Monday, 16 September 2013

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!
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3 comments:

  1. Sue Waters1 October 2013 at 05:18

    Hi Cory,

    It's quite a common feeling to be scared to blog and worry that you might be boring! And my response is it is good to remember these feelings while learning how to do something new as it helps you relate to how your students might feel.

    Best of luck with the course!

    Thanks
    Sue Waters
    @suewaters
    Edublogs Support Manager

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  2. Anonymous5 October 2013 at 13:32

    Hi Cory - now that you're a few weeks into the course, are you feeling any less overwhelmed? There are definitely a lot of new tools to try out in this course, so try to focus on a few tools that work really well for you, instead of getting frustrated about having to master and use them all!

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  3. Unknown7 October 2013 at 21:16

    Thanks for inquiring about my feeling of being overwhelmed? Some days I do still feel overwhelmed, but I have actually found Flipboard has helped get everything organized in one spot. I do need to start blogging now and deciding what to post. I still have a tough time thinking what I have to post will be of interest to anyone.

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