Week # 9 Condensing Resources, Managing Time

I love the idea of managing time - it is a great idea.  I never seem to pull it off successfully - I lurch from one project to another, usually just squeaking it all in in time.  So you can see why this seemed like a great week of stuff to learn and master.

Well, it didn't all go to plan - as per usual, I guess.  My favourite one was Wibbitz.  I could see definite possibilities there - thinking mainly of our younger students - especially the ESL ones. 

My first try was putting in the URL for my school blog and it worked quite well.  However, it would only go so far and no further.  So I tried out a range of URLs - most of which, or so the site informed me, were 'not valid'.  I came to the conclusion that if it couldn't find headings and/or pictures, it just decided the site was 'invalid'.

Trying to find a text-based site with a relevant URL became a headache.  I had planned to use it for web evaluation lessons with our Yr 7s (eg: Tree Octopus, Dehydrated water and similar) but I think I will have to give that idea up.  But it looks to be a really fun program - if I could only make it do what I want.

The other one I signed up for was TopicMarks.  It looked easy, seemed like a good idea - and once I was in there - it all got too hard.  Even when it had uploaded something, it then presented me with a blank page.

The conclusion to be drawn from this, I think, is that it was operator error.  The one constant in all this, was the person trying to make it work - ME.  Either I was asking the programs to do more than they were designed to do - or - and this is more likely - I was making mistakes in what I entered or tried to upload. 

This requires more 'playtime' so the links will be kept to attempt and, hopefully master, at another time.

I also had an attempt at signing up with Strawberry Jam - however, once I had inputted the email address and a password - I was presented with the same page.  Operator error again?

Maybe lots of reading, paper and pens is the way to go for me.  (And I should give up the idea of managing time?)