Skills Update C

Man, oh, man!  It has been the craziest two weeks I've had in a long time!!!!  Unfortunately, due to the end of volleyball, beginning of basketball, end of the quarter, Parent/Teacher Conferences, and my bridal shower, my work for my class had taken a back seat.  I paid for that today!  I spent FIVE HOURS in the school today planning for next week and working on some projects.  I decided on Friday to change my goal for skill c.  I decided that I was going to create a Prezi for class so I could check it out and understand how to use it for my final project.  I'm excited to learn all the bells and whistles of Prezi!  I realized, after I made my Literary Device Prezi's, that you could add screens IN screens!!!  This program is so neat!  I'm hoping to incorporate it into a quarter book project that I give every quarter.  I'm really excited about this program and all the neat things I could do with it for my final project!

Skills Update B Cont...

Oh my goodness.  What another busy week!  I graded 82 leadership compare and contrast essays and it took FOREVER!  I had them turn it into me via My Big Campus and I downloaded them all to my computer to grade them and make comments using the comments and track changes on Word.  I like that I don't have to carry papers around but I don't like that I have to download them all to my computer and grade them and then upload them to My Big Campus to give them the results.  I feel as though this is more time consuming than marking up papers.  On a positive note though, I feel so much more comfortable with the applications in Word and I feel as though I have mastered it.  One more goal accomplished!

Skills Update B

Well, tomorrow my students have an essay due.  I'm having them turn it in to My Big Campus.  I'm nervous because this is the first time I'm going to grade solely on the computer.  I hope it turns out alright!  I started messing around with Word to find out if I knew what I was doing.  After about 30 minutes, I think I finally understand how to make comments.  My goal is to figure out how to track changes correctly.  With 85 essays, I'm assuming I'll figure it out sooner or later!  I'm going to be a pro at this before it's all over!!!