A little bit of madness...

So just when it seems like I've got a handle on things and can start adding some new elements to the class, a new problem pops up. My projector died! So instead of showing the videos on the over head for "how-to use moviemaker", I ran in and put the files on the Thawspace drives of all the classroom computers! Then I created a quick .htm doc that puts them in order. In p2 today I had to have the kids manually start up. Now I see how to launch it on all desktops from AppControl using the T:drive file. Pretty cool - they log in and I launch the tutorials. But it was about 25 minutes to update all those stupid machines. But it worked.

Now I've already got my projector back because I took it down and did an end-around of buildings and grounds. The awesome A/V director installed a new bulb and filter. Now I've just got to hook it back up. Maybe between 4/6 and parent visits. Speaking of which - I better get to work setting up those parent visits by printing out grade reports.

In other news, th and I are emailing now about upgrading the vision in this lab and moving it to the school level. Sounds like more camtasia's to me, but I'll be glad when this stuff is in wide use. Also, I should poke my head up a bit so that I'm visible when I'm asking for new equipment for next year.

Almost half-finished updating Quia with the class notes and grammar - that'll be nice. Also, posted my first examview study guide (then deleted it b/c it was outdated). Looks very easy to use and I'll certainly start producing them for the students to practice on.

The extra-credit for freerice.com thing has hit a bit of a snag - I have collected a lot of rice, but a couple students are submitting sheets that put them at level 5 or 7 on their print-outs. Now, an avg student is around level 24. An excellent student in the low-mid thirties. But my student with a 98% average is on level 7? I just had to say NO, even though there were 5000 grains (and 200 points) at stake. It's just insincere or I'm just mean. Either way, I love that these kids are donating, but that's not a fair way to do it.

Oh goodness, I also have to log every minute that I've spent on student council for the last year somehow. I better go.