Wait off Shoulders

So glad that I was able to get my video posted. I was pushing to get it done before my spring break. If any of you have a student who can show you new techinques in computer stuff, let them. They can do wonders; they have helped me a lot. Hopefully everyone is having fun with this assignment, I just had to get over my stage fright. Enjoy the weekend and nice weather.

OMG!!!

I was so excited today that I was going to finish my video and have it edited by the end of the day. Did not happen. Even though I requested the camera and the student, the teacher who had the camera let another student take it home last night. Kid no showed today, no camera. My videographer came to me and said we did not have camera, but found a second one. The second one could not recognize the mini dvd we were using. A camera the library had which is being used for KTIP teachers eats tapes. UGH!!!!!

So I must push back the lessons to tomorrow and pray the camera thief comes to school. Plus, my camera kid isn't sure he can get out of the class I was using him for. Plan B: I bought a camera and memory card. My assistant said he could still paste the two types of saved film to put onto IMovie.

Moral of the story: If going to use school property, keep it in your possession at all times, and other teachers really don't listen to your needs.

Good thing though is that I do have majority completed and few days left before spring break and deadline and extra funds for the camera. My husband has to wait on his new lawn mower. I suffer, he suffers.

Almost done

I am almost done with my video. When I first explained how in the real world we work in committees, the students looked frozen. It was like they was either afraid of working for real or not sure of what I was talking about. So I tried to simplify it a little more. They liked the fact that they could work in groups, since we have not done a lot of it this year. I saw how the partner groups worked well, and the "trimember" groups worked okay. I may have too much anxiety but have to wait to view the video to get a better grasp. Tomorrow I will be taping the class in in "ability based" groups. Hope eveyone had a good weekend. Going to root for Butler, still can't forgive Duke for beating UK back in '92.