Wow! My brain is fried! I just had my first lesson in Second Life, a world full of avatars! Peggy and Tom showed me around. They were so kind and patient. Good thing, I found myslef running into walls and turning in circles to the point of frustration toward the end of the hour-long session. I am really excited about this tool for distance learning. Peggy says her department has their faculty meetings in Second Life because department members are located all over the country, and the world. I would love to use this tool for TIC. If I could get folks from Winnemucca and other distant locations to try SL, maybe they would be willing to have class there, rather than using the interactive video. At any rate, this is something to consider.
I am pleased with myself and my new learning tonight! One more step, a huge step, toward techyness!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
My first digital story!
I am so excited to post my first digital story! I'm proud of Benjamin, my composing partner. I think we did a fabulous job!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's been a while
I can't believe how easy it is to put this blog off, just forget about it, not take the time to post. I know the document is just for me, I don't have a group of followers on the edge of their seat each day waiting to see my next "brilliant" post. The awareness of this may play into the lack of motivation to post. I realize this needs to be irrelevant, I'm not writing for anyone but me. It's interesting to consider the psychology behind having an audience.
Now, updates on my techy journey! Since Bloggy Bootcamp I have maintained and followed the work on the TIC blog, providing a number of reminders to participants to check their posts, and to provide comments to colleagues. I found this work to be very time consuming. If I had the TIC class as a face-to-face we would have gathered for two hours, each person would have been provided some type of feedback and it would be done. With the blog, not all folks provided posts or feedback. I've decided to consider these folks as absent from November's class. They will have to make up the hours some other way. So, we take away the element of non-participants and what's next? How is this blog process beneficial? The record of good thinking and probing questions is available to reread often. Folks from Humbolt had an opportunity to read what folks in White Pine were doing (if they chose to.) It seemed like Chere' was the only one that did this. Participants could post at their leisure, even if that is midnight. One drawback I thought about is the need to go back often to check what's been added. So getting on the blog wasn't a one time thing, it had to be a frequent exercise. If you were the first to comment on someones blog and you did not go back to see what other's said, you would not benefit from everyone elses thinking.
Moving on: other than the blog I have created and taught students how to create a digital story. I have created an avatar in Second Life and plan to meet with Peggy this week. I have taught a second session in technology in the classroom and a first session in Digital Learners for the High School. I'm reading about digital writing...I just keep trying things, sharing ideas, and hoping I will eventually feel comfortable as a techy teacher.
Now, updates on my techy journey! Since Bloggy Bootcamp I have maintained and followed the work on the TIC blog, providing a number of reminders to participants to check their posts, and to provide comments to colleagues. I found this work to be very time consuming. If I had the TIC class as a face-to-face we would have gathered for two hours, each person would have been provided some type of feedback and it would be done. With the blog, not all folks provided posts or feedback. I've decided to consider these folks as absent from November's class. They will have to make up the hours some other way. So, we take away the element of non-participants and what's next? How is this blog process beneficial? The record of good thinking and probing questions is available to reread often. Folks from Humbolt had an opportunity to read what folks in White Pine were doing (if they chose to.) It seemed like Chere' was the only one that did this. Participants could post at their leisure, even if that is midnight. One drawback I thought about is the need to go back often to check what's been added. So getting on the blog wasn't a one time thing, it had to be a frequent exercise. If you were the first to comment on someones blog and you did not go back to see what other's said, you would not benefit from everyone elses thinking.
Moving on: other than the blog I have created and taught students how to create a digital story. I have created an avatar in Second Life and plan to meet with Peggy this week. I have taught a second session in technology in the classroom and a first session in Digital Learners for the High School. I'm reading about digital writing...I just keep trying things, sharing ideas, and hoping I will eventually feel comfortable as a techy teacher.
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