The Jury is Still Out

Hello fellow e-travelers. I am back! I am sure that many of my regular readers may have thought that I dropped out of this course, but the truth is, I just couldn't find my password to get onto my blog. I tried using the Forgot Your Password feature, but that only works if you know the email account you registered with!

But I am back and ready to report on my Facebooking experience. Some people would consider me old. I don't really think that, but let's just say that I have been around a long time; long enough to remember having a "party-line" telephone. Since I am quite comfortable with email and picking up the phone to talk to someone I want to connect with, getting a Facebook account was not high on my priority list. Despite the fact that most of my extended family is on FB regularly I did not feel the need. When they felt that I needed to know something in particular, they picked up the phone or dropped me an email. I didn't need FB to be kept in the loop.

Now that I have an account, I know what is going on with everyone in my family. I know what some had for dinner and I know that my youngest sister is always on line. I realize that my mother likes everything, and that my cousin expresses and SHARES her inner most thoughts and feelings freely.... too freely for my liking! I also realize that I could become quite addicted to reading what everyone has posted on other people's FB walls. I know that they post those things willingly, but I feel like I am lurking in the shadows and eavesdropping. I realize though, that if I can do this, other people can do it too! That is the part that I don't like. I like my privacy and sharing what I want shared, not what others mind sharing.

For right now the jury is still out. I will keep the account for the time being, but won't look to hard if I loose that password.

Until the next post .... Enjoy your travels.
Cookie Monster

Ooops!

Did you ever want to get something done so badly, that you rushed through it? Or get so caught up in what you were doing, that you forgot what it is that you started out to do? That is exactly what happened to me with Assignment Number 2.

I was reading Leeners postings and realized that in my excitment on learning how to hyperlink, I linked everything BUT blogs. I also forgot to comment on how hyperlinks can enhance or distract from a reading. Like many of my fellow travellers, I tend to read the entire posting and then go back to check out the links. But, I recognize the advantage of hyperlinks for our students and people new to a subject area. Providing definitions is a great way to enhance understanding. A link to a video may bring the reader's background knowledge up to where it needs to be - so that he or she has a point of reference to build on. As for distracting from the learning, hyperlinks, if not chosen carefully, can take the reader off on a tangent and far from the intended learning goals. (I've learned that!) But they sure can be fun!

As for my writing with hyperlinks, it is something that I will have to continue to work on. I spend a lot of time searching for something that will further understanding, which I suppose can be a good thing; because it sure is furthering my understanding!