November 28, 2007
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So, five TAs attended the seminar at NDSU (and one professor), and I think it went alright. I gushed about my job more than I thought I would (but, hey, I do like what I do, so…), I think I was chewing gum (not cool), and I think that my eye contact could’ve been better too. “You win some; you lose some.”
As far as the presentation on our campus tomorrow (on blogging), I have a PPT ready to go - a little bit of why one should consider them, a little bit on my research of them, a little bit on how to implement them, and I am thinking I should add two more pieces: 1) how non-English teachers can use them (even administrators!) and 2) how teachers can benefit from having their own teaching blog.
I am overwhelmed, but I am fairly certain I will push out some great work the rest of the week whether I come in on Saturday or not. I just need to make a list of things to accomplish the rest of the semester; I’ll focus on next semester after Finals Week, after the final grade has been thrown into PeopleSoft. Like… the Creative Writing class, or revising all my eCompanion shells, or adding in my World Blog module to Online 120… those things can and HAVE to just wait until I am caught up.
(p.s. My mom asked me last night if this blog could get me in trouble. My first thought was: “Well, no one reads it so…” and then I concluded with: “What could I possibly have on here that could get me ‘in trouble’?” I hope that wasn’t a foreshadowing-type of statement.)
