Class 5

Hi Gang. I was able to participate in most of this class. For some reason, I was kicked off of the Skype call for the last few minutes of class, but was able to be there for almost the entirety. I appreciate that Glen saves an audio file of these classes, but I really find participating invaluable, so I hate to miss!

I have used Dimdim almost exclusively for bookmarking now, and did get my new Twitter account set up. I have used twitter in the past, and although I found it interesting, I didn't see all of the educational possibilities at that time, so now I am determined to really try and follow more educational accounts and checking out their links. I on the other-hand, I still am using it more of a daily update of "life", but I need to make that transition slowly.

I have tried the ccleaner, but after finding a number of errors on my machine, they then wanted $ for me to download the paid version to clean them all up? Not sure about that, because I thought Glen had told us this was a free version? I will check on that during class though.

I have settled on a paper topic though, and have done a lot of research in that area. I am writing about Cloud Computing and mobile devices (smart phones, touches, netbooks etc.) and the tremendous capacity this has for K-12 schools. The research is certainly current, and I am finding a wealth of it. I think it is all starting to fall together in my mind now how it will look. Technology certainly does have the engagement "card" because once I get working on this, I am lost for hours at a time! Is there any doubt we should be using ICT more with our students, particularly our reluctant learners??? Don't think I will make class tomorrow b/c we are supposed to be heading out, but in typical May long weekend weather, it is not looking great, so we'll see! Until next time...