Comments on: Venting about troubles

By: Tippi Thompson

Tippi Thompson — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:51:37 +0000

The overload got the best of me this week. But, I love the fact that it’s impossible to miss out on something even if life takes you somewhere else for a few days.

By: Jeff Arnett

Jeff Arnett — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:45:45 +0000

Don’t feel alone….I think everyone is overwhelmed at times with the flood of information that comes at us on a daily basis. Being organized is often the hardest part for me. I, too, have way more usernames and passwords that should be allowed by law…and it takes me 3 or 4 tries sometimes to get the right one. I have a constant internal struggle between wanting to grasp it all and longing for less complicated life…and that’s a stuggle I doubt I will ever resolve fully!

By: Joe McConda

Joe McConda — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:48:21 +0000

It’s great to know that others are feeling the same frustrations. I have learned about things I never knew existed. Wading through it all is definitely overwhelming and I, too, have a wide range of user names and passwords. I think being immersed in it all is probably the only way to gain the experience necessary to be able to practice. One thing Dr. Lowell said is that we would always be “in class” and I would much rather learn this way than driving to campus on a regular basis.

By: dancingnancy533

dancingnancy533 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:44:23 +0000

Glad I’m not the only one who feels overwhelmed. Juggling a full time schedule of online courses, work, working out, tutoring, random errands that have to run, and more it is hard to find the time to blog and write. But, I think I am developing a system of blogging that is working for me. The first thing I do when I wake up is blog. When I get a moment in my day for down time I blog.

I read an article for Games & Simulations that discussed Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. Yeah, I can see how you could classify those teachers into these groups, but anybody can get better at something with practice. They may not become amazing at it, practice over a long period of time may do that, but at least they will be better off than when they first started.

I always put the image of what Dr. Lowell told us in one of his first blogs of me sitting down at fancy restaurant with my main course of elephant on the table in front of me. I pick up my fork and knife, cut off a slice, and take one bite at a time. That really helps put things into perspective for me.