Reflection on Things on a Stick Process

I'm feeling a little frustrated with the "Things on a Stick" blog. I have found it very hard to navigate and the links seem really overwhelming to me. I've been having a difficult time understanding exactly what we should be doing versus what the other people (that the blog was designed for) should be doing. I am beginning to think that my absence on the first class meeting is really catching up with me. Or this blog seriously needs a re-design to be more user friendly.

Even this blog has been giving me error messages in some sort of technological code that makes no sense to me. Hopefully this one will actually let me post.

I guess this process confuses me because I have used many of these things before. Many of the "things" I completed before I ever saw the website. While I see the benefit of working with these mediums to become familiar with them, personally, I have a difficult time considering then out of context. What I mean is that I would prefer to explore how other teachers have used them in the classroom context before playing with it on my own. I'm really hoping that the class discussion will help quell some of my concerns and frustrations.

Morrell Book Status

An update on my Morrell book:

From the bookstore: The book is not in stock. We'll back order it for you. Should be in-stock in about a week, maybe sooner.

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

Call to the bookstore one week later: Oh yeah! We don't actually receive orders this week because we've doing inventory. Oops.

Amazon.com: Super-fast Shipping!! Get it by Thursday! WOO!

UPS: Weather or natural disaster delay. Sorry for the delay.

UPS: No one there to sign for the package. Come get it at our office tomorrow.


Needless to say, I do not have any informal notes to write about the Morrell text. Hopefully I will very soon.