Reflection

I have been really busy and haven't had that much time to devote myself to my studies. I did however accomplish organizing the AR project report and hoping to be done by the end of February.

I have been involved in many community planning meetings and have finally sewt-up a date for my 'Parent Conference' in April. This is very exciting as we, the community agencies, will be hosting this event. This has been an idea of mine in which I had wanted to provide information for our parents not only to promote parental involvement but give them othe skills to assist their children.

I have been sitting at my computer, both at home and in my office, coming up with wonderful plans and ideas to utilize technology for the upcoming events. I have spent countless hours researching the best possible activities to utilize during this event.

I am also excited to deliver the next group of on-line students, starting Tuesday, Feb. 3/09. The grade 12's that just finished this course are somewhat baffled at themselves for what they were able to accomplish during this class. I am hoping that the grade 10's will have the same insights.

The best thing about this on-line class is they won't need a sub if I'm not there! lol

Learning is amazing!!

I have a difficult time approaching this assignment. I'll have to get my techi son to help me through this portion this weekend. Perhaps he'll be able to assist me in inserting the things I want to put in my blog. I have finally figured out what to do for my project for this class, I just hope that students will help their parents through the process of utilizing the computer. Another problem that might arise is that not everybody will have access to the Internet.

My project is create a blog for students, parents, teachers, and community agencies. I will be utilizing the Medicine Wheel concept where a person using the blog will choose either from any of the four aspects of life. But first I have to organize my resources and then post the links.

My, this does take alot of your time, doesn't it? But it's actually interesting.

I am currently involved in a first ever First Nations themed Science Fair and the two groups of high school students are so excited in taking part in this. They will actually be taking their projects to Skt'n in March. I have chosen four high school students who have 'Traditonal Knowledge' and teamed them up with our in-school elder and Cultural personnel. They will also be earning 3 credits while doing this: ELA A10, Science10, & Native Studies 10 & ELA B30, Bio 20 & Native Studies 30. They will be working on this project for 2 months. Finally, the students have something that is culturally relevant and get credit for it! They will be utilizing several kinds resources to gather and record their information and technology is one of them!

My project will model the 'Medicine Wheel' concept where a person seeking assistance can choose either of the following: Spiritual, Physical, Mental, or Emotional. From there there will be several links that they can choose from to get to the site that will assist them in addressing a certain problem or issue.

Hi Everybody in Blog-Land!

Finally able to set-up my very own blog, truly amazing!