My Hypertext Story

My hypertext story is finally on line.  It took me more hours and more aggravation than I would have anticipated!  Of course the darn thing was due tonight!  Oh well, I turned it in on a disc; now, it's available on the Internet.  Dreamweaver itself wasn't the problem.  The problems came with uploading over 100 files into the University of Baltimore H drive.  I was successful after I removed the files for the fourth time and reloaded them into the parent directory.  I figured it out with the help of Liz!  She is amazing.  Enjoy!

Promethean Board

This week has been exhausting.  Tonight I feel like someone beat me with a stick about my head and shoulders.  Besides my two grad school classes (which are almost finished for the semester), I signed up and am taking whiteboard training.  I just had a Promethean Board installed in my classroom.  Since the training is 15 hours, it's a one credit MSDE graduate credit and comes with the obligatory homework assignments.  I have to create flip charts.  Okay, so it's fun.  I don't really have the time.

That's what the thing looks like.  It's mounted in the front of my classroom, will project anything on my computer, shows movies, and is interactive.  It's pretty amazing.

In addition to this, I am creating a Wiki at pbworks.com for my spring semester British Literature classes.  It is the approved Wiki site for Baltimore County Public schools and isn't as user friendly as I would like.

Tonight I am catching up my laundry.  I wish I was going to the Story Slam at 7:30 but that's not happening.  I wish I was going to hear Sarah Jane Miller read tomorrow night, but that's not happening either.  I wish I was going to Minas on Saturday evening at 5 to hear Gerry LaFemina and Jessica Blau, but that doesn't look promising either.  I have GOT TO FINISH my hypertext story!!!

Thanks, I finished (not the story, just the rant).

Katelyn Cohen

Well my guest poet cancelled for tomorrow.  That means I have to decide what I'm teaching in all three of my classes.  It's not a huge deal.  I have an arsenal of creative writing lesson plans.

Final Project

Okay, I finished all 50 pages of my hypertext story, but it is text only at the moment.  Now comes the arduous task of scanning pictures (five for the first page and one for each of the other 49 pages).  Once the pictures are scanned, I have to resize them and insert them in Dreamweaver.  Whew!  I'm happy with what I've done so far.  It certainly has been a lot of work; I spent about six hours today alone.  My plan is to finish the project this week so I can complete the editing on the pieces I wrote for my memoir class.

Fogo de Chao

My boyfriend, Dan, turned 50 years old today.  Last night we went to Fogo De Chao in Baltimore to celebrate.  There were five of us, Dan and I, my daughter Lauren and her boyfriend Andy, and my daughter Kaytee.  For $46.50 it's all you can eat meat and salad bar.  Dan and I skipped the salad bar and started right in on the meat.  I was stuffed in an hour.  It was delicious.  It's the second time I've been, and both times I couldn't seem to eat as much as I would have liked... sigh.  

This is Your Brain on Metaphors

This is an article from the NewYork Times.  It was posted by James Taylor (not the musician) and linked to Moira Egan and Katelyn Cohen on Facebook.  These three are guest poets in my creative writing program.

Anyway, the article is interesting.  I think you should read it.  I do not think that I should have to tell you about it.  The only people who read my blogs are adults who either have graduate degrees or are working on them.

Enjoy.

Upgrades

 I just purchased this iMac in September and already there is upgraded software for iPhoto, iMovie, and Garage Band!  It infuriates me that I don't qualify for the $6.99 upgrade because I didn't purchase my Apple laptop in October.  If I want to upgrade, I have to pay $49.99.  I know you're probably thinking that it isn't that expensive; however, it's the principle of the thing.  My computer is new and already something on it is outdated.  I guess I'll ask for it for Christmas.