So I've now been to all my classes for the semester. I only have one class that meets on campus. My ICN class meets at Cedar Falls High School, because the prof is one of the librarians there. I'm taking three classes: Library Resources for Young Adults (YA), Web Design, and Advanced Children's Lit.
Advanced Children's Lit...
I've got Prof. Cai, so far so good. We have hit the ground running. He has a couple of major assignments for the whole class and the first one is already starting. It's a group project and we randomly already have partners. My partner seems to be very focused and just wants to make sure it gets DONE. I'm hoping for the best. The text book is kind of dry, but we have to find three quotes from the first and second chapters to respond to for Thursday's class, today. I still need to start it. I'm planning on heading to campus early to work on it at the library or in the SEC. I just don't seem to stay focused when I'm at the house.
YA...
So, I knew I was gonna love this class. I enjoy reading YA novels so I'm set. Yes, it's a lot of reading, and responding to that reading but I love it. I'm just not that good at responses. I'm hoping to get better at that during this class. There are three people at the Cedar Falls ICN loaction which is nice. It feels more like a real class that way. I'm hoping to work ahead with the reading so that when I have the projects done I'll be okay timewise. I just wish we had a Borders book store here...sigh.
Web Design...
This may be the most difficult class. It's another WebCT class, not my favorite. I haven't started the reading yet, but I guess it's not your normal dry text book. I'm actually looking forward to reading it so that the first assignment will make more sense! I'm gonna need to keep up with this class pretty well. I can't afford to lose too many points on the projects or little things because I'm not gonna be able to make it to the ONE on campus meeting. I'm just NOT going to miss my cousin's wedding so that I don't get docked a couple of lousy points. I don't want to drop the course because I want to know about web design and I'm not sure I'll be around the next time this class is offered, so I'm stuck.
The best part about my classes this Fall is the timing. Because two of my three classes are "distance learning" classes my finals are not during finals week. SOOOO, I'll only have one thing left to do when I get back from Disney! Everything else will be done the week before I leave. So, I'm feeling pretty good about that. At this point I'm not even sure what that last final will be. It's a little early to be worrying about that for most professors. It may be that our "final" in that class may just be our last test. Cross your fingers! All in all the semester looks to be busy, but fun.
