Fly, be free!
The learning keeps coming. Although I did not follow the jumpcut activity very well. I have every confidence that with a little playtime I will be able to work it. That's been an outcome of this course; panic is not my first reaction to a new site.
Nancy showed us both a survey program and a puzzle program. She was not focused on a tool but rather her purpose: to get to know her student. The tools were to service that need. That was a great reminder to me.
Susan's cookbook took us right into a wiki site. It was a click and go presentation for a mock food class. It felt right to to get to it and ask questions later. I'm excited for her to find this tool. The outline of all the steps she use to perform was so time consuming. I hope to dig into a few of these recipes before I'm booted off.
I really liked Mark's string demonstration. What a great visual for the interconnectedness of the web-verse. The discussion on the Pipes program seemed a natural flow from his demo that took us from the computer out to the outer edges of the web-(uni)verse. With Pipes he brought us right back to our computer, on our own terms. I want to try the community walk program as well.
Mark reviewed an amazing project by 12 year olds. It had a 3-D tour component that left my mouth hanging. Prijest work has certainly changed.
We finished off the day with a discussion on security. It was timely. Although Dave took us on a safe walk of the internet, he wanted us to go forward on our own with a bit of wisdom to safe guard ourselves. I could almost hear Mork say, as he raised the eggs to the air, "Fly, be free." Well, we're not eggs, but we are freer.
