What have I learned this week?  I guessthat this could be a very complicated question.  I feel I have learneda tremendous amount about links.  I have done enough links over andoverto feel I am almost a link expert when dealing with my own web pages.  I learned that I want it to be right before I download it or I will be downloading again and again.  Is your work ever really finished in this world of web processing.  I would say no because there is always something that can be done to make a project better looking or work better.  I find that I have to keep my spirits up and my frustrations down as I am working on a machine because sometimes you can fix something several times and it still not work in translation.  I felt pretty good about what I have learned so far because I was able to tutor one of my classmates on their project.  The thing I feel bad about is that at that time I was linking everything tothe A drive and I taught that person to do that instead of linking it to amore relative link.
     I feel excited about my project and I have all kinds of creativeideas about how to bring technology into my classroom.  I am going toproceed with having my ninth graders build a web site based on what they are learning in their unit on the Odyssey, but I am disappointed if I can only use this web site for two years.  I feel like the frustration is what if I create something I really like.  I guess I read the multimedia guidelines but I am unsure whether or not I have fully integrated what they are sayingin them.  I hope to get clearer on fair use as I go. If I createeverything on a web site from scratch I feel like I should be able to usethat as long as I want as a teaching tool in my classroom. I guess Iwill be clearer on these guidelines as we go. 
    The things I liked about this week is that this week was morehands on, and I feel good that I can link stuff together easily now.  I am hopeful that I am doing my work correctly.  I find myself getting frustrated with the computer at least once an hour, but I felt tremendous pride in the work that I had done this week.  I feel as a computer user I am so much more literate than I was last week.  I know that even if I just had the little training I have had in the last two weeks this would effect my teaching.  I feel this makes some of the struggling and doing things over and over till its right worth it.
     I never knew before this class how important it was to me for my kids to produce a product that was meaningful to me.  I feel by creatingthis web page I am creating something meaningful to me, and I am hoping thatwill be a source of motivation and encouragement for my children.

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