Overwhelming Frustration

Once again I feel completely overwhelmed. I'm beginning to think a lot of what we are doing in this class is geared to high school if not college level classes. I seem to have a hard time getting my content and grade level to fit well within the guidelines.
For example, the examples in the paper about web design are all college level courses. I can see that math is even harder, and to try to tie it to younger kids (4th and 5th) is difficult.
As I was searching for link ideas I came across several other websites that seem to be doing exactly what I was planning on doing. I have a hard time creating something that I know already exists.
I'm also not sure how I can make interactive quizzes with immediate feedback - without being inside the setting of Moodle. In Moodle I've made quizzes, tests, assignments, journals, etc. But I'm not sure how to design/build a page on its own that has those features.
I still don't know what to podcast about, especially in conjunction with my web page. (I was hoping to design a page about area and perimeter, using both standard and nonstandard units and formulas.)
grr... I guess I'll call it a night for now. And start tomorrow with a fresh brain.

Second Life... a no go

So I tried again to login to Second Life with absolutely nothing else running. This time it crashed even sooner than the last time. I tried again. Same result. :( Which of course means realistically I can't use Second Life in my school anyway as our computers at school have much less RAM than my computer.

I have also come across a great podcast series- CSS-tips and tricks I downloaded and watched the one on Firebug. It was nice to be able to see how the features worked in action.

I still don't know what I'm going to make my podcast about. I need to sit down and plan out my entire site/cms/podcast theme.

Speaking of CMS. Through another class I'm taking (a podcasting workshop), I have used webct. I must say, after using Moodle with my students (and this class) I MUCH MUCH prefer Moodle. I like the general setup and accessibility much better. Webct feels too clunky. There is too much clicking - in the form that everything else disappears. You can only see what you are working on. Whereas in Moodle, you still have your basic information along the sides.

I did finish my webquest, but did not add more photos because of my concern for copyright protection. The graphics in my webquest were either produced by ME, or were in the original lesson detail on the NCTM website.

First Day

Well, today is the first day of class. I'm excited to use Moodle as a student. I had learned about Moodle at the 2007 eTech conference and had created one for my 4th and 5th graders. I'm excited to see how it can be used in it's full usefulness. I know my students love logging in and chatting and completing assignments through it.
I hope we get a lot more SPECIFIC details about the assignments, I'm excited to get started.
I do hope we try Second Life, I had heard about that briefly at the eTech Conference but haven't had a chance to explore them.
Well, I guess that's it for now.