Module 9 : The thing to do...

Randy has done it again!!

I like scootle as a resource tool. It has some great resources that are easily accessible. Being able to locate them in one well organized place is a positive for all teachers. It’s necessary to do a little bit of sifting to find the right resource – but isn’t that the case with all resources that we access? It is a whole lot quicker than sifting through the resources on the shelf!!

Being able to access Australian resources is also much more appealing. Particularly when it comes to literacy resources, the use of appropriate content is important. Relevance of resources is always an issue. This tool enables some well educated and resourced decisions to be made.

Social networking has definitely become the thing to do.

I’m already a Facebook user. My favourite aspect of this application is that it enables me to keep in touch with friends and family overseas and far away. We share photos, have chats and keep up to date with what’s going on in our busy lives. I’m losing interest in being inundated with updates of the lives of people I see daily or weekly. If I really wanted to know or considered them “friends” I would make a genuine effort to make sure we were in contact already. As for the need to maintain your facebook through your phone throughout the day – come on, I have more interesting and important things to do with my time. I’ve tightened my privacy controls to limit how much people can and can’t have access. I’m a bit skeptical of the term “friend” and the desire of people you don’t even know to become your friend. User discretion is definitely required with this one.

Twitter doesn’t appeal to me at all. This is Facebook on an even more regular “reporting scale”. Who really wants to know what someone did every 5 minutes of the day. I have a phone, I can text a message to a friend if I need to. “Follow me on twitter” = I am a big noter, I want people to stop and notice me as I draw as much attention to myself as I can. No thanks. I’m not a user and can’t see myself being one.

The conclusion I have come to with social networking sites is that they have the ability to become an incredible drain on one’s time.

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