Sunday, September 30, 2007

Thing #23 - Reflections

All right - I'm approaching the finish line! This has been quite a journey, filled with exciting new things (or should I say THINGS??) to learn, many challenges, and some seemingly insurmountable obstacles. I am just amazed at all the things that are available out there on the Internet that I was completely unaware of. As I noted back at the beginning of this adventure, I didn't even really know what blogs were, let alone Flickr, Wikis, Rollyo, RSS feeds, etc. Exploring these online applications and discovering personal uses for them has been most rewarding.
I feel that the program was very well-structured. The discovery resources for each Thing were beneficial, and the discovery exercises were clearly stated. My main drawback to the program was that, as a reference substitute, I did not have any "work" time to complete the activities. I have put in many hours here at home - just me and the Things, sometimes getting along with each other and sometimes not so much!
My blog is entitled, very uncreatively, Lifelong Learning and my participation in this program has certainly been an exercise in acquiring much new knowledge along with many new skills. This activity is now complete, but the learning and exploration will continue as all of the Things to which we have been exposed are constantly changing, developing, and expanding. Knowledge and learning are not static but rather an ongoing - lifelong - process.

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