I'm Starting to Breathe Again!

Well, this has been an interesting semester. I have battled pneumonia (and learned how to spell it), kept a husband and three children alive, taken an eighteen hour car trip with those three young children, and threw a wedding shower. Though pneumonia was not fun, I recommend it over the car ride. :)
On a professional level, I have taken a good step toward my masters degree. I took three classes and enjoyed aspects of all of them. I particularly enjoyed this class because I learned things here that I KNOW I will use even before I secure a teaching position. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about these tools and I loved creating with them. My children are already hooked on Audacity. I bought a cheap microphone for this class and they are now more proficient with it than I am. I love to write, but have never blogged. Although I don't think anyone will read it, I will continue to blog.
I enjoyed this class and now I will enjoy the things I have been neglecting. Like my husband, laundry, children, kitchen, garden, dog, and the outside world. :)
Great class everyone!
Have a happy summer!!

I Now Speak Internet

I was on the phone with my sister this morning and she asked how much work I had left for this semester. I started telling her the list. I just contributed to the wiki, though I may do more, I want to blog at least one more time, I am almost finished with my Moodle, my podcast is done, and I have a few papers to write. She paused and then asked what language I was speaking. I have been home with my kids for six years and have not learned this much useful information in such a long time. Before January, I had no idea what the words Moodle, blog, tweet, podcast, screencast, or wiki were. I have learned so much and enjoyed the journey. I can't wait to take more classes.

High-Ho!

So, I love Moodle! I can definitely see some areas where it could be improved, and the overall feel was a little archaic, but Ilove the concept. I liked getting the perspective that an online instructor would have in setting up a course. More so, I loved the possibilities of using this as a great organizational system for a high school course. I loved being able to set upi the course from scratch and divide the units and see everything so neatly organized. I would definitely use this in my classroom. I am almost done with this assignment, but my other classes are kicking my butt right now. Off to work I go!