Thing 23-You Made It!

(Image by APT) During grad school ten years ago, I had a professor who encouraged her students to constantly improve writing skills. She felt that with the influx of emailing and Internet usage that writing would be one of the greatest means of connecting with other professionals.

It's true. As a student of this class, my writing is the only way the other students know me and visa versa. The same goes with blogs and Personal Learning Networks.

So many of the Web 2.0 sites were simply words that I heard before, but had no idea what to do with them. Not anymore. I really enjoyed keeping a blog and will be adding one to my school Web-site. I also will be creating concert posters and other creations using Big Huge Labs. Del.icio.us was another useful site for me. I look forward to spending more time exploring the other Web 2.0 technologies to fit the best way into my professional, and possibly personal, life.

In the video a valid point was made. Students need to be able to search, find, and synthesize information and then collaborate with a community. That is the making of a life-long learner, which is an educator's goal for our students and ourselves.