Thing 5

This particular element of the training was a little more involved than I thought it might be. It seems that there are some other things that one must understand about the inner working of the computer than simply clicking on buttons. When I followed the step-by-step instructional videos I found that the result was not akin to the expected outcome. For weblog-ed.com I did not see any of the buttons described so therefore ended up having to copy and paste the url link. Also, to set up the feeds button for bloglines (23 things) I followed the instructions more than once and never ended up with the desired result. There was not a folder for "Links" and when I tried to create a new folder it would not let me change the name from "New Folder". Again I ended up simply copying and pasting. Not knowing what to do to fix the problem can be frustrating. Following a "help link" that leads you to more pages of instructions can also be frustrating as time constraints produce a need for immediate solutions. For the non-technically minded teacher this is a big wake-up call.

The next question will be how to sift through the mounds of information that your blog feeds will provided and how time management will come into play. While teachers are in transition to a new way of teaching in the classroom our leaders will need to be cognizant of our needs which include the nuasances of the teachers changing role. A planned process for the transistion is key to teacher success. This shift requires much planning, time allotted and attention to bring everyone to a level of adequate understanding in which to operate.

One other problem worth noting was an overlay of words which appeared and covered one of the news feeds. Most of the words in the list were "site map 1", "Site map 2", etc. I am not sure where that came from or how to fix it.