Today was wonderful and a little scary.  It was full of little fires that needed to be put out.  Everyone was willing to help thwart the fires and press forward.  When the going gets tough, or interesting, you can always rely on educators to be the tough ones that "get going."

I learned a few more planning things:  non-Armstrong students cannot use our computer labs and this makes taking a digitally-based pre survey quite difficult.  We managed to take our pre surveys in the one hour allotted using laptops that were not yet configured as lab-only devices.

I also learned that many digital immigrants, who hold a wealth of knowledge on literacy and ESL, really do lack confidence to grasp ahold of todays digital tools in ways that can improve teaching and learning.  Now, I am excited to help them build their confidence in a few of the many digital tools available today:  digital storytelling software, blogging, screencasting, Googgle +, etc.  I am sure when they see all of the quirky things that can happen when building digital things with digital tools, they will realize that digital writing is manageable. 

This is going to be fun and probably challenging.

Tomorrow, I am hoping to successfully lead everyone through Day 2's agenda which involves an intro to digital storytelling, rules for story circle, sharing story ideas, positive peer critiques and the finally writing our storyboards. 

I have one more day to get those techno-reluctant participants comfortable with their story ideas and their ideas on creating a digital story.  Wednesday, we will do the hard work of creating digital files and beginning to create our digital stories.

It is almost tomorrow. 

This whole experience should be good.  

If anyone is reading this tonight 1) it is late and you should rest and 2) wear a coat and scarf because it is freezing in UH 125!