Well Saturday Dec 1st proved to be a turning point for me. I was finally able to get things squared away with deli.cio.us, try out podcastiing and videocasting and look into piki wiki. I used podomatic and was able to make both trial podcasts and videocasts, previewed them all & linked them to my blog but after checking out my blog was unable to view the videocasts. Not really surprising considering my batting average thus far. That’s okay though because I think piki wiki will prove to be just what I need to complete the rest of my assignments. – minus the paper.
The wonderful news is that I think I can finally see the glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel (I think I was suffering a little from old-world tunnel-vision). Anyway, the light is beginning to brighten. I am even beginning to get a little excited about what I can envision doing in the classroom.
Since I am a French Immersion grade one teacher I plan to prepare a lesson designed to increase French vocabulary of the grade one student. Hopefully, I will be able to use piki wiki to create a page with a videocast, podcast and more – including music. High aspirations for someone like myself. But ohh! the fun is about to begin!
We are always told as teachers that what we teach has to be meaningful to our students. Well, this is all beginning to take on meaning for me. Now, having stated my goals does not mean that it will all transpire without a hitch or a glitch. I will most likely keep sending out those SOS’ just because those ‘WALLS’ just keeping cropping up. I feel like one of those characters in a video game where the ‘hero’ keeps having to do battle with the ‘whatever villain’ or cross the life-threatening ‘whatever’. Well, I’m tired of doing battle with the technology ‘demon’. True to my own character -being a pacifist- I just want to befriend it or as they say today ‘Embrace it”.
