When our private lives interfere with work, school and personal relationships it is time to stop and take a deep breath, or two, or three, or twenty-thousand. That's how I've been spending my time this last two weeks. Just breathing, and trying to make sense of the world around me.
While I may not be present online, and while my blog assignment may be late, I am always thinking. Thinking about new ways of expressing myself, new ways of trying to sort through old problems, and to confront new issues. By the time I can sit down and attend to my work I am usually ready, willing and able. Getting to this point for me is sometimes difficult.
Our website assignment really threw me off, because it's not a difficult assignment, and yet I've been looking at it as if I have to recreate the wheel. I forget to keep things simple, and this is where I get into trouble. What I need to do is focus on providing my audience with good references that will help them to achieve their goals. I can do this. I will do this, hopefully today.
Meanwhile, I am getting more comfortable in Second Life (I keep wanting to call it Second World, lol), but I have not resolved my headset issues. Good ones are expensive and I have to wait to get another pair. Even though I am not getting the full experience, I can see so many implications for educational use that would blow my student's minds. It's so exciting to learn about new technologies, and to find creative ways to use them in an educational setting that is engaging and original. Prezi and slide share are also new to me, and I am glad to have found out about them. This course is giving me a toolbox filled with different ways of reaching my future students, and I am really excited to learn more.
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