TGIF

I dunno how many times I've said that working here at KTC, probably around 95 times - the number of Friday's I've worked here in Kanazawa. I never used this phrase in the States. I wonder if it's a regional thing.

Anyhow, I'm done with grades and all of the other work-related things on my to-do list for today. I nearly started to work on a survey for the other teachers about their interest in tech workshops I'd run next semester. Then I stopped and thought... this sounds like one of those "good ideas" I get that entails a lot of work for me in the end. I think I'm just going to focus on what I need to do and move on. I've go enough on my place for goodness sakes.

Next week: office days! Which means half-days and time to relax.

Teaching Color theory with PowerPoint

I'm going to have to look up some resources for presenting color theory and design basics when creating PowerPoint documents.

What makes a good design layout?
Contrast and complement.
Negative and Positive space.
Movement and focus.
Planned vs. thrown together.

How do each of these elements fit together and affect one another.

EV Online 2007

I was recently honored with an invitation to join the Electronic Village Online six week session on using PowerPoint in the Classroom.

At this point there are a few things I need to do to prepare for the October 8th Moderators' Training Session.

1. read through a heap of emails to catch up on the chatter
2. post a bio on the wiki
3. join the YahooGroup for moderators
   

and there was more... but I can't remember unfortunately. I tried to save the YM conversation I had with Christine a little while ago, but they don't have that feature!

The EVO Training Wiki