The tuesday grind

1. Yes, I am still a bear. Becoming a grumpier bear due to lack of wins on friday nights and a little b.exe virus that has wreaked havoc on my laptop.

2. It always helps to have a back up. Thursdays class went okay, until we did not have shockwave on the computers in the lab. This meant pulling out the laptop and looking at the homework? A little frustrating as it could have been done remotely, but few things in this world are better than human interaction and sharing with others who are in the same boat as yourself. With the virus, it was handy to have a vpn to my office server where I could then get remote assistance since my browser was no longer working.

3. The questions that currently run through my mind mostly involve increasing the technology as a tool to teach the game of football. I am curious as to what is out there and what player skills I can improve with the use of technology. The game is still played by humans and there is very little new technology on the field, except in the area of protective equipment. Will the use of technology in practice carry over to application against a human opponent on Friday night? Very few of my questions at this point involve anything other than football.

4. In the classroom, you always need a back up. Sometimes your best designed plans will fall apart, or a necessary piece of equipment will not be available or functional. What do you do? A back up plan may mean just another way of accessing what you want online or a whole other lesson plan. As we depend on technology more and more and use it as the sole means of delivering information, we have to keep a back up access plan.