EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN LIBRARIES

I would have never thought that the libraries of today could use technology as much as they talked about in this article. Creating podcasts, blogs and instant messaging so that students can read reviews about books or take tours of the library is amazing. This gives students access to reflect about books and create an online book discussion.

Social Networking

I found these facts pretty amazing. One out of every six people in the world use the internet. In America 55 percent of teens have created a personal profile on line. I did not know the internet was first used as a giant encyclopedia, but I can believe that now the main purpose people use the internet is for social networking.

Examining Social Software in Teacher

This article reminded me about the dangers of using social networking sites. On the other hand there are many positive things that come from using these sites. From personal experience I have found that myspace is no where near as protected as facebook in regards to people seeing your profiles and attempting to be your friend. One of the dangers that I was reminded about is that my students parents could look me up and see my picture and who my friends are. Therefore they might place judgements about myself that could affect my students interactions with me. I feel there are more postive things that come with using social networking than negative.

My parents living the dream in the DR

After 28 years of teaching, my parents have found that finding time to relax is the best way to relieve some stress. They are in Cabarate, Dominican Republic teaching in the capitol Santo Domingo.

Training brick workout

Goals: Big Kahuna Half Ironman Sept. 7th 2008
Ironman Arizona Nov. 23rd

Ironman training started today. I did a 60 mile bike ride from my house up to Prather and back. Then, transitioned to a 3 mile run. I felt like I left a little to late because it started to get a little warm on the bike and was hot on the short run. I felt pretty strong though overall.

Hopefully this coming week I can get some commuting miles in to work during the week before another long workout next weekend.