Hello world! June 30, 2008
Posted by Ms. Adams in Technology, Web 2.0.Tags: blogs, PSLA, welcome
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So this is my lovely blog. It’s not the first one I’ve created, but it is my only existing one at the moment. In the past, I used blogs for classes in library school and then deleted them when I stopped updating. After the PA Online Web 2.0 class is over, however, I’m committing now to continue updating this blog. We’ll see how it goes…
P.S. – For more info on the title and tag line, please visit the “About tesseracts” section.
Week 1, Things #1 and #2 Lifelong Learning June 30, 2008
Posted by Ms. Adams in PA Online Web 2.0.Tags: avatars, education, Generation Y, Google generation, learning, lifelong learning
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Lifelong learning is not a foreign concept to me. When I was in college and grad school, it was drilled into our heads, and eventually we all got the idea that we don’t stop learning just because we graduate. Even if we stopped taking classes like this one, we still learn new skills and concepts every day.
The easiest one for me is #6, Use technology to your advantage. I’ve very comfortable with using technology, even though I don’t always apply it in the most effective or creative ways. That’s why I’m here. I’ve also read several articles recently in the news about how Generation Y, of which I am a part, is learning to make technology work for us, instead of vice versa. I agree with that, but I don’t think it’s limited to just Gen Y. I think many people across the age spectrum are learning to balance. I’m learning, too, and I think that’s an ongoing process for everyone.
The most difficult one for me, and many others I’m sure, is #3, View problems as challenges. I often find myself succumbing to the mindset of equating problems with crises to be dealt with and sorted out. I rarely, if ever, begin by saying “What can I learn from this?” I just jump head-long into the solution-finding. So that’s clearly something to work on.
As a side note, my favorite one was #7 1/2: Play! I often learn just by “playing with” a new technology to find out how it ticks. It’s more fun to me to mess with something, as long as there’s an undo button!
And as for my gorgeous avatar up there, I think that’s how I want to visualize myself looking before I run out the door. Not exactly reality, but a girl can dream, huh? Still trying to figure out how to put it on my sidebar in WordPress…will work on that for tomorrow.
