Thing #1

The hardest lifelong learning habit for me is viewing problems as challenges.  This particular habit is the hardest for me because I will occasionally just get frustrated with problems as they arise and get stuck on trying to solve them.  This can distract from the more obvious issue and I might get sidetracked.  This can also be a good thing, however, because I want to see a problem through to completion.  I see this as a good one to practice because I think it would put certain situations in a more positive light and cause me to be more focused.

The easiest lifelong learning habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning.  This one may be the easiest for me because I love learning and take it upon myself to learn as much as possible.  I know that I am the only one who can read a book and absorb the information for myself.  No matter how many other people read that book, I can't absorb it by just sitting next to them.  This is a good one to promote among others because many people are keen to push the responsibility of learning onto the shoulders of others.

By playing with Web 2.0 tools, I hope to learn about new tools that I can use in the classroom.  I have learned a lot in my classes so far, but I know that there is so much more to learn that this blog and class will help me discover.  I would like to learn better ways to aide my students learning through technology.  This includes different ways to communicate with them and different sources to give them.  I would also like to find practical uses for this technology in class and how to link things together.

Setting up the blog was not too bad.  I have another blog that I set up with blogger last year and it has been a very similar process.  The instructions were very clear as well.  It's hard to describe my feelings as I work on this blog.  I knew I would have to do it when a classmate first told me about the class.  I'm kind of excited to write what I am doing out for the class and I am excited to see what they find as they complete this class as well.