It is always such an amazing feeling as an educator to see the creative and diverse tactics teachers are using to make learning fun and effective. Joining in a special workshop to see the Cohort 21 in action was very inspiring and a little intimidating, but oh, so worth it! Quick workshops on Blogging, Diigo, Twitter and Google Hangout, left me feeling a bit overwhelmed, but also excited to see where I can integrate it into my classes. Thinking quickly, I can image a classroom a few years from now using Diigo instead of textbooks. Using Google Hangout to connect with our exchange student once she returns to her home school. Tweeting is still a bit of an unknown for me, but I can see its use as information sharing once I understand better the format of the site. As for this wordpress…we’ll this is a first attempt and somewhat unsettling posting my thoughts. Nonetheless, I’ll be bringing the information back to Ottawa!
Bringing it Back!
Written by Geri-Lee Godkin
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Way to take the first step Geri-Lee with this great post. The journey has just begun 🙂 See you in a month!
Hi Geri,
Glad to hear that you had a great experience yesterday! Don’t worry if you’re feeling overwhelmed. As Melissa (@mjolicoeur) put it in her blog, “Sharing is Scary!” but as Heather (@hadams) points out, we need to be vulnerable, or overwhelmed, in order to learn. Check out their blogs here:
http://cohort21.com/melissajolicoeur/2015/10/18/sharing-is-scary-hope-i-am-not-the-only-one-who-feels-this-way/
and
http://cohort21.com/heatheradams/2015/10/17/starting-small/#comment-3
If you have questions about any of the tools, don’t be shy – reach out to anyone of us and we’re here to help.
Looks like you’ve got blogging down though! 🙂
Les
Game on Geri-Lee! Happy to be sharing the journey with you this year! See you in Movember!
HA! Reading this post actually reminded me of Vivienne’s post that was dealing with the same question…you should read it and share a comment about coping with the feeling of being overwhelmed: http://cohort21.com/viviennekraus/2015/10/19/is-being-overwhelmed-better-than-being-underwhelmed/#comment-10
Also, to give you more practice with the Hangouts, you should definitely come check out our first Hang on November 2nd at 7pm. https://plus.google.com/events/c4oagg8b8gb8pco33d5hlov035g
Would love to see your face!