Teaching CS thoughts...

So now that I've started most of my assignments, I think that teaching CS might be one of the most applicable-to-real-life courses I've taken. Everything I've done so far, I can think of where I can use it in my teaching. I'm learning a lot in my other courses too, but they deal more with the more intangible parts of teaching. I might be biased towards this because I like computers and can see lots of places where they are useful in teaching, but I think it's good.

I've decided that I need to go down to one shift a week at my job, because it's just getting to be too much. I'd get rid of work completely, but I'd feel bad because they're so short staffed as it is. We'll see though, cause especially once my student teaching starts, I'll need every free minute for myself.

I found out yesterday that Brandon University professors are on strike, which means that Katie has no classes until at least Wednesday. For a program that is only teaching you for 9 weeks, missing one or two classes is a huge deal.

Anyways, just thought I should update my (maybe one or two) readers cause it's been almost a week.

Graham

In between assignments

It's been a few days since my last post, so a few updates...

I finally get to go out and play hockey next week. I'm subbing for a team that my dad's friend plays on, and I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be interesting to see how out of shape I am, though, I haven't played since the spring.

I had a lot of homework this weekend, and I'm going to continue to work on it tomorrow all day. I have several articles, assignments, and reflections to do; I want to try to get all my work for this week done tomorrow, so that I can work on next week's in the evening this week. We'll see what happens though.

I also got around to writing down all my assignment due dates on a calendar too, so I got to see what my workload over the term looks like. It should be not too bad, I never have more than two things due on a day.

I'm still a little nervous about my assignments. I'm not sure exactly what my profs are expecting from some of them, and one of my profs seems particularly anal about certain things. I really don't want to have to drop any courses, I'd like to be done school in two years. We'll see what this week brings.

Anyways, that's all I have for now.

Graham

Just before bed...

Before we get to school updates, a couple more things in my life to mention...

I forgot to mention last time that Katie is going to school at Brandon University, also in the Faculty of Education. She told me today to update my blog so she can see what's going on with me in school while she's away, so yet another reason to update this frequently.

I had teaching CS and cross cultural education today. They were both pretty good, I like how in both those courses it's a pretty relaxed atmosphere. There's still assignments and stuff to do, but as long as you stay caught up with assingments and reading, it's fairly straightforward. I also LOVE the concept of no exams! I only have one exam this term, which greatly takes the load off me in November.

We talked about our assignments in both my classes today, so I have a pretty good idea about what I'm going to have to do for them. I hope what I have in mind is OK....

I've still got the feeling that I'm in over my head for workload. Even though all there is is assignments and reading, there are a LOT of group projects, which I'm not a huge fan of. I hope that everyone in my groups pull their weight, I've had a few experiences with groups that made me quite a grumpy gus.

Anyways, I'm going to bed, I'm up later than I should be.

Graham

Welcome!

Hi! My name is Graham Sereda, and you've come to the right place if you're looking for more information as to who I am, what is happening with me and (hopefully) what students will need to know in my classes.

I'm currently twenty-two years old, live in Winnipeg, and enjoy music, reading and *coughcough* video games. I'm also lucky enough to have a girlfriend (henceforth called "the lady-friend" or by her actual name, I hate the word girlfriend) named Katie. We've been seeing each other for a bit over three years now.

I'm in my fifth year of post-secondary education at the University of Manitoba, where I graduated from the Faculty of Science last spring. This is my first year in the Faculty of Education, and I'm feeling a little freaked out by the amount of work I'm going to have to do for the first two months.

Actually, the reason I'm starting this blog is as part of an assignment for one of my classes. I'm hoping to keep it up after the class is done, because the point of the assignment is to be able to communicate with students and parents. I think this is a great idea, so I'm going to try to keep it current.

Anyways, I should get back to some other homework, as I spent most of the day finishing Metroid Prime, lol.

Graham