Thing #23

The best about the 23 Things activities was that it gave me a concise overview of many of the Web 2.0 tools that are out there and available to me and to my students on the Internet. Can I pick a favorite? There are three, I think. RSS news feeds have been great fun for me and for use in my world cultures class. Also, the on-line image makers will definitely be a part of my class assignments. Finally, I definitely plan to have my students use wikis next year.

The 23 Things assignments have been a reminder that life-long learning goals must constanatly be revised in order to adapt to changes that are happening in the world around us, specifically in the technology that is so much a part of our educational lives today.

I suppose the biggest take-aways were the many ways of managing the masses of information that is available to us. I knew of some, but I enjoyed the concise presentation of many.

I don't really have any complaints about the format of the program. The only problems I had were including images on my blogs. It would be helpful to include more specific directions for those of use who are less technologically adept.

I would take another program like this, depending on my summer schedule. This summer, everything worked out to make this extended program possible. It has been a great learning experience.

One sentence: The program was challenging, enjoyable, and usable.