Frustrations with Technology

Hello All,
So today's blog is going to largely be a personal accumulation of frustrations that I have identified over the past several weeks as I have slowly been integrating myself into the world of blogging, tweeting, wikiing, web questing, etc.

First, I would like to state for the record that I believe each one of these technological features really is quite beneficial in their own unique way. For example, through blogging, I have become more aware of what other people are saying, thinking, and feeling out in this great wide world lol...To be able to put my own opinions and thoughts out into this thing we call "the web" to have others comment from anywhere else on the world just blows my mind. With instantaneous speed, comments/opinions/help tips/ and more are at my fingertips each new day. In addition, I can get other professional and nonprofessional opinions as people post their own blogs about various subjects. It is interesting to be able to read someone's day to day entries as they journey through their own world of technological and non-technological pros and cons.

So yes, I am a fan of the BLOG.

Now, let’s move on to TWITTER. As I step across the perpetual line of concrete communication into the world of abstract hyperlinks, RTs, tweets, and more I realize that this new beast called twitter is actually not all that bad at all. In correlation with blogging, I have actually found the tweet monster very helpful. I can post links, ask for advice, or simply stalk others as they post interesting comments and links themselves...ok so again, no problems with the tweet specimen. I have learned to not only enjoy its benefits but also I find myself wanting to get non-tweeters involved…oh how I am changing...lol.

Ok Ok so were back to the bad business which is call “wiki woes”...While I know that this program is a very powerful technological tool that has "muchos beneficios"(a lot of benefits), I am having a very difficult time going through the process of learning how to use them all correctly. First, it takes a lot of time to understand and navigate through all the learning components. There are a lot of features and details associated with posting, deleting, creating, and arranging elements in the PBWorks, and I find some of it rather difficult to get right the first, second, or even third time. It’s almost like this wiki needs a full class to learn how too appropriately use it, and squeezing the lesson on wiki into a couple of class sessions can be overwhelming. I do think the wiki purpose is one that is good and worthy to be instilled in the classroom, but I ask the following question to teachers around the globe, "Can't there be an easier way to learn about all the these wiki functions and features?" For me, step by step guides are necessity and time is of the essence, so I wonder if wiki is going to get easier to navigate for me. I hope that I can learn to control this beast before it overtakes me. Ok Ok, I'm going to have to step away from the blog to get back to my school wiki project now...which is already making me want to procrastinate with this blog even further....but alas, I have to face the beast head on to learn and figure out its uses...here I go...............

Ciao!!!!!!