Time is tick, tick, ticking away....

Well, my group is frantically trying to get prepared for this presentation and it's so hard for me not to try to take control and do everyones work for them. Not that they're not capable it's just me and my brain, working overtime. My husband Neil starts working in Moncton tomorrow, doing construction and demolition at a Sobey's store so it's going to be a little difficult for me to get to class on time. Thursday I also have a funeral to attend in the afternoon so hopefully it'll all work out and I'll be there in time, if not we might have to go last. I am learning alot about wikipedia & citizendium. There are alot of opinions out there about whether students should be able to use wikipedia as a resource reference and I think that students in the k-12 grades should be able to use it with some limits but University level students should not. Student's at a university level need to learn good researching skills and wikipedia seems like such a short cut, it is a good starting point though. I'm really glad that we're taking these classes because sometime I feel out of the loop when it comes to some of today's new technologies but this class gave us a great overview of what's out there & what's availiable to students and teachers. I find the whole wikispace thing facinating, they could be used on so many levels, help people do their jobs better & give them a place to work collaboritivly, awesome. I'm such a reader, writer that assignments that require me to do research and write a paper doesn't faze me. Researching and applying this new technology intimidates me and if I don't know how to do something I get easily frustrated. I can't wait to show my family this new technology, once I get my internet hooked up anyway. lol. Anyway Jeff, I think you did a good job of educating us in today's new technologies.