Ok, I’m really happy that I am not getting slapped around by
those breaking waves anymore, but I have yet to have the time to practice
diving below the water and enjoying the long strokes of a good swim. I’m
catching little breaths of air while bobbing like a cork and floating on the
more gentle waves of becoming more familiar with these new conversation and
collaboration tools. I have taken the opportunity to explore, but not fully
experiment with several more Web 2.0 tools mentioned in our class discussions.
I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about ways to utilize these tools in my
online classroom to enhance learning among my students, ways that I could share
them with the faculty I support in the distance learning arena, and ways that I
might incorporate them in my daily work environment. I think this is the stage
I tend to get stuck in for a while. I do spend a lot of time pondering; then,
the ideas start coming, the creativity kicks in, I will take a deep breath and immerse
myself in this new waters. I bet there are some really cool things to see once
I finally get there!
I love your metaphor and I feel the same way. I am one to join up with many social media and community sites, take a look around, and then don't go back if nothing sticks out to me. Quite a few of the sites I will never use but I have found a few that I like. It's a struggle for me to get creative so I spend lots of time trying to figure out what is next. I'm looking forward to diving into some of these features a little more and hope that I don't drown on the way :)
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