Well, I honestly never thought I would be "blogging". It's not that I have anything against it; I just hate looking back at my old writing. What I hate even more is the thought of other people looking back at my old writing. Maybe this explains why I have never been able to keep a diary or journal for most of my life. I always ended up tearing out old entries and burning entire notebooks. Needless to say, this assignment is rather uncomfortable and scary for me. I think that's probably a good thing.
Stepping way outside my comfort zone, I hope that this experience will open some new doors for me. First, I hope, though I highly doubt, that it will cure me of my fear of keeping written records of my thoughts. Second, I am now taking this opportunity to try to find out about another topic with which I am unfamiliar and rather uncomfortable: podcasting.
Now I am all for podcasting. I'll even admit to listening to podcasts rather frequently. What bothers me, making me feel somewhat behind in regards to educational technology, is the idea of educational podcasting. How does one go about utilizing podcasts in a classroom, much less a fifth grade classroom? How can I find out different ways it is incorporated in the curriculum? While I have a million potentially brilliant ideas flowing through my head, I have no idea really where to begin. Wait. I guess I just did.
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