Whew...

Well, it's just after midnight and my report has been emailed, my rubric posted. It was definitely a learning experience. I can't say I loved it, but I did learn from it and that is definitely what is important. I haven't figured out yet why we (rubric-ers) all struggled with this project in the beginning and then suddenly a light bulb came on. Does that happen a lot, Dr. West?

This was a good project even though I didn't like it. I think it's the rubric I don't like. It intimidated me. But, I learned what one is and how to create one. Which, now that I think about it, I feel like I should have enjoyed this project because I am a policy/rules/criteria kind of person. I have developed so many policies, handbooks and manuals that I it seems like I should have felt more at ease with this project. But I didn't and that's ok because I did learn from it.

That's it. I'm done. I'm going to bed. I cannot believe the semester is over already. It flew by.

This picture is of my babies at prom last Sat. 5/2. Nick is a senior, Alayna is a freshman.

Wk. 4.5: Long weekend

After the hectic schedule Saturday, prom turned out great and the weather was perfect. As soon as I find the darn cord for my camera, I'll load a picture of my babies in their prom attire. Sunday was an uneventful day as we all slept well past noon after getting home at 5:30am from after-prom. After guzzling Nyquil, I ended up back in bed by 7pm last night sicker than a dog. Unfortunately, it seems to be going around. A few kids didn't make it to prom, a couple left prom early and several more didn't make it to after-prom.

My headache is gone today and I'm consuming pepto while I decide on the final criteria for my rubric. I think things are progressing smoothly. I expect to be using the rubric to evaluate my courses on Tues. and Wed. this week and should have my report completed before the weekend.

Week 3.75: Slow but steady

My progress is moving along, just slowly. It's very difficult to decide which criteria to include in my rubric because there's so many things that seem important and relevant. Right now I'm comparing rubrics with each other to see which areas are used most frequently by others. I've decided to use my rubric to evaluate at least two of my online courses. I haven't decided about the third. I found an etraining module online that I'm considering just to have something different.

This weekend is prom and both of my kids are going. I have to to cart girls around for updos and manicures in the morning, rush home and help my son with his tux after a double header baseball game, rush to pictures, breathe for a few hours, and then work at afterprom all night Sat. night. So I don't foresee much work getting done. Hopefully I'll be energized when I wake up around noon on Sunday. Next week will be crunch time but I think I'll be ok. I do my best work under pressure. I guess I'm one of those who performs better when a deadline is knocking on my door. Let's hope it hold true in the next few days!