Ending excitement

I'm excited to see it all come together at the end of class. I have tailored all of my assignments to work for my Publications class and am working on setting up my CMS to encompass all we have done in class this term. As I've read posts of my classmates in the discussion board about how user-unfriendly Moodle is, I have ignored them and plugged away. I've been waiting for this opportunity to work with Moodle and so far I am not disappointed. I've found it easy to navigate (so far) and have added some course content for two weeks, a couple of discussion topics, and a link to my WebQuest for week 3. My hopes are to set up the first 5 weeks of class so I can implement Moodle in my class to allow a blended approach, which I hope will deepen student learning and increase the pace a little so we can cover topics more efficiently and get to production sooner. As I am excited about finishing the instructional website and CMS, I have been dragging my feet on the podcast, mostly because I don't see how I will use it in my classes from the instructor standpoint. I can see having students use podcasts for assignments or feedback, but I would be more apt to use a screencast in my production courses to demostrate processes used. I finally was all psyched to record my podcast today, but my wife informed me that she had given away the earphones and microphone combination I purchased for her for a class she took last year. With the wind out of my sails, I asked her who she gave them to. Luckily, it was my nephew and he still has them. I will have them in hand tomorrow to get the podcast out of the way. I don't think it will be difficult as I like to talk and I understand the technology well enough to be successful. Knock on wood, everything will be just fine. Until next time...