader to do this, but apparently in adobe reader you can't edit and save a PDF. Well that is NO help for me considering I have to email it! So I downloaded adobe acrobat pro to see if that would solve my problem. I am still waiting for the email link to come in my email to download it. I didn't know this assignment was such a big deal!!
Third: This one is funnier...well not to me. So last week I attempted to write a comment on another person's blog three different times. Each time I would hit post.....it would not post. After the third time I just gave up. So maybe this person has a weird setting to were they have to read comments before they are posted. I don't know.
All I do know is I can't do the homework for this class right now matter how hard I try.
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First, save the website evaluation tool onto your computer. Then, if you use the zamzar.com to convert the file from pdf to doc you can edit the website evaluation tool much better. I know it is not really any help now, but in the future if she gives us a file to fill out if you convert it to doc using that site, then you can edit in Microsoft Word. Hopefully that could help ease a little bit of your frustrations. I had issues with it too!
ReplyDeleteTo 'her' defense, she did link to the rubric on the assigtnments on the calendar AND spoke of it frankly when we discussed buying / not buying that notebook.
ReplyDeleteThat having been said, there are and will be a LOT of frustrations using technology - just like there will be with lessons that do NOT incorporate tech. The real question is HOW do you deal with them and how easily do you overcome - and do you let it defeat you? You don't seem like a quitter to me - not by a long shot so I think you'll be amazed at how much you'll use this stuff and how much your kids will get out of it.
Hey - awesome ideas for twitter with students! They rock!
AKG
(aka the mean tech prof) lol