Happy New Year

Crikey, were did the last 6 weeks go? December was hectic both in school and personally. Plus i had the dreaded flu which knocked me for 6. I will have full empathy the next time someone tells me they have flu!

Well were to start this blog? I was very happy that i managed to log onto both Blackboard and my blog tonight so thats a positive start.

I have to admit i am very concerned on how successful i will be at this assignment considering how little ICT i actually come into contact with at school. There wasn't any opportunity for any ICT work throughout the whole of December. The mornings were taken up practicsing for the Infant Christmas concerts and in the afternoons the Juniors practised. When i say we practised everyday that is not an exaggeration! The last week of school was then taken up with the actual concerts, trips to the cinema, school parties and practising for the Christingle service.
The New Year hasn't started off much better. Yet again the man from Baglan ws called as our Interactive board was once again not interactive. Then when he came the teacher requested he loaded TIZZY onto the computer as that is what we use in Nursery but he said TIZZY couldn't be put on as we already had Textease. Panic set in as it is textease i'm hoping to produce my ICT resource on! Anyway, he did manage to fiddle a bit and as managed to get both resources installed, although i haven't yet checked to see if Textease is working properly! (Note to myself to stay behind tomorrow and check.)
On Tues we were able to use the IWB for our Maths lesson. The children were learning how to write the numbers 1 - 3, by overwriting on the IWB. However when the teacher came to save and print off the childrens work it kept coming up with a little ICON and when we closed the ICON the children's work disappeared. The only way to save their work was to copy and paste the page onto a word doc and save in there in order to print. (my idea, which i felt very proud about!) I thought the poor teacher was going to cry! Also fiddling hands and fingers kept touching the IWB which means it can't be used properly!

At home i haven't had much to do with ICT. The Christmas holidays took me to London and York so i didn't have access to a computer. Also i must be one of the only people who doesn't have an IPOD, Iphone, DS, Wii or any of the other pieces of technological equipment that most people have. I can't even borrow my sons as he doesn't possess any either. I might have to cave in next Christmas and buy him a DS!