Note to self: Scroll all the way down the page, dufus! I, of course, missed this required blog, but last weekend was more than a little annoying. Now I did say I would try to find something positive about each aspect of this course. Well, last weekend I was positive I was going to throw my computer into Lake Peachtree (see Thing 3 blog for details). Having set the scene, let’s look at what is most challenging to me.
Aside from the fact that my learning tool box has been out use so long that the lid is rusted shut and I’ve lost the key to the lock, the most challenging aspect of this course is how to use the technology to my advantage. Hey, I’ve in the computer age for a long time. I had a Commodore 64 and a TRS-3. I worked with Apples when they were still wormy. I learned FORTRAN and Cobal. I can C your BASIC and raise you Pascal. I can even do a little machine language. After all, I am the codger of the Middle School. So why the hesitation? I really feel there is just too much avaliable. Where to begin? What is the most useful? And that constant nag, how to evaluate?
Those who know me recognize that I am an ever gushing fountain (mud pot?) of mostly useless information. I love to learn from the arcane to the profane and every -ane in between. I am confident that I will learned many skills from this course. The application of those skills, and thus the effectiveness of my learning, may be interferred with by how I feel challenged by the course.
What want to do most is to help others make sense of all this rush of new technology. That is the reason I am in teaching in the first place. To do that successfully, I must come to terms with how to use the blog, wikis, podcasts, and all, to find the best use ot to determine if it is really useful at all.
And that’s how I see it!
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