Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Web 2.0

I am completing most of the web 2.0 tasks in the evening. I have already begun to use some Web 2.0 tools like social networks, social bookmarking, and RSS feeds. I don't want to be left behind in this information world and I want to understand the world my own children live in. My daughter IMs frequently and the first thing she does when she gets home is get on her Facebook page. I iChat videoconference with my son who is away in college in West Palm Beach several times a week. I hope to learn how to not just participate with Web 2.0 tools but begin to build my own tools. For example, I have been reading and commenting on blogs for quite a long time but until yesterday I had never completed my own blog.

Monday, January 12, 2009

I have visited way more states then countries.  One day I hope to visit all 50 states.  I have made it to 38 states, only twelve to go. 
When I read the 43 links I found the Visited Countries and decided to explore.  I haven't been to too many,  only the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica.  It is a fun site to visit.  It would be a fun thing to do with students from a character in a book.

Looking forward to this class

I am looking forward to this class, because I wouldn't take the time to go through all of these Web 2.0 tools if I wasn't taking this online course.