Reflections on 23 Things

This has really been such fun over the past months and so rewarding. The most fun I’ve had has been with with My Blog and Twitter although I’ve started to add friends in Facebook recently and this is something I’ll spend more time on in the future. Today I added two friends (I had to block one as I’d misspelt the name). I think Facebook will really be useful when my sister-in -law in Athens gets a computer, to share photos and family news.

I was really surprised how knowledge increased my confidence. Now instead of thinking ‘I haven’t been taught about that, I’ll leave it’, I now think ‘I can do that and I’ll try this and this as well.
The language of blogs, widgets, tweets, downloading, uploading no longer phases me. My Igoogle page is now full with twitter gadget and RSS feeds and I flick across to view my gmail, amazing! Initially when I thought about this course my contract was vague and lightweight. I had no idea what I would learn but my expectations have been far exceeded. The opportunity to learn all these applications is wonderful. Socially too, the fun we have had trying them out had been quite a bonding experience with fellow 23 thing members.

Gaming is something I’ll probably do for least time although I found our session interesting. Not really having a lot of leisure time I’ll probably use my time on my favs like Twitter and my Blog. My Librarything I want to get back to, and keep an inventory of my Bookclub books. It’s fun to look at other peoples lists too. Like many other’s online, I am also a bit of a voyeur- it’s always interesting to see what others write and read.
Another thing I want to do more of is the podcasting, so much is available! Looks like a task for the holidays tho, when I have time to play. Google wave also falls into this category of things to play with when I have more time to learn more of the features.

I find I.M. a bit of a distraction, but it is a fun way to talk immediately with colleagues, I am still getting used to it. With the new email system in place for students which has this facility, I now have a head start.When I look at my first tentative blogs and my outline about life long learning I realise how much I’ve learnt. I am so pleased to have done the course and had the chance to learn about the 23 Things. I would recommend it to all my colleagues as the benefits in skills and confidence are enormous. I will definitely continue to Blog and Tweet after the course is over.

In life we are always learning; its just usually not so much fun-Thankyou.

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