This One's For you Kathy

Well, I chose an alternative evaluation this year rather than the traditional classroom observation. I wanted to try and work smarter, not harder. In other words, I wanted to combine the work I am doing for this master's program with anything else I could. I deperately long for purpose and meaning in my life! So, I committed to creating a class wiki and getting as many of my handouts and regularly used forms into PDF format and onto the wiki. Tonight I took my first steps. I tried a couple web 2.0 applications for converting files; one was www.scribd.com and the other was a free download from cnet called primopdf. Both worked. I have a chart for the literary unit we are currently wrapping up on the wiki in an adobe acrobat file and I also converted a document for a piece of literature we won't do until the spring. I had already converted the form we use for our weekly spelling/vocabulary words into an excel file, and that too is on the wiki. So, if you care or if you want to see my wiki in its infancy, then visit www.fieldsenglish8.pbwiki.com. Enjoy!