Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thing # 8

These are my thoughts on RSS: I don't like bloglines. I subscribed to about 11 feeds & I had a hard time navigating to retrieve my feeds. I know that it is my inexperience but I had an easier time with g-reader. I think I lost my articles on bloglines.

On g-reader, I entered my gmail account, clicked on reader & started to subscribe to feeds. I can retrieve my articles, star them to save them for later & the best part is that I did not lose anything.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Thing # 2 & Thing # 5

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Thing # 2:My thoughts on the 7.5 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners:The easiest habit for me is to "accept responsibility for your own learning"I always love to learn new things,ways, procedures,abilities, etc.. I find this easy , I guess, because I am curious about a lot of things. I always loved crafty things. It is a a challenge for me, although, to complete a quilt. I have taken quilting classes, I buy kits, I buy materials , I also take out books from the library, but there are times that I lack the skills (sewing & piecing) that are needed for this completion. I am aware that I need extra help on these skills & I will need to work on that. I also recognize that I am responsible for this learning challenge. The hardest habit for me is "using technology to your advantage". I sometimes feel tech-deficient when it comes to using programs for learning. Of course I can use the computer, access a program, accomplish a basic skill on that program. But I need to work on that & that comes with practice, practice, practice. Also reading a book on the subject would also help, as well as reaching out to friends, colleagues to help me with this project. I have an Ipod shuffle. It was such a learning experience to know how to download from limewire, transfer to the ipod & listen to the music. & this I learned from my nephew. I can also tell you that I erased my songs 3 times (not on purpose). So this is a learning experience.My thoughts on lifelong learning is that it will keep your brain forever young. There is so much out there in the world to learn , & I fear I will not have a chance to get to it all. So I try something new & hope it will make me a better person.
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Thing # 2:My thoughts on the 7.5 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners:

The easiest habit for me is to "accept responsibility for your own learning"

I always love to learn new things,ways, procedures,abilities, etc.. I find this easy , I guess, because I am curious about a lot of things. I always loved crafty things. It is a a challenge for me, although, to complete a quilt. I have taken quilting classes, I buy kits, I buy materials , I also take out books from the library, but there are times that I lack the skills (sewing & piecing) that are needed for this completion. I am aware that I need extra help on these skills & I will need to work on that. I also recognize that I am responsible for this learning challenge.


The hardest habit for me is "using technology to your advantage". I sometimes feel tech-deficient when it comes to using programs for learning. Of course I can use the computer, access a program, accomplish a basic skill on that program. But I need to work on that & that comes with practice, practice, practice. Also reading a book on the subject would also help, as well as reaching out to friends, colleagues to help me with this project. I have an Ipod shuffle. It was such a learning experience to know how to download from limewire, transfer to the ipod & listen to the music. & this I learned from my nephew. I can also tell you that I erased my songs 3 times (not on purpose). So this is a learning experience.


My thoughts on lifelong learning is that it will keep your brain forever young. There is so much out there in the world to learn , & I fear I will not have a chance to get to it all. So I try something new & hope it will make me a better person.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Thing # 10 Technology Blogging

Well this topic is not about anything new, but it is new to me. I created my own igoogle page & customized it with items that I like. I have a hangman's puzzle, the weather, eye tester, WSJ, coupon finder, daily photo tips, new book releases, Betty Crocker recipe of the day, etc. It was fairly easy & very addicting. All you have to do , after selecting what your background will be, is to click on ADD STUFF, in the upper right hand side. I got up to 30 pages before I started to get bleary-eyed. & my page is still not filled up. The best part of this is that I can access my igoogle page from any computer after I log into my gmail. So this course is teaching me to broaden my web horizons.

http://www.google.com/ig?tab=mw&hl=en&source=iglk

I am hoping that this is the link to my igoogle page.