As posted before “I love my job”. How great is it to get paid to do a job that you love. Here is a little bit of my day today….
- Late night chat via Skype with Barbara Reid on the perils of Milestone Reporting
- Early morning chat via Skype with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach in Buffalo on future thinking.
- A little bit of milestone writing in the morning- there’s got to be a downside there somewhere!
- In the afternoon a student/teacher workshop looking at animation at Upper Moutere. Will Richardson at ULearn had showed me Google Docs presenter so had made a presentation on animation to practice with the tool. This is the third in a series of workshops with students and teachers at Upper Moutere as we look at different ways of making animations, today we were looking at I Can Animate My Personal Learning Network (Fiona Grant) and Atomic Movies came in handy here with screen grab tutorials and a paper handout to guide me as I had never actually used the software before.
- Then a bit of a mad dash (driving dutifully at 49 km/hr) over to Mapua School for ULearn08 feedback. We took more of an unconference style to the reporting back which worked really well. I started off with a couple of links to EdTalks and K12 Online Conference and then ULearn08 participants shared what they had done with people who wanted to know more. It was a pretty good result I thought and people enjoyed the experience and went away good vibes and a few more ideas to take back to their schools.
- Home safely driving at 99km/hr to check my emails and catch up with my RSS. It seems that this blog is on a reading list for some pre-service teachers in Australia as they seem to be posting and reflecting on some of the things that I have posted lately. I am honoured and flattered by the attention. What about giving a little extra encouragement to Meaghan, Natalie, Renee and Amanda who are studying at UTS in Sydney.
- A little work on my blog and a little more work on my miletsone and a distraction from Greg Carroll showing me how to convert a PC into an Apple. Not a bad day in the life of a ICT facilitator from NZ!
And that is exactly why we love our jobs and every day is a delight.Love the Apple computer. Would it were that easy!
You made my day with your post. Thanks! Cheryl Oakes
I have always wanted to try an apple and now you have shown me how. lol
Allanah, you took my breath away, reading all that you have been up to. What great things you are getting involved in! Thanks for sharing it all.