The Dilemma December 10, 2007
Posted by gmwand in Uncategorized.4 comments
Ok. I missed posting something last week, but not to worry , no one is reading it yet anyway. I’ll try to make it up this week. Some new questions have been posed in my quest for web2.0 literacy. Mostly dealing with I’m not sure what to do with any of this stuff or how to make the most effective use of these tools.
I joined Twitter a couple of weeks ago and have been following the likes of Will Richardson, David Jakes, Steve Dembo, and Dean Shareski. While I’ve learned much just from seeing bits of their twitters, only Steve has returned the favor of following me and even still, I haven’t felt as if I have participated in a conversation yet. I know that I am still learning and don’t have much of a voice yet, but still I do have questions and don’t know how to get a response. I kind of feel like being at the kid’s table at Thanksgiving. Santa Claus, however, did respond to one of my Tweets. He response to my dilemma was kind and gentle and I will persist.
There have been some cool moments in the past week though too. By receiving tweets from these guys, I have found (and followed) some other edtech leaders including one in nearby St. Louis. I learned about the 25 days to make a difference blog and the Students2oh project. I also Ustreamed play rehearsal from our high school and a personal Thanksgiving greeting to family. Neat stuff.
My biggest question of all is: How much time do I have to sit in front of a computer to make all of this neat stuff happen? My posts don’t have many fancy links or embedded videos or pictures. And still, I spend a lot of time, day and night, watching the twitter page and Google reader to see what’s new. Today for example, I’m home on a snow day (Ice in the Metro-East today) and have spent most of the day reading blogs on the computer instead of actually doing something. It seems that social networking Web2.0 takes time from personal networking. And while most of the information is good, it isn’t the only thing I do.
I have been reading the past couple of days about folks who are not following as many people as they used to. That doesn’t seem to bode well for the new kid on the block. I may well be shut out of the game before ever getting on the field. I guess we’ll see.
