April 27 (Sunday)
Hi 'Big Returns' Group:
I have just made my first foray into the world of the multimedia presentation. A group of 3 students decided to do a presentation in VUVOX collage --> http://www.vuvox.com/ -- for the Earth Day worldwide webcast-a-thon on April 22nd. It was one of those things that had I known how complex the project would turn out to be, I would probably never have started -- but the positive social interaction of the boys on the team, their commitment to the project (they came in on the weekend to get it done !!!); the excitement generated in our centre as the other students watched it being built; and the feeling of accomplishment when they made the deadline and were able to talk to the world -- all of those made it worthwhile. Now we have to do the final cut for the teacher's convention which I thought was 2 weeks away but which turns out to be this Friday. Students tend to come and go at our centre, and the team leader was just accepted to a trades program so will not be around to help. Oh well -- I'll be back on what one team member called 'the frantic diet' -- I lost about 10 pounds as we were putting the first cut together.
More soon.
Sue