Musings on week three

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harvard20-2009jun20,0,1598291,full.story

This is the article I tried to post last week - I learned this week to listen to Caitlin when she tells me how to interpret the instructions Sandy so kindly gave me.

I've learned that my PLN is a lot bigger than I initially thought. By the time I include Glenda, who sends me pictures she takes, Betty, who wants me to give her the "Reader's Digest version" of the Web Tools course and then comments on it, Randy and Caitlin, who surf youtube looking for cool stuff, Ryan who provides technical help, and Shaun , who listens to me vent . . . Clearly I am more connected than I gave myself credit for being. I knew all these people in real life before I connected with them on the net. I seem to be most comfortable web-talking to people I already know.

I've learned that uploading and sharing photos is a lot of fun, and that, should I ever not be teaching full time, this is a hobby I would like to explore. Caitlin and I have had great fun finding pictures from all over and then choosing the best ones to play with. I've also had to stop and make a few real scrapbook pages, simply because I enjoy the textures of real pictures, papers, and textiles.

I've thought about the webtools which I want to use, and have decided that the web for me is simply a way to make my life flow a little more smoothly. I enjoy hiking, running, lazing on the porch with a good book, and visiting with family and friends too much to want to stay tied to a computer the way I have the past three weeks. I'm looking forward to being done this course so I don't feel so obligated to spend so much time online. Mind you, when I finish summer classes I have to finish paining the house, so maybe I'm not really looking forward to being done!