Experimenting with a Survey!

In and Out

I've looked at this blog several times since my last posting, checking in and out.
Funny how now that I have one, blog, that is, I'm aware of the call...putting my voice "out there"
for myself and others.
That's what I'm noticing.
Sometimes it's good to ....yes, be quiet.
Rest.
Intake.
Restore the balance.
Sometimes no matter how much the mind wants me to do something, my body says rest.
The blog can wait.

Not today!  I'm back in.....in touch. Every day is a new day....to let come what wants to come.
No forcing. Feels better.

Such Relief

Finishing up a big project....gives such a sense of satisfaction.
Climbing the mountain and looking into the valley.....looking over both shoulders.
Facing the sun, the moon, the stars, the universe....feeling such a joy.

Thank you, God. Thank you, my instructor. Thank you, my partners. Thank you, my classmates.
Thank you, my parents, friends, family.....wonderful husband.

It's a YES day.

I discovered edublogs.org

Where have I been???
I'm noticing more and more info now available, especially since I discovered edublogs.org...thousands and thousands of education people - like me - blogging.  Imagine the time to read all that "interesting" information...
One must be selective, discretionary, balanced.

I'm reminded of when I first learned the computer in 1983, preparing for the Olympics in L.A. I remember feeling a person could get "sucked into" the world on the screen. I didn't want to sit for hours learning, looking, looking further, linking endlessly....ahhhhh.  It blew me away how engrossing and ...seductive the information was. 
And still is!
Is it better today?  In some ways yes, someways no.

Perennial challenge....choice. Balance. Consequences. Re-examining. Choosing again.

Ahh, life.
May I be focused on what I really want, and less distracted by all the stuff around me.
I love to notice things, but where I put my attention...that is something else.
You know what I mean.

Saturday Noticing, Reflecting, Appreciating

I woke up early....composing a blog message, paper writing, collaborative project completion ...on my mind.
Couldn't do it, get up that is. My mind needed more rest.
After exercising and necessary cleaning, put my backside down on my chair at the computer to explore the subjects of:  Blogging in Education and Facebook in Education. Whoa!!!
Amazing, esp blogging!!!!  EduBlog has been around since 2005. Look how much I've missed, BUT
the question really seems to me, for me, maybe you, too:
How much can you keep connecting with online and balancing your life away from the computer?

I may, that is, may, set up something with my summer class in the lab. Need to be very prepared.
Results could be wonderful. Me, need to do my homework. Summer school starts the Monday after
a Friday finish of a semester.  Ahhh, time, time, time.
Maybe I'll prepare while I sleep!
Hmmm.  Maybe not.

To be explored. I welcome ideas of how you might be using blogs in your classroom.
It's trippy having a firmer foot in the e-world of education, and good.
I'm grateful.
Real time in the classroom....we've got to be prepared for anything.
Makes such a difference.

Noticing Today

While I have time to study and do many things I need to do today, I see my step-son on FOX News in an interview about his Marine who died the other day, number 1000.  I am so proud of him.
I lit candles, red candles, today....they burn in my mind every day for all those serving our country.
I really believe there is a lot of misunderstanding about our mission there....and lack of support from so many. It is a very difficult situation to get one's head around.

Not only that, I downloaded Arizona Senate Bill 1070 to read for myself.  I do not want to be ignorant of something that so many people THINK they know about, but, I believe, don't.  I want to know for myself.
Unbelievable what Calderon was lecturing the US on in the US Senate, while his own country, MEXICO,
has the laws IT has for illegal immigrants.  And to have Democrats applaud, made me almost ill. Truly.

Another thing I noticed last night and today, is that, after allowing myself to sign up for Facebook, I now can imagine thousands of profit-hungry companies checking out my profile to see what they can sell me. Maybe I was sold on their bill-of-goods.  Reading the TIME magazine article last night affirmed my thinking about what they are after.  I'm a marketer, did it for a living. I know how people get other people to buy.
Who does Zuckerberg think he is?? Geez.  I can't imagine that world. I'm considering getting out before too long, though I read they don't make it easy.  How about that!

Joining the Facebook community

I did it....as part of an assignment and experiment. I want to see if and how I use this now ubiquitous social networking community.
Feels kind of strange to now "belong". I'm a Friend. Asking to be connected with other Friends.

Good that I can control the outreach, control my responding, shut it down if I want.
Wonder what Facebook staff has collected to send to marketers already.
It's pervasive, yes, probably every time we log on to our computers....someone knows more about us than we ever thought they would....because we've told them.
Let's see how their revised Privacy policy works. 
Oh, just bought Time magazine yesterday, with ...you guessed it...Facebook on the cover.
Want to see what their writer/s say.
It's a deeper cyber world I'm in now.