Wiki, Wiki, Wiki (just like saying it)

I'm having a delayed reaction because I attended Karen's Wiki Workshop weeks ago but wanted to reflect on a few things. First, the workshop was great. It was informative, clearly presented, easy to follow and overall an enjoyable experience. Because I was a novice, I was happy that I was following along in the workshop rather smoothly and I remember showing off the Wiki I had created to my friend Farryl at the end. I had created a Book Club where friends of mine could make suggestions on a book to read and we could use the Wiki to correspond about the chosen book. I remember thinking "this will be great". We always talked about creating a book club and this will be cool! So I sent out the invitations and people joined as members so I was psyched. Then I waited and would check periodically for added comments, book suggestions, anything. Nothing happened. I kind of forgot about it, but was just perusing my Delicious bookmarks and saw the link to my Wikispace. There was still nothing :(. So, I'm not sure where I went wrong. Maybe my friends are novice to the whole Wiki thing too and were scared off. Maybe I wasn't assertive enough in my Wiki follow-up. I'm definitely not giving up on Wikis and I hope Wikis don't give up on me!

Blog Envy

Yes...I'm checking out the blogs of my classmates in TEAM and realize I've been slacking with regard to my blogging. I've noticed blogs with pictures, video clips and all kinds of stuff. My blog is blah in comparison. However, my competitive juices are now flowing and I vow to become a better blogger. Thank you to my fellow classmates for motivating me. In the next week my plan is to let the blogs flow and to enhance my blog with some visually stimulating additions. (uh, oh...i guess now that I put this in writing, I have to do it) Stay tuned...

TEAM Week 1

Hello. Well, I'm very excited about starting TEAM and there are many things that I am excited about learning. I want to become more comfortable designing and using more sophisticated Power Point presentations in the classes I teach. I think it would also be fantastic getting students to blog about what they are learning in my classes. I also want to learn about web design, inspiration and using technology in student projects (such as making videos, podcasts, etc.). I hope to gain the tools necessary to use technology confidently in my classes and to teach others educators to do the same.