Well this might require a tech time to sort out. I think I missed something obvious. Did I need to sign out or enter through some other door? I clicked the links to my colleagues' blogs but was unsuccessful at figuring out how to leave a comment. It is so common to fail on one's first attempts at technology (okay, at other things too!).
What I find most challenging about my digital literacy is how I learn something by doing it once with support, and then I am not able to do it independently the next time I try (which could be the next day, the next week, the next month, etc.) and then it's completely gone. And I don't need it enough to make myself backtrack and re-figure out how to do it. I just don't do it. So my Shelfari shelf hasn't changed since I started it and I have to ask Miles how to do a screen capture and I almost got on Diigo long ago but then I forgot to follow through on some final confirmation step…
Success with technology is like splashing my face with water in the morning: lots goes through my fingers but the job is accomplished. The rest feels more like trying to remember a dream.
I love your last quote. It is so true! I'm reading a book called Brain Rules that reiterates how important repetition is for learning--now how can we improve the tech time to support this? A couple of follow-up emails after a session (feels too much like nagging), two sessions a week (no time!) I don't know what would work.
ReplyDeleteTo add a comment, try going to the bottom of the post where it says something like "posted by Ms. L at 3:14 p.m. 0 comments" The word comment should be a link that will allow you to post your comment. Depending on the settings of the blogger, you may need to sign into your google account or enter the verification letters.
But you are right--it is not obvious on how to do this at all.