Thing 16 – Strangers in the Night
Of all the social networking activities that we have done so far, I find this the most unsettling. Are there so many people so deprived of close personal relationships out there that they must go to...
View ArticleThing 13 – I Fall to Pieces . . .
I am ahead of the curve on this one. I have used JigZone for a number of years. When I was recovering form the damage to my spinal cord, my manual dexterity was virtually non-existent. I was looking...
View ArticleThing 17 – The hills are alive with the sound . . .
I had never touch an iPod until last summer during the course I was taking under David Widener. The second time was when I gave my son his iPod as a Christmas present. That is the extent of my...
View ArticleThing 18 – Well, baby,baby,baby! I’ve Got News for You!
Easiest Thing I’ve done; once I realized I had to turn the microphone on. Looks like podcast are in my students’ future. Oh, by the way, here is my podcast. I did comment on three podcasts produced...
View ArticleThing 19 – We all need – the human touch!
I looked for two videos in YouTube that I could use in my course. The first was an impressive demonstration of dehydration of table sugar by sulfuric acid. The second was about the effect of...
View ArticleThing 14 – I heard it through the grapevine. . .
Actually, I have been using de.licio.us for some time. Being a nerd and all, one of my hobbies is that I collect Web sites on a wide variety of topics, such as finance, computer and Internet...
View ArticleThing 20 – I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter . . .
Google Docs and those related on-line applications are the future of word processing and related information management. Even Bill Gates has said as much. Why do you think that Microsoft wants Yahoo!...
View ArticleThing 21 – Hey, Look Me Over, Lend Me an Ear!
As some of the tasks, we had to do this was of moderate difficulty. I modified the template page to make it more in keeping of my own nerd interests. I suppose you might call Pageflakes “Web Site...
View ArticleThing 22 – Ch-Ch-Change, Turn and Face the Strange
At first I considered naming this blog, “Looking for Love in all the wrong places”, but that is really not what is going on in Classroom 2.0. The participants are examining change, a fundamental...
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Thing 23 – Closing time! Open all the doors and let you out into the world.
At thought, at first, about naming this blog, “The party’s over!” But there is a finality to that lyric which is really not what the purpose of this course is all about. This is the beginning of the...
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