Jul 31 2007
Scanning blogs Day 2
of WebTools4Teaching. I found Cool Cat Teacher blog and added it to my email. (And created this link!) Look forward to studying from this woman who looks 2B an expert. I have so much to learn abt blogging! This new adventure is a way to keep New Mind.
Being new at something is a tentative, tender thing. We rely on others helping us, and on sharing what we know. One of my fave teachers sez she thinks backward from the end result she hopes to get from her students, imagining each step along the way back to the moment she first introduces a concept or Lesson Plan. She watches for pitfalls or what-ifs that might occur and plans for those, if possible. I try to do this, too, but only succeed at abt 60 percent. With blogging I’ll be more at about 20%. O-kay.
And, when it comes to Widgets I am at Ground Zero. I get behind bcuz I cannot find sites that I just visited. (Watching someone else reminded me how to do this.) I can’t find the screen on my computer that GS has on powerpoint on the big screen on display 4us. This frustrates me.
So. Feelings: 1. pleased abt getting the link 2. frustrated abt not being able to easily find sites & open a screen to view what tchr is showing us 3. kinda helpless and hopeless at not EVEN getting a start at the Widget thingie. But tomoro is another day! And, I still think this blogstuff is cool!
Thanks, Geoff!
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Good luck! Do you know what — I was JUST LIKE YOU in November of 2005! I am a beginner! I knew nothing and you’re already so far past me — I had to feel my way. If you throw yourself into it and learn about it, there is no limit to what you can do. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
If you want some tips — go back over to my blog (click on my name) and there is a post called 10 habits of bloggers that win — and also one on commenting — you are already doing many things correctly. Good luck and let me know if I can help you!
(And don’t worry — I’m still experimenting on my blog too!)
Best wishes — Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis