Reflections+Week+1

=The Apology=

I would first like to apologize to my graduating seniors. My sincerest hope was that I had provided you with the technology that would enable you to remain competitive with the 21st century work place skills, AND provide you with a strong foundation for either Blackboard or Springboard depending upon the college of your choice.

I would like to apologize for not taking smaller baby steps, and "dialing it back". I took for granted that you could quickly formulate what you needed to learn, but really were depending on me to guide you through the process. I now truly understand your frustration that you felt as you muddled through the activities. I have come to you from the City of Hard Knocks. My first, was the voice thread, that did not work as planned and had to move to plan B. Now this wiki space. Heck, even their professional videos are not updated. I found they did not provide other options for success. Such as, why I don't have the same options as the training videos and where is spell check. My goal was to working towards mastery, but the master failed you.

I understand that the frustration lies in the area where you can't even figure out what you did was wrong, but you know what works, but you are unsure if it is right. I know you are very consicious of your grades for college. My future goals are to:
 * 1) Constantly test the units before I present them in class
 * 2) Double up on the in-class examples
 * 3) Provide examples of other options, we know that there are more than one way of doing things
 * 4) Remember there are steep learing curves
 * 5) Refrain from using the phase "It must be user ERROR"

If I have taught you anything, I hope that it is not to give up. I will figure these things out or I will find a way around them.