Yippeee THING 23eeeeee

Whew. What a ride. This has been an enlightening Summer for me. Not only have I done 23 things but I also did a workshop with Education Connection for Digital Media in the 21st Century for two days. THAT was something I had to process for a while and frankly I am still processing it. It actually was extremely interlinked with what I have learned in web 2.0 and I found it very useful in the workshop that I had covered some of this material.

This has really changed my way of thinking in terms of how we share information and how we organize it. It also blows me away to think about how much smarter we are going to be and how much faster. I think the students are going to be very appreciative of their instructors that choose to embrace their digital future and guide them into it. It was a topic of discussion in the workshop : "What happens if we ignore it and let them run rampant with technology?"

Some of the answers are frightening, and we have already seen evidence of what happens i.e. text language. The generation of our students today have created a language that many of us do not even know, and they wil continue to do so in everyway of we don't grab on to it!

Thing 22 yippeee!

https://resourcesartresearch.wikispaces.com/

ok this is awesome and I cna not WAIT to use this in my classes. My students are always finding new things and have no way to collaborate because they can not add anything to my source folder... sniff. I love this and will continue to add my resources to it. WHat a great thing for the school to have access to as well! Other teachers could use a lot of these sources to weave into their lessons, Because we all know... Art IS everywhere! :)

thing 21

OK this I can get into! I actually see more real world use for this than classroom. I think that digital portfolios and class bloggs are good for online content for class but this, like the camping trip, is great for planning something in your life. My mother and I are currently trying to find places to live for my aunt and uncle. I have created a googledocs folder for the four of us to share as they live in VA... if my aunt and uncle were a little more savy, this would be perfect.

Thing 20 ... furthermore

I did find a cool site called justfreebooks.com and saw that I could really find anyuthing... even one of my favorites, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera :) That's very cool.

Thing 20 Ebooks

This is cool but I find traces of commercialism woven into these books and it is annoying. If I am going to cerebrally (invented word) immerse myself in something, I do not want the cogs of capitalism seeping in there with it telling me that I need a Lexus. I love a good book but my mother SWEARS by her kindle... no Art?

I suppose I need to get used to it because of its inevitability.

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