November 22, 2008
Week 13 Reflection: On rough drafts, final papers and cutting presentations down to size…
I was glad to be able to post the rough draft of my final course project early. That meant I had some time to read what others had written, comment on them and think – through that activity – about what I might need to change or add. It also meant I could go back to my PowerPoint once again and try to whittle it down a bit. I would still have to rush through it to be done in 5 minutes. That was beginning to be a pretty hard number to hit! I wanted to have it finished this week pretty much so I could enjoy Thanksgiving week and still be able to post it early, per Cheryl’s instructions to have it up a couple days before we present.
Thanksgiving IS just around the corner…
Reading through Ashley’s paper, I got a good laugh at myself. I realized I hadn’t written about my focus group questions and protocols. Then Kona’s feedback was what I had suspected… I had to re-format my paper as APA. It wasn’t hard to do, but it took a good chunk of time! I did some double checking about APA and think I got everything pretty much the way it belongs. Only took me three tries!
Then I tackled my PowerPoint again. I only managed to get rid of two slides. I think it’s still too long. I’m hoping next week to look at it again. Maybe I can get rid of a couple more slides then!
So, it’s been busier this week than I had planned. Plus it was a busy week in other ways as well. Thursday and Friday I attended IETC (Illinois Education and Technology Conference) in Springfield. Among a zillion other things, I found out the cost of land in Second Life has gone WAY up and many can no longer afford it. They thought Google’s new virtual world Lively would be the answer, but evidently that is being shut down. Most of the conference, of course, was much more positive and up beat. The IETC is always great (I personally think it’s as good as the Chicago tech conference) – and this year was no exception – but you leave with a head full of thoughts and ideas and not enough time to do them all justice! I am resolved to make some time next week for that.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pam
