Congrats!

What a great showcase last night! It made me that much more nervous to do my capstone seeing the amazing job that the presenters did. I cannot wait until I can say that I am a graduate of the MAIT program, still have 4 more classes to get under my belt before I can proudly say that!

I was very happy to learn that the library session that I missed was being archived the entire time, big thanks to Amy for that!!

To Infinity and Beyond!

Pardon the title, I have just been watching Toy Story on repeat for the past 3 days as it's the only thing that keeps my 18-month old son's attention while I'm in the midst of "potty bootcamp" with my daughter!!!

I must say that it seems like this class is much more active on Bb right out of the gate. I am enjoying listening to the class on my way home from work through the call-in feature - it makes it easier to stay caught up with what is going on in the class. We are lucky to have Brian & Michele there to answer any questions that might arise when Amy is offline. I loved Ericka's first blog post where she said she can actually help people now!!! That is such a great feeling to be a veteran Wimba-er!!!

I especially enjoyed learning about Google Docs. It seems to be extremely user friendly & makes it easy to keep everything in one place...how convenient!

Can you hear me now?

Let me just start off by saying that I love the call-in feature! This was the first time I've ever used it & couldn't believe how easy it was and how well I could hear everyone in the class!!

I hung up while they were watching a few tutorials so I could save my minutes, but I called back into the room once they were all finished watching the tutorials.

We saw a demo of Prezi from Ericka which was very informative & a great refresher since I haven't used it since Intro. We also saw a quick demo of Tagxedo which is one of my favorite tools from Intro.

This class seems very active already on Bb & I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's materials!

Back in the MAIT saddle!

I am not a fan of country music, however I found this title to be fitting considering that I feel like I've been jumping on & off the proverbial "saddle" for the past 1.5 years!! Thankfully, Amy e-mailed me regarding this course & I was able to quickly register. I did realize that I would be 2 hours late to the class each week...but...there is a wonderful tool called archiving!!! I am able to listen to the entire 2 hours that I missed & catch up on any assignments. Isn't technology wonderful?!! Thanks to the archive feature, I am able to stay on track with the rest of the class and know exactly what is going on.

I was also happy to hear a few familiar voices from past courses!!

November 17, 2010

I can honestly say that being f2f for this class has been quite the experience!! I'm glad I chose to do most of the classes this way for this course. I've learned so much in this class, including new words such as "wonky" (thanks Michele!)

Next up...the dreaded PLN! Thankfully, after the concept was explained in more detail, it doesn't seem so scary after all!!!

November 3, 2010

I got to do my tool time demo for Picnik & it went pretty well. Luckily my computer didn't act up too much and I was able to get through it! We also got to see Ericka's demo of Museum Box which was really neat & a great, interactive learning tool for kids. I like how you can not only add text & pictures, but video as well.

This semester seems to be flying by...

10/27/10

No formal class this week, but we did meet in Wimba to work on a worksheet. Brian was a really big help, answering any/all questions we had & helping everyone navigate through areas of Wimba that they weren't previously familiar with. I think the worksheet is a great idea even for the most experience Wimba user - it never hurts to brush up.

On a lighter note...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!