I'm a grad student!!!
I had my first class on Tuesday night. Oh boy, I was a wreck leading up to it. I was nervous about the work load and being able to sit through 4 hours of class after working all day. I wasn't nervous about the course topic(Technology and Teaching). As one classmate put it, "You must have grown up with a mouse in your hand." I am the youngest out of 7 classmates. By at least 15 years. I don't remember what we were talking about during the break, but I mentioned that I had graduated from MacArthur. He told me that he had graduated from Eisenhower in 1988 and he wondered what class I was. (Now do I seriously look like I could have graduated high school in the 80s?) I said 2003. As I said before I'm not worried about the technology part. I've used a fair amount of software and at work I'm the trouble shooter for the computers. I was expecting to learn how to educational software, but no it looks like we'll be learning how to use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access. There were a few more programs like HyperStudio(which I haven't used since jr high and I didn't think it was still around) and something else. During class we'll be spending time doing a tutorial and then doing an assignment. So I guess I don't have to worry about class time being hard, but maybe just boring.
Maybe I have it all wrong. Maybe I'm the type of person that already loves school and learning and NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES!! (yep that's me) so I'm ready for a challenge and this course doesn't not seem to be doing it just yet. I only have 6 more sessions left for this class and the hard part for me will be motivating me to actually do the reading assignments that just seem like weekly busy work(which working adults do not have time for, but we've got to learn the material somehow).
Actually I am procrastinating right now. I should get on the readings for class next Tuesday. :-)
