Preparing the Online Training

    I have spent a good bit of time in the last few days working on the online training component of my staff development lesson.  I have decided how I want to structure the online tutorial, but it is time-consuming to put everything together.  Even though I presented the training to middle school teachers, the online tutorial will be for middle and high school teachers.  For this assignment, I am using skills that I learned earlier this year in some other courses.  I'm glad that I kept my notes and handouts in separate notebooks or folders for each class. 
   Over the weekend I was able to start checking the various assignments required for the practicum.  I made some changes and finalized most of them, but I still have a few that I need to edit and complete. 
   This afternoon I spent some time with the media specialist at the middle/high school.  She is having a book fair this week, and she walked me through the process.  We discussed how she set up the displays, and she walked me through the steps of using the cash register.  I have a book fair scheduled in December, so I was very glad to see the layout of her book fair and have her share suggestions.  We also discussed how she will be evaluated this school year.  She showed me how she is documenting various services that she is providing.  She has the same problem with time management that I seem to be having.  There are so many things that need to be done each day and not enough time to do them.  I'm sure that we'll settle into these positions more and more as the year goes on.  This first year is full of learning and finding your way, but I'm still smiling.

Hours Preparing the Online Staff Development Training:  2
Hours Spent in the Atkinson County Middle/High School Media Center:  .75