Hot Potatoes

I just finished creating a crossword puzzle and a short quiz for my instructional website.  It took me hours to learn and it was not easy, but I have to say it was a lot of fun!   Hot Potatoes is definitely going into my toolkit for future use. 

I like twitter.  I like when I go over the 140 character limit and it tells me I need to be more creative.  For some reason I don't mind being pushed by a computer, like I mind being pushed by humans.  So much of what I follow on twitter, though, is redundant.  Three organizations will repeat the same information.  Some organizations tweet hourly or every so many minutes with nothing of value, for days on end.  But it sure has been helpful with providing information on the Ohio storm cleanup efforts.  So I will take the bad with the good and continue to follow twitter.  I learned a new word from twitter, this week, derecho. And saw an image showing exactly what it is. I am a weather channel junkie, but never heard them use that word before.  Television and the internet has made science come alive for me.  It was one of my worst subjects in elementary and high school, as there were never enough good visuals to help me understand the text. 

I like blogging, too.  It gives me time to reflect and gather my thoughts without pressure.  And of course I get to chose the subject matter.  I've read  other bloggers posts this week that have included photos of their property damage and experiences with the storms  that they have encountered.  So different than having someone tell me on the phone what they experienced.  Blogging makes it more real. It's also an unobtrusive way to stay current while I'm immersed in my coursework. 

It's finally hitting me.  One more week and I will have completed the masters program.  It's so hard to believe.