Week+2+Journal

 **Sunday November 1 – Saturday November 7**


 * Sunday – Today I got online and viewed the wiki information. I had some knowledge as to what a wiki was, but I really wasn’t sure. I think the wiki is really neat and could really be put to good use. However, I’m still concerned about other people being able to edit my information. What if I don’t like what they have to say. I still need to do some updates on my wiki, because I’m just so picky about things. It’s not quite looking the way I want it to look.
 * Wednesday – I just returned to school after being at a meeting in Zanesville for the past two days. I got on to view my grades from the week 1 graduate credit. There are only three of us who did it (all from my school). I was absolutely shocked to see my grade on the assignment. I was given two readings about 30 pages long and some vague questions to answer. I guess I gave too vague of an answer. I was also criticized for one of the specific facts that I picked out of the reading and included in my response. I also lost points because of my response to another’s post, when others didn’t even do the response and didn’t lose any points. I felt like I was penalized for doing the work (which said we could respond to if we wanted, voluntary?). I don’t know if I’m even going to continue doing this graduate credit.


 * Wednesday – We had our team meeting after school today and discussed our results. Of course I forgot mine, so I just had to listen to my teammate’s opinions about the survey. We also watched some videos. I remember one in particular, [|Social Media Revolution] that was just a bunch of words. They were powerful words, but ones I had read many many times before. Therefore, unnecessary. We also looked at each others wikis and answered questions each other had. Everyone else on my team was also surprised to find that the results of the survey matched what they had said (for the most part). Eventually, it just turned into a complaining session about our grades for the grad credit.


 *  Thursday - I finally had a chance to look over the Needs Assessment Survey results. I was pretty surprised about what I found. I just assumed people in other parts of the state were farther advanced than us. I was also surprised at how many teachers aren’t really using technology in their personal lives or classroom. I didn’t have any problems answering the questions for the survey response. The answers just came floating out. This made me feel a lot better. After yesterday’s fiasco (with the grades), I just wanted to quit this whole thing. I hate to keep harping on this, but it just really bothered me and hindered my learning and concentration for a day or two.