JANIE SPAHR MAY BLOG

WELL, MAY WAS VERY BUSY. I SPENT MOST OF THE MONTH PREPARING, GIVING, AND FINALIZING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR COMPLETERS. I HAD TO MAKE SURE ALL COMPUTER LABS WERE IN ORDER AND SCHEDULED FOR STUDENTS TO USE TO PREPARE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS TO PRESENT THEM. THAT WAS QUITE CHALLENGING. I ALSO SPENT ALOT OF TIME ARRANGING ALL THE CONFERENCES AND CLASSES THAT I WANT TO ATTEND THIS SUMMER. I PLAN ON ATTENDING MANY OF THE RESA VII TECHNOLOGY CLASSES. I SPENT MUCH OF MAY WORKING ON THE WEBTOP CLASS AND TRYING TO FINISH UP TIS WORK. I AM ALSO WORKING ON MY MARKETING CERTIFICATION, SO I AM SO BUSY. I GOT TWO NEW CAMERAS WITH MY GEAR UP MONEY, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO USE THEM EFFICIENTLY. I GOT A NIKON COOLPIX AND A FUJIFILM WATERPROOF CAMERA BECAUSE MANY TIMES ON FIELD TRIPS IT RAINS. SOME OF MY STUDENTS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A SHUTTERFLY BOOK USING THE PICTURES FROM THE GREECE TRIP. IT HAS REALLY BEEN A FUN PROJECT. I WILL BE TEACHING DESKTOP PUBLISHING NEXT YEAR, SO I HAVE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OFFICE 2007 PUBLISHER AND WHAT IN ADOBE CS5 I CAN USE FOR THE CLASS. I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE FIT MUCH MORE IN ANY ONE MONTH. HOWEVER, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING ALL THAT I CAN THIS SUMMER FROM THE CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS THAT I WILL BE ATTENDING. I WENT TO DENISE STALNAKER'S CS5 CLASS ON JUNE 4. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE RESA VII TRAININGS FROM SHANNON CARNES IN JUNE AND JULY. THE MARKETING EDUCATION TRAINING IS ALSO IN JUNE. IN JULY, I WILL BE ATTENDING THE JOSTENS RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM, CA, THE HSTW CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE, AND THEN THE CTE CONFERENCE. I WILL THEN SEE ALL OF YOU AT THE TECH CONFERENCE IN MOTOWN. CAN'T WAIT.