8 March, 2007

Will it ever be Friday? Actually time is doing that weird thing where it speeds slowly by. The weeks are going by very fast but seem to take a long time to do so. Not the best way to implement the theory of relativity but there you go…physics at its most annoying.

Despite being a rather silly busy day I tried something new and won. My combined graphics class needed to be split so I could take the year 11s up to the computer lab and as I can’t be in two places at once (yet…come on physics) I decided to be clever and set up a video conference system…which actually worked. We just used Skype and when I was ready I called the Year 12s in the graphics room. We got the video going and I could keep an eye on them and have conversations. The kick in the guts was that I needed to set up two rooms a good distance apart within 10 minutes, make sure students could get into both and teach two separate lessons. It worked but I got a headache real quick. Technology at its best.

Teaching is a lot more fun this year. I only feel like half a muppet.

I have finally found some support for my electric scooter. The original company appears to have gone belly up leaving me without an obvious supply of parts and no real tech support. After chatting to some folks at the latest sustainability expo I now seem to have some support with batteries and general parts. They sell a different type of scooter but the basics are much the same. Makes life easier really.

I need to lie down and get rid of this headache.