This is the post that I wrote yesterday and tried to post here for about two hours:
Today is probably not the best time for me to be making this
entry. Before I sat down to do this, I was feeling really great about the
progress I've made in being a Web 2.0 citizen. I've created this blog for class
purposes and can see many ways that I might use it in the future for both
personal and professional purposes. I have even added a blog for my AP Spanish
Language class with pages for each student where they have posted their own
writing and commented on each other's posts. I love all the possibilities for
using a wiki, also. I think that if my students had daily access to computers
in my classroom, I would feel more comfortable having them create vocabulary wikis and wikis devoted
to books we are reading and even helpful tips for the AP exam. I'm still
working on how much I can give them to do outside of class without it being too
much for those who might not have Internet access at home.
I set up my RSS feed
earlier this week using Google Reader. I chose some professional blogs and
sites that I discovered by searching and from our assignment last week (http://blog.kathyschrock.net/ ,http://glieux.wordpress.com/); several news sites since
I talk about current events around the world in my classroom (www.cnn.com
,
http://5newsonline.com/feed/ , www.france24.com); and, some of our classmates' blogs
just to keep up with what is going on with them. I am still overwhelmed by the
amount of news and updates that are available, and I'm not sure that I will
even be able to process all that I have subscribed to, but I think that once I
make looking at the reader a habit, I will be glad that I am making use of this
aggregator technology. I'm certainly not getting even a
quarter of this information now, so anything I see will be an improvement for
me personally and professionally. I have already unsubscribed from one site that
did not have the kind of content that its title indicated. I don't need any
extra "junk mail" to weed through every day. As I teach my students,
just because it is out there does not mean that it is worth our time.
I took some time this week to clean out my personal email account,
also. I am looking forward to the time when I will have fewer emails to delete
every day.
Finally, I came here to add this post to my blog about RSS feeds and my experience. I have had no end of trouble just
creating this post!!! I am so frustrated right now that I have yelled at my
husband, threatened to throw the computer out the window, and almost literally
pulled my hair out! There is some problem with the way that I have set up my Google
accounts, with Google Chrome, with Blogger, or all of the above. Right now, as
I'm typing this, the screen has a haze over it, and there is a box that says,
"You have logged out from another location. Do you want to log in
again?" The only choices are, "Yes, I want to log in again." and
"Close." I have tried both multiple times, but I get nowhere. I have
logged out and in on both of the email accounts that are linked to this blog
with no luck. Finally, by some hook or crook, I was able to access the new post
button AND the new post page so that I can make this entry now. However, the
"log out/log in" box keeps popping up. And, I can't publish!!
If anyone has any suggestions (other than those mentioned above, i.e. throwing the computer out the window, etc.), I would be open to reading them. I want to call Google and yell at someone, but I doubt that would be effective in solving the problem.
I'm still
in love with technology, but today we are definitely involved in a
"lovers' quarrel".
