Thing 23

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Technology certainly has changed how we communicate.  Look what may happen to the Post Office.  Who would have imagined?
A dropbox? a google reader? a RSS feed? slideshare? Three months ago I had NO idea what these were, along with not knowing how to create a blog.  It took a couple of posts to discover how to spell check!   Little by little, as painful as it was, I slugged through each unit, making silly time-consuming mistakes, trying not to complain. Hours would go by at times as I would stare at the screen, experimenting. That's what I learned. How to experiment. How to learn for myself without asking my husband (a techie) or my daughters (who all make it look so easy and tell me what I am learning is already out-dated!).  I also learned a lot of tech. lingo along the way.   At work today I was having trouble making a distribution list on Outlook. Instead of asking a colleague, I googled 'making a distribution list on Outlook'. After watching it, I could do it myself.  I find using the SmartBoard easier.  I'm not afraid of  playing around with it and exploring.  Being resourceful and persistent are key. A day or two away would refresh the mind, though I found I would forget how much I learned if I spent too much time away.
I certainly hope now that this course is over I can compare and evaluate the different tools at at least use a couple of them to make life more efficient, creative, interactive and fun.  I'm already using Google Reader, delicious, and keeping up with some blogs.
Now, I'm happy to say, YOU CAN BORROW MY LAPTOP!  -

and, deadlines are a good thing!