This is one of my lost posts from the DNS problems, but VERY revelant
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22686809/
This is really true in the computer science classroom, as the best I can hope for in a sub is a babysitter. Physically things are not too bad. The hall pass is missing and I’ve alerted the administrators AND replaced it.
As for learning — not as many assignments got turned in as I would like.
This six weeks was very hard for my webmastering students. We did Flash, and it is not a piece of software I am comfrtable with. We’re using an older version and the online tutorials do not work as well as they could. Plus we don’t have a book or other reference. Debugging Flash is hard for me. Doing Flash is hard for the kids. The good news, is that now we are doing Dreamweaver and I am very comfortable with it.
My computer science kiddos are just not putting the time and energy into the class they need to. The majority are not taking it seriously and are not asking for help. They waste a lot of class time.
The good news is that the PreAP kids are doing the best.
And my favorite CS kiddo has gained an new appreciation for me, because she got stuck on Monday, and i called in on Tuesday and got her unstuck over the phone.
I still think the trip was worth it, but it did make the week even harder — I was gone Thursday and Friday, which were the end of the six weeks. Also gone Monday and Tuesday. Monday traveling and Tuesday recovering and grading(and I did work all day Saturday and Sunday!). I never would have gotten the work graded if I had came in , as it was, I finished about 2:00 pm.
Wednesday was ELA testing day and only 7th period met.
And now we are out for spring break….