New 9-weeks, a New Plan

Today was the first day of the second nine-week period. so far Digital Graphics is a hit. The students get a big kick out of using Photoshop. In fact they're finally getting over putting teacher's heads on funny bodies, and actually being more creative. Web Design and Video Technology, on the other hand, have to change. Nine weeks have passed, and I am pretty sure they know next to nothing. It's frustrating, but I can't be too mad at kids not caring about electives they didn't even elect to take. Not to mention I only have two cameras for 25 Video Technology students. With that being the case, I've decided to change the Video tech. curriculum to focusmore on the study of video, as oppose to the production of it. Web Design isn't perfect either. That's why I'm requiring both these classes to keep notebooks, so students can better take notes, absorb the course material, and maybe even jot down their own thoughts and ideas. Hopefully this new strategy works, but who knows? I may be back to the drawing board in another nine weeks.