Finally Using the Technology

5 Mashiyyat 163 B.E. – October 1, 2006

I am finally getting into the technology of instructional design. The class I started today is EDU636 Instructional Technology, the software used is Lectora, and the book is Teachers Discovering Computers Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom by Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Glenda A. Gunter, and Randolph E. Gunter. I started the research for the fist Discussion Board Assignment and the first Individual Project. I am so excited. At last using the technology for designing course work, I am salivating. My stomach is in knots.

Both assignments are due on October 7, but I want to have the discussion board completed and posted before that date. For this assignment, I have to write brief descriptions of four instructional authoring systems. Fining the product descriptions isn’t hard, the problem is deciding which four to use. I am waxing poetic about technology, now that that sounds like a good title for a poem. Perhaps Technological Musing might be better.

Since I haven’t posted to this blog since September 27, I should say what else is going on in my life. Let’s see what wisdom have I discovered since my last post. Well, I found out the car won’t run without gas, in fact it won’t even start without gas. Fortunately, I had enough gas to get me into my own driveway and the car into the garage. Now why I put the car in my garage knowing it didn’t have a lot of fuel in the tank I don’t know. I mean if somebody had tried to steal it, they wouldn’t have gotten it out of the driveway.

OK, so maybe I should pay a tiny bit closer attention to the little red idiot light. However, now I know what the light means. The light means that there is one gallon or less of gas in the tank and I need to stop at the next gas station or maybe the one after that.