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Saturday, January 22, 2005

Recent Doings

I've been as busy as all get out this last week so haven't been able to post as much as I'd've liked. It was exam week at school -- read: exams to build, hand out, supervise, and mark. The marks for the students do not have to be entered into the system for another few days but the sooner they are, the better; at least it'll be one less thing to worry about.

My classes for the DECN are still going well; I've picked up another student so my class size is now up to five. Speaking of DECN, they snicked me out of JPII for the last three days to work on another project they're putting together: Physical Science 436, compressed into only the basics for kids who've taken the course once, failed and are trying again. The idea is that students will use the PowerPoint Presentations that the DECN puts together to review the course materials, study and, when the time comes, pass the exam. Other people will be in to work on the other sections over the following couple of weeks.

Of the three modules in the Science course, Modules I and III are my favorites. These deal mainly with chemistry and the structure of matter (elements, atoms and the like). Module II is all electronics and some magnetism -- not my forte though I've taught it in class enough to know the material. I'm also not done with my section, Module I, yet; I've got one more chapter to complete as well as having been asked to write a script to go with my PowerPoint presentation. Audio will be added to the whole package once it is complete.

In other news, it's freakin' cold here! With the highs in the -20°C range, we haven't been too keen on venturing outside a whole lot. On Friday morning, the temperature, with wind chill, was around -40°C. Kim, a coworker and neighbor of mine, called saying her car had died and she couldn't even get the keys out of the ignition! I wasn't sure if our car would start either; we don't have a block heater and it hadn't been driven since Tuesday because the DECN office is in walking distance. In the end, my car did, reluctantly, start and Kim got to school on time. Having a garage, even unheated, seems to make a difference!

All critters are doing well -- the cats are getting along famously; generally snuggling, play fighting or licking each other on a daily basis. We've even gotten Maya running after laser light again!

I found a couple of neat sites while working on the DECN project; I'll post them shortly.

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