Is my mind turning to mush? On the way to school today I caught myself singing the Sesame Street classic "Who are the people in your neighbourhood?" Now I'm wasting time at school looking for it on Youtube so it can be on my myPod. And I found a lovely picture of Ernie and Bert with the rubber ducky - an even better song!
Too much mush. Too much. I've got to start a lesson plan.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Thursday 9 July 2009
Trying to upload a movie
Having seen films on other people's sites I thought it was about time to try putting up one of my own. So as a trial, and only as a trial, here's a very short film (a filmette?) I made in the computer lab.
And it works! So now I can go home and make a quick film of my new gaff and put it on the web.
One of my papers here at uni is about using ICT in the classroom so I'll have to start making more use of the inter-ma-net. This is a sort of first step, I suppose. How connected is that?! I am a geek! I AM a geek!
Which has brought to mind today's myPod update "Computer Games" by Mi-Sex. I really only remember the chorus "Com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games
Com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter-puter-puter, computer games."
And it works! So now I can go home and make a quick film of my new gaff and put it on the web.
One of my papers here at uni is about using ICT in the classroom so I'll have to start making more use of the inter-ma-net. This is a sort of first step, I suppose. How connected is that?! I am a geek! I AM a geek!
Which has brought to mind today's myPod update "Computer Games" by Mi-Sex. I really only remember the chorus "Com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games
Com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter-puter-puter, computer games."
Monday 6 July 2009
Meika and Monsters Inc.
Last Friday night Vaughan asked me if I'd mind looking after Meika for the evening while he went and helped his partner Melissa and her two kids who were all sick. He left me with plenty of instructions and checked up via text, but we had a great evening together watching a DVD.
Meika picked Monsters Inc. which is one of my favourites. Meika hadn't seen it before and it was great to watch it for the first time with a four year old. Her favourite words seem to be "How come?" which she offers up whenever she's asked to do anything, or has something explained to her, or encounters anything new. She's definitely curious and that's brilliant but it can be frustrating at times.
At one point in the movie Meika asked me who the scary
monster was. "It's Randall," I replied. She looked a little thoughtful and then said "Denise has a Randall." Which is true as our auntie Denise is married to our uncle Randall. I said "That's right. This is another Randall." To which she replied "So there's two Randalls."
Later on, when Sulley takes Boo back to her room and says goodbye, Meika turned to me and said "I cry when the movie gets sad." I nearly cried myself. Luckily being a good Pixar picture there's the happy ending. And afterwards Meika put up no fight as we read her book from day care, brushed our teeth and she got into bed - while I set about tidying up!
Anyway, here she is....
Meika picked Monsters Inc. which is one of my favourites. Meika hadn't seen it before and it was great to watch it for the first time with a four year old. Her favourite words seem to be "How come?" which she offers up whenever she's asked to do anything, or has something explained to her, or encounters anything new. She's definitely curious and that's brilliant but it can be frustrating at times.
At one point in the movie Meika asked me who the scary
monster was. "It's Randall," I replied. She looked a little thoughtful and then said "Denise has a Randall." Which is true as our auntie Denise is married to our uncle Randall. I said "That's right. This is another Randall." To which she replied "So there's two Randalls."Later on, when Sulley takes Boo back to her room and says goodbye, Meika turned to me and said "I cry when the movie gets sad." I nearly cried myself. Luckily being a good Pixar picture there's the happy ending. And afterwards Meika put up no fight as we read her book from day care, brushed our teeth and she got into bed - while I set about tidying up!Anyway, here she is....
Wednesday 1 July 2009
July
Back in March I read Grazia magazine's horoscope for me for 2009. It said
"It’s all about July. Love, career and money."
Pretty clear then and now that July has rolled around I'm waiting expectantly for all of them.
I'm not just sitting around waiting mind. My teacher training course starts on the 6th so that's the career part crossed off. I've got an interview with a company that tutors kids in maths so that should look after the money side. As for love? Well two out of three ain't bad and given that I'm doing the work to get those two, I reckon Grazia or the stars or whoever's responsible for horoscopes and their outcome, can put in the effort for the Love part.
So I'll just have to see what happens on number three....
"It’s all about July. Love, career and money."
Pretty clear then and now that July has rolled around I'm waiting expectantly for all of them.
I'm not just sitting around waiting mind. My teacher training course starts on the 6th so that's the career part crossed off. I've got an interview with a company that tutors kids in maths so that should look after the money side. As for love? Well two out of three ain't bad and given that I'm doing the work to get those two, I reckon Grazia or the stars or whoever's responsible for horoscopes and their outcome, can put in the effort for the Love part.
So I'll just have to see what happens on number three....
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