Week 2 - Online Safety

Online Safety

Online safety is just using common sense and not telling the whole world all your personal business. Listen to mama and keep your personal business personal. Follow your instinct on what does not feel right to post on the web. If you feel uncomfortable sharing something you have written, or posed for, then don't post it for the world to see. Don't embrass or demean your family, friends, co-workers or even your enemies because it could come back to haunt you. Be cautious about opening email attachments from someone that you do not know. Remember that some companies google your name before interviewing you for a job so watch what you post about yourself on "MySpace" when you were a teenagers, all those surveys that you fibbed about, they may come back to bite you. Nothing goes away on the World Wide Web. Here is a good site to help your children. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/14799

See you next post.

Week 2 - Setup Blog & Register

I actually jumped ahead and created my blog in week one so I could enter all the information for week one and two.

I started at Blogger and created a blog by following the 3 easy steps that are listed on the page. The 3 steps are 1) Create an account 2) Name your blog 3) Choose a template. After creating my account, and naming my blog, I had to remember how to get back into my blog so I could continue with my postings. Write down the URL of your blog.

Choosing a template was the most fun. I must have changed my template at least ten times. Some shook it to the right, some shook it to the left, I was doing the hokey pokey and turning it all around, because thats what's its all about. The template I am using now is just right.

Posting information to the blog was also very simple. Once the settings were configured, I checked out all the links that were available so I could see where they lead. I enjoyed being nosy, its fun. I adjusted my settings to the colors and fonts that I like to use and which I thought would be pleasing to my audience. Light background, dark text.

Now that my blog is created I can continue to complete my tasks by registering my blog.

I am registered! See you in my next learning experience.

Week 1 - Learning Style

I like to research whatever topic I am learning until I get it. I learn by doing, researching, and generally being obsessive especially if I am really interested in the subject, so I began "My Learning 2.0 Experience" by listening to the lifelong learners podcast, and absorbing their knowledge. This is exciting. I feel like I am back in college, but now I am actually enjoying myself without the stress.

I can see that my first issue with this program is time-management. It is going to take discipline to find the time to do my exercises every week, but I know that if I can't get to it on week one, I can catch up on week two, so I am not going to beat myself up if I fall behind. Dont worry...be happy.

I will be updating my blog as I go through all the exercises and everyone can share my excitement and maybe join in.

Welcome!

Week 1 - Welcome

Recently at our library we had a class about generational/cultural differences and I have come to realize that I don't fit my generational norm. My generation is suppose to prefer the status quo, I love to refresh things with some change. My generation is suppose to hate new technology, wrong again. I love new technology, gadgets, do dahs, and whatchamacallit. I must be weird, but I think change is growing, and is a natural part of learning. I get bored with the same old, same old.

I am going to enjoy this new challenge of learning and playing with all these new toys. I hope you will enjoy reading about my journey.