…Life
My internet connection was flakey, my avatar could barely move, and I spent ten minutes getting my microphone turned on and adjusted, but in the end, it was a successful first foray in “virtual” networking. About a dozen intrepid “Second Lifers” met Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk) and Dianne McKenzie (HK) to chat about our current library situations, review and redesign thoughts, and the future in general.
There are really deep implications for the future of libraries, and of learning in general, here. As soon as I get my head around some of them, I’ll write a post about it. For now, I’m guessing that Doug will write something about the experience, and I’ll look to him for the words of wisdom.
But it IS the wave of the future - for those of us in the “wired” world, at least. It can only get better….
Well! My first effort at developing a Blog to reel in the HS non-readers was something of a bust. I presented my first posting to my library club - named “Gutenberg’s Intent” (work it out!) and was met with - a non-response. Back to the drawing board on that one
Not only did my students not diss me for my choice of a first topic (my summer reading). They didn’t find the idea of spending time at a teacher’s blog even remotely worth the time to Comment. So - Actions Speak Louder than Words, they say.
The blog languished for four months. I’m going to try to put this out there “in the world” again, as yet another forum for those of us looking at libraries and technology through “New” eyes. I’ve just tweaked the original blog (new title and profile detail) to keep everything else so I maintain the full online archive of my electronic musings.
I’ve been following the hype and the debate about Web 2.0 and Libraries2.0. I’m tinkering with this Blog, and I’m shuffling about like a newly animated Frankenstein monster in Second Life. As I wade through all of these new interfaces, try to absorb the new jargon, and desperately try to maintain the technical skillset needed to regularly tweak the setup of my wireless laptop and my problematic DSL line at home, I keep asking myself, “Can everyone that sets out to get up to speed with this stuff have as many problems as I do?
Love to hear from you if you’ve been where I’m at. Where do we go from here?
