I truly want to thank the SLL 2.0 team for putting this course together. I have taken lots of classes, been to many conferences, and spent hours (years?) at SBC days in which I walked away thinking, "That was a waste of time! I could of been cataloging!". That has NOT been my experience here.
My one sentence description would be, "Undeniably, the most useful course I have ever taken."
When I began this, I remember thinking, OMG they want me to BLOG???!!! I don't have time for this. Over the past few weeks I have come to enjoy sharing this learning experience. You are going to have to remove me from your RSS feeds, because I can't envision myself stopping. Hopefully, this blog will add to the blogosphere in a positive manner, not disintegrate into a whine festival.
You have taught me about so many valuable tools. These are things I will actually implement at school. My friend, John the tech guy, and I have been trying for a long time to find that, "Killer School App", that would allow the teachers to save time and become more tech oriented. I think my library wiki may be the perfect next step, an easy way for the ludites on campus to see the value of technology. Even the things I already knew about, i.e., del.icio.us, bloglines, & LibraryThing, I have come to view in a new manner and to see additional, better, applications.
I have made "friends" with people on the Ning networks. I anticipate their help in continuing my life long learning journey.
The only thing I would change about this course is the ability to converse with the other students & teachers. When people made comments on my posts, my immediate reaction was to talk back, but the blog format is not condusive to that. Perhaps a wiki, meebo, or private Ning network specifically for those taking the course?
Thanks to all who read and commented.
5 comments:
I love your "I'm in a hurry and don't know why" music. I've enjoyed reading your blog. You have good ideas for these technologies.
Congratulations! Glad you enjoyed School Library Learning 2.0 -- You are now an official member of the CSLA 2.0 Team. Your blog has been moved into the "Congratulations - 2.0 Team" list.
Why don't you become a coach and cheerleader for your school or district, and invite your colleagues to take the course.
One of the great benefits to having a school or district work through this course together would be that you'd know one another and could strengthen connections and collaborations within your school or district.
Best wishes.
- Jackie
CSLA 2.0 Team project manager
Congratulations! You did it and now you can cheer the rest of us on. I totally agree that the one thing I miss on this is a "water cooler" place where we can share the experience of doing this, something other than the place where we share the good curriculum connections we discover.
I hope we can all get together at the annual conference and talk about all of this.
Congratulations, you did it! No need to miss out on the fun - read the other blogs and cheer on those who are still exploring.
Great job! I enjoyed reading your ongoing thoughts. Hope we can meet in person in the Santa Cruz area sometime. :-)
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