One Week

It has been one week since the first class in EC&I 831: Social Media and Open Education.  Not sure where the week has gone, but my head is spinning with trying to keep up with the amount of information that is being shared!  It seems like I get a notification that there is a new post and I think that I will read it right after school, maybe once the kids are in bed, OK after volleyball practise, etcetra, and by that time there have been multiple posts by the end of the night.  How can I get through them all?

As well, I am trying to just get use to trying to figure out how to use twitter, google plus, and blogger!  Talk about jumping in with both feet to something new.  I use to think that I was somewhat technological sauve, but I have obviously not stayed abreast of new technological tools as I would have liked.  It will be exciting, challenging, and intimidating for me to work in this world of social media and open education.

A few facts and information about myself:

• I am married and have two daughters, in Grade 3 and 1.  I live in the beautiful Qu'Appelle Valley on Echo Lake, where we get to watch beautiful sunsets, especially this time of year.
• I have been teaching for 13 years, all at Bert Fox Community High School (also the school that I attended from K-12) in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan.  I started off as a full-time Physical Education teacher, 7 years ago I became the Career Education counsellor and Career Work Exploration teacher.
• This is my 3rd class in my Masters of Education in Administration at the University of Regina.
•  I coach volleyball at the High School during the fall.  In the winter I coach the downhill skiing program  Husky SnowStars.  In the spring I coach soccer.

My initial reactions to learning we had to blog!

First Time!!!

Here is my first post on a blog.  You will have to be patient with me as I am new to using Social Media and putting myself out there!!!  I am usually a reserved person that keeps my thoughts and ideas to myself or small groups of people I have established relationships with.  So having my words out there so everyone can see is a little intimidating.