Head Spinning...I am not the Exorcist, Just Not the Techy Savvy One!

What have I learned this week? Well…if you could look at me now you would see my head is spinning. No, I am not the exorcist! However, don’t ask my teenage daughter. She might have other thoughts. I never knew I was blogging before and during this class. Yes, I know I am blogging on BlogSpot, but micro blogging? Seriously, I had no clue. I Facebook and I post. According to my husband, I am the professional micro blogger on FB. By the way, I am Ann-Margret Perkins on FB.

I also watched a tutorial from the myeducationkit. You see, I am not tech savvy. I graduated college in 1987 from Western Kentucky University. Last fall, I was enrolled in the APS (adult program studies) at Asbury University. This is designed for working adults who have at least 60 hours of college credit. You can go back to college to earn your degree in elementary education. Wilmore is close to Harrodsburg, so I trucked over every Monday night. My first course was Tech for Ed. I about died. I left that first night praying, “God, we had some big talks and this is the direction I am to go, but REALLY?” I learned more in four weeks than I could have learned all year. I got an A, but I spent hours and hours on that one class. I had NEVER sent an attachment until the assignment said so. I just wished I had this book and myeducationkit last fall. I still am not finished with the tutorial, but this has helped me to learn all kinds of tricks that many of you might know.

Okay, on to the real reason for my blog…Communication tools. I only thought of email and blogging, but VoIP? I have never made a voice call, but I am willing to try. I have tried Skype and have only done this once. I tested it out with my minister. Several from our church went to Israel during the summer of 2009. It was awesome. We wanted to Skype back with our congregation, but our time zones did not work out for us. I have met a UC buddy from this class. She and I are in the same boat. This is our first class. We talked about using Skype in the future.

My favorite is blogging. Honestly, I loving this form of communication tool. I am not teaching now and I sub. The form of communication tool I use is email with other teachers. However, I plan to us a blog for my class. If I am teaching upper elementary grades, I plan to have them blogging as well. I understand there are many safety issues involved, but I googled blogging and found a classroom in Arizona that blogs as a class. I thought that might be interesting and I would be able to monitor the classroom blog much easier than 25 individual “blog spots”.

I am excited with this class and I am learning so much. Some of you might be at an advantage and are able to go through this class with ease, because you might be techy, but for me, I am learning the ropes every day and I am enjoying this cyber ride that I am on.