Ready for Second Semester?

                                                                                                                                           

88 days left until the end of the school year!  It is hard to believe that the time has gone by so quickly.  I have 3 Globaloria classes this year and for the most part they are all really good.  I have a couple of students that refuse to work and therefore failed the class - I think that two of them dropped the class.  They had heard that it was an easy class, etc, so they thought it would be a piece of cake....

Now I am worried about next year.  When the memo from Deb Super came out telling us that we would need to pay $20,000     I knew that it was all over.  I gave copies of the memos to our principal, Mr. Aulenbacher, but he didn't say anything about it.  Then Deb sent out the other memo saying that the WorldWideWorkshop people would help us get the rest of the money if we would just commit what we could.  I went to speak with Mr. Aulenbacher about it and the only thing he said was that we couldn't afford $20,000....so I am worried about us being able to offer it next year.  That will make me really sad - and a lot of my kids who want to take it again next year.

Resolution? Really...

OK - so one of my personal resolutions was to blog twice a week. I blogged on the first and now it is the 14.....so I have already blown it....but, as we always do with the kids - I get a second chance. So, here I am again, trying to blog twice a week.

                                                
It might get a little easier - How? I am at one of my 3 part time jobs and I expected that Blogger would be blocked (Our school wiki is blocked since it is "games related"), but to my surprise, it is not. So, I have been here since 8:30 a.m. and will be here until 5:00 p.m. every Saturday (except next week, we have out training Webinar), so now I can at least blog every Saturday. And starting Monday, I will be here every night, 4:30 until 10:00, for the next 3 weeks....so hopefully there will be some good blogging hours.

                                               

Happy New Year

Happy 2012!!!!

Last year was the worst year of my life - so many terrible things going on in my personal life, which of course, impacted every aspect of my life - my work, my friendships...

Today is the first day of 2012 and I begin it by blogging - I have MANY goals for this year.....not the usual kinds like losing weight or exercising every day - I have some real, attainable, NEEDED goals that I am going to meet this year. MANY are for Globaloria....blogging at least twice a week, keeping better in touch with my mentees,....so, I started to attain this goal by blogging today....

I have great hopes for this year!!!

Let the Paper Prototyping BEGIN!!!!

Yea!  My kids have FINALLY started their paper protoyping....I feel like we are so far behind.  I have had such issues in the two labs that I use this year, and unluckily, things are still not fixed.  I have no sound in one lab, so it is very hard to show the videos and tutorials.  I was able to switch labs on Monday, but today I had to talk through the paper prototyping videos.  I have talked with out tech guy many, many times and finally e-mail him Monday night and asked if I needed to ask for outside help...still no sound.

                                                                        
OK - I will try not to focus on the negative part - I will focus on the positive part - my kids have started their paper prototyping.  This is where we can really see how their games will work - or if their ideas are really valid.

                                                             

Willl I ever get caught up?

It seems that I spend my life trying to catch up.  My friends and family say that I am trying to do too much.  Maybe so.  I have not even taken any of my H&R Block classes so that I can work this coming season.  WHEN will I be able to squeeze that in?  I teach, I stay after school until 5:30 helping with Credit Recovery, I am (trying) to be a mentor and all that encompasses, I take H&R Block classes all Fall and work for them January through April 15, I walk my dogs every morning and every night, I try to go out once a week with my boyfriend....  It seems that time is running too fast

WOW!!! A new year

Here it is - October the 11th and I am just getting back into blogging....it has been the CRAZIEST beginning of the year that I have ever had  - OK....this is just my third year teaching :)  But it is just unbelievable that it is already half way through October.  As I take my "new" dog for a walk in the evening - it is dark by the time we come home....
Even though I have been very busy, school-wise, it has been a GREAT year!  It seems that every year gets better.  I have super classes this year - usually there is one or two classes that are not your favorite, but this year I really enjoy all of them.  When I have a substitute, he even comments of what great classes and kids I have this year.   FINALLY......