Thing 23!

Whew! This was a tough course for me. I considered myself an old dog and technology challenged. I didn't like doing some of the new things for the 23 Things class in the beginning, because I was nervous and wasn't sure how I'd use them. I think I worked harder at making excuses on why they weren't useful, the district limitations, and the problems the students would have, when in fact these were MY fears and limitations.

I can honestly say I LOVED making the wiki, I used the google docs to share my student information with my teammate and principal, and I'm starting to really get into the use of a blog.

I'm going to now create a REAL blog for my class. I'm going to post my daily assignments on it, and open communications links to my students and parents. It upset me when I was viewing the podcasts, wikis, etc. and I saw the dates of 2006. I feel like this is such new technology, but it's been around a long time.

Kathy, is it possible to keep using the WSD 23 Things information after March 1? I'm ready to take the next step now and create my classroom blog, but feel I still need the support.

I know I'm still an old dog in that I missed not having a class where I could talk about what I'm doing. Websharing isn't the same for me.

My commitment is to myself and new technology is 1) Make my Mrs. John classroom blog, 2) figure out how to make a slide cast and update it weekly for my vocabulary lessons. My future commitment is to create a wiki to go with a SS unit for next year.

Thanks, Kathy, for this opportunity to learn some really cool technology that will enhance my teaching!