iMet 7 Blog

When I started this Master's program in Educational Technology, John said that it would be a marathon, not a sprint. I experienced my first "lost weekend" a few short days ago. The assignment was to create a web page lesson plan with an advance organizer (one kind of graphic organizer).The graphic organizer was fun to make and play with. Inspiration is a great program and I clicked with it the very first time I tried it. Dreamweaver was a lot more elusive. The complexities still evade my investigation. I learned enough in the first five hours (no product in all that time) to know that if I wanted to complete my assignment, I had to keep it simple. With my practical nature, however, I needed to make something that I would be able to use. I did that. The web page alone took about 15 hours with tweaking and minor adjustments. The graphic organizer took about 3 hours with tweaking. All in all, my page turned out to be "decent" but not what I would call outstanding. I noticed some tricks on pages of other students that I want to steal for my own (heart of a teacher). I am beginning to feel the pull of the marathon on my endurance. Having taken on Dreamweaver and won, however, gives me new resolve. The next assignment will be like a walk in the park. The pressure is not released, however. I am still running, I have just learned how to breathe while doing so.

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