I'm now completing my first online course. It has certainly been an experience! Most of the time I felt like a fish out of water, but I did learn some things.
Technology intimidates me. Email used to be Greek. Now, I can manage it pretty well. Surfing the internet used to boggle my mind, but now I can utilize a search engine with the best of them. Now, I've set up my own blog, participated in a discussion board, played around with RSS (which I still do not fully enjoy), looked at some wikis (which I still feel uneasy about), and saw some pretty cool podcasts. All in all, it was a true learning experience.
How will I use this new technology with my students? Well, my blog will have to be personal, because my students cannot access it (and neither can I) from the school's computer--it's blocked. (I am not happy about that because I did a whole unit on how I was going to incorporate it into my curriculum, but unless something gives, it won't happen anytime soon.) I'll just use it personally...I really liked the interaction with other people...I like to know what they think, just so it isn't rated R!!
Podcasts interest me, but I'm a little intimidated. Perhaps soon...
Now here's my next question, which will be for anyone who is enrolled in the same online class I'm in: Of all the things we studied in this course, which is your favorite--the blog, RSS, wikis, or podcasts?
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Well I'm sure you know by now, that my favorite of all of this new technology has been the blog. It is a place to vent; a place to share; a place to get ideas; and if you're into the R rated, you can find the porn--personally, that is NOT my style!!!
I have loved being able to find ideas from each of you and see where your "other" talents lie. I'm glad that you will be keeping your blog, I enjoy your questions and answering them. They give a person a reason to think past the normal day to day ideas. And I really appreciate having the "norm" stretched a bit to get me out of my rut.
Thanks for being there as one of the "online gang" from the workshop. I've enjoyed getting to know you through the web.
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