Monday, June 16, 2008

Week 2: Thing 3 & 4

Yeah!!! I created my blog, added my Avatar.....
But I have to say, it took a little learning and lots of patience!
I had fun creating the Avatar, and think it's a great way to post a picture without using a real photo. I am leary of posting actual photos on the web, something we teach our students to be cautious of with Internet Safety. I had trouble getting the site to save my Avatar, it took 4 tries before the Avatar finally took. Which brings me back to my "time" issue I have with using technology. It's great....when it works! =]
Creating the blog was much more successful and after re-reading the directions slowly, I finally got my Avatar uploaded to my blog! Hurray!
Only thing left is to email my blog address to the RavenWeb2.0 Team.
Whew!

I just resent my blog address to the Raven Web 2.o Team, I hope it gets through. Now I am off to investigate Flickr. =]

Week 1 / Thing 1 & 2

#1
I am excited to finally get some hands on experience utilizing Web 2.0 tools. It's often hard for me to justify spending so much time on the computer, but taking this class will hopefully help me overcome that idea. I've created blogs in the past for classes I've taken and I would really like to incorporate learning blogs for students to use via my library web page.

#2
I enjoyed listening to the 7 1/2 Habits...Lifelong Learners. It's a great insight/refresher on what lifelong learners do to keep the knowledge flowing.
My weakness is probably viewing problems as challenges or new learning opportunities. I get frustrated/stuck on problems and it takes some effort to see it as a learning opportunity. So I continue to change the way I approach problems and it seems to be helping.
My strength is probably creating my own toolbox. I love to learn, take classes, have discussions with others, and add resources to my learning.