Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Thing # 8

Thing # 8- my last post! So I am not finishing the 23 things! I don't like RSS or rather I don't want to partcipate in the NewsReader, either. I won't be able to use it cause it is not a pleasurable way for me to read. With my students lack of English language, it would not be useful, either. I am not sure about libraries cause I am not a librarian! Sharing with people I don't know means nothing to me. I have no real desire to delve into others personal lives and thoughts if they aren't close friends. That is best done through one-on-one communication. When I have a need for information I will know what direction to take, but to randomly be attempting to get information about something that I may or may not be able to use, is a misuse of my time. Outside of school my live involves taking care of and training my dogs, my home, and yard and family and friends. Interaction with them doesn't involve the impersonal computer for the most part. I don 't want a lot of public exposure through the computer. If I was pursuing a doctoral degree, I can see where this work would be most useful. It would definitely save gas for going to the library for research. I did look at library tweeter and RCE musings. Library tweeter seemed to be a good source for book information for students. RCE musings seems to be a good idea for a class posting project.To learn to do that should be set up for a project workshop for like 3 hours of education and be done with it. Spending way more than 81 hours for 18 hours of credit seems unbalanced! This is when I would rather have a teacher!

1 comment:

Mrs. Meuse said...

I think you are doing a great job on your blog, but you definitely shouldn't continue if it is making you miserable. =) This is summer "vacation" after all, and it is meant to be enjoyable. I'm looking into buddying up with a classroom overseas or in another state so that my students can blog/communicate back and forth next year. That's a way to use the blog without spending a ridiculous amount of time on it. You wouldn't even have to change that much, just select one or two student writings to post on the blog every couple of weeks. Students from another class could comment. We should talk about it! I will let you know when I find out more info. Happy summer!