Beneath the Wraps

          On March 18 I started a class in public communications.  My first assignment was to take (or make up) a situation from work and address it.  When I initially looked at it I had decided to speak on connecting parental support to the child’s behavior – but I had misread the point of the assignment.  Fortunately I decided to wait until Wednesday (the day of the lecture) before I started.           A teacher’s aide, for the most part, rotates among different classes.  The particular schedule I had followed on that day was 30 minutes each with kindergarten to 3 rd grade, most of the time with kindergarten.  Also, that particular position required me to monitor the 4 th grade during recess and their lunch.  I was with the kindergarten class when the fire alarm went off on Monday for a fire drill.            By Wednesday I ha...

            The online courses offer a new feature to the mix.   We now have the option of listening to instruction, discussion, assignment or what have you.     As each sentence is read, it lights up in green.   The word being red is highlighted in blue.   The player says 'Speech-enabled by Read Speake r".   Machines can't feel.   There is no voice to indicate emotion.   ReadSpeaker makes sounds.   It is monotone.   It makes whatever I have to read even more boring than it already is.   I asked for excitement not a challenge to see if it could be made even more boring.   Even a class that I love would sound dull with this devise.               Ironically how my last post was about poor sleeping habits.   Apparently my prayers were answered.   All I have to do is turn on th...