Today was a day to do some housekeeping. No, not the hum-drum boring stuff like dusting, sweeping, baths, etc. No today I got to take care of my tech housekeeping. I have been remiss as I always seemed to have something to do and no time to take care of it, even though I knew it really wouldn't take that long.
Today, I updated my personal webpage, my work webpage - including a whole new layout, updated our library blog and now I am taking care of my personal blog. I still remember toiling through Dreamweaver to update my webpage - for hours. I did all the above, less the one I am working on, in a little over 1 hour!! Gosh I love Web 2.0!!!!
I also teach a 1-credit course through an educational consulting firm, PODetc and University of Wisconsin Green Bay, called Survey of Educational Technologies. I checked on them today also. We are still in the course page with our comments, but next week we move to the blog each of them will start. I love teaching this class. In it different Web 2.0 technologies are introduced and looked at from an educational point of view. It is like 4 weeks of brainstorming. (One of my favorite activities.) I love the energy created when the students first read about it and begin to see what the possibilities and then when they actually use the technology, all of sudden doors are flung open. I follow all of the students blogs and webpages (aka: wikis) and while not everyone keeps their pages active, those that do have some really dynamic online materials. I encourage them to not only think about using these applications in the classroom, but also for professional development and collaboration with colleagues, but also as an e-portfolio of their work. It would be great tool to show a panel, and probably something that would set them apart from others. There is a downside to this - most school districts block social networking/Web 2.0 sites. We discuss why this is and then we begin a conversation on educating the administration. In at least one case, I have found out that a teacher was able to get the block removed for the teachers, so they could use it for collaboration. Another was able to get delicious, a social bookmarking site, opened up. It is about educating those who may not know about Web 2.0 capabilities and only hear about the predators.
Web 2.0 has so many possibilities. I could go on, but I will save that for another post. All I can say is I love Web 2.0!
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How do you manage it all, Theresa??? I clearly don't have your focus and time management skills or am just not practiced enough. Your blog is great, insightful, interesting.....maybe I don't have the self-confidence to express myself publicly yet. I'm actually a good writer when it comes to formal reports but I struggle with a blog for some reason! I'll keep trying!
It's taken me several years to get used to blogging. I'm still not as good as I want to be. (I just switched from a different domain back to blogger - so much easier to use, so hoping I use it more!)
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