Blogs

So, Mohammad is already on the road to blogging. He has his own, http://permaral18-mohammed.blogspot.com/, but we have the same problem. We don't want to go postal. His is basically a school requirement and he makes an effort. On the up side, the teacher can easily keep tabs on his ideas and thought processes thereby making her lesson plans according to the student's needs. Without writing a journal and wasting paper, she can easily click through her student's thoughts. The fear remains that our information is floating in cyberspace. Scary, but true.

Google Docs

So, Mohammad asked me to help him edit his paper. He is at work. I am at home. We have no uninterrupted time together to work on the project. So, I emailed him a google doc. containing the essay. He is learning google docs and the benefits first hand. Now, he can type an essay and I can help him revise it on our own time. Even if we were in two different places typing at the same time all we have to do is chat to be together. He was skeptical at first, but I believe that with some encouragement we can really go places.

Also, with my wish to be a teacher the concept of google docs is a way that I can reach my students at a personal level. They can be engaged and have one-on-one help as well as it being their own work. Collaborative projects are the future.

Mentoring

I have talked to several employees at work...since I spend most of my time there...and they really want to learn more about the applications we have learned in this class. Delcious and social bookmarking is not in their vocabularies and I was shocked because these people are very educated and need this stuff for their lives. I am amazed how beneficial these applications have helped me out imagine if I can get several others to join!

Yabadabadoo

Getting carried AWAY....with the ease and excitement of building something together. I am still unsure on many of the cases, but with a little more practice I am starting to build an understanding and an appreciation. I do not know how to show my contributions and I don't think that it is really fair to say..."I did this" if everyone helped you build it. Or "I found this" if millions of other links directed you there. It is like the ownership issue. If I paid for it, is it mine? Or do I owe someone for the background? Ownership is a thing of the past as we get into the future. I believe you want us to come to that realization through the issues you present during class. It was foretold in the "Anonymous" vodcast. You want us to realize that the world is a unit, a working unit, one cannot function without the other, one cannot advance without the other. The past brings us to the future....the future brings us to the past...and we grow together, not separate.

Am I right? Is this the ultimate lesson we need to explore on our own to find out on our own to truly begin to believe and see?