Thing 2

Blogging is not new for me, but I haven't been doing it as much lately. I am now a Facebook addict, more on that later.

I am participating in 23 Things because I want to enhance what I know and do more with the tools that I have not used. The opportunity to teach other teachers about these "things" is really my driving motivator. My hope is to be able to return in the fall refreshed on these topics and I will be able to teach students and other teachers why these things are so important. I want to learn how to do these things well to better enhance my teaching.

Writing on the Internet can be a bit scary at first. I do watch what I say, because once it's out there, it's out there. I teach that to my students every day. In fact, on a personal note, I have another blog for my friends to read. I post pictures of my daughter there and tell funny stories. Someone that I didn't know began to post comments to pictures. It freaked me out a bit and I changed my blog address. I didn't, however, quit blogging. It's important to be careful, but we can't live in caves and not embrace the new technology because of one person. We just need to know the rules/guidelines for posting and all is well.

CR