Frustrations, Facebook and friends in the fluff...



Gavin Dudeney

 Things are so up and down these days! One day I'm all sparkly and I think I've finally got the hang of things, and then I try something new, get confused and I go all grey and negative again.
After watching too many videos a while ago, I decided I needed some face-to-fluff interaction, so I got in touch with Mr Dudeney from The Consultants-E. We had a lovely chat over a coffee about how to get started with technology and I felt much better. The video I made of the conversation is here.

My Facebook Page

Then I set up a Facebook page because I noticed lots of students use it all the time in the computer room, and I wanted to see what they meant when they said 'Facebook me'! It sounded quite painful. I couldn't have my own profile becuase apparently I don't appear to be a real person *cough* but I could have a 'page' which people can 'like' if they want to see what I'm up to now and then.

Mark Pegrum

I was still a bit befluffled by the whole Facebook thing, so I went to another nice chap called Mr Pegrum, a clever man who works very far away at the University of Western Australia. He told me about PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) which can include Twitter and Facebook, but also real people and resources. He also told me about some pages I can 'like' from my own page, so I can see updates and ideas from other people using technology for learning. You can watch the video of our chat here.

I still find everything quite overwhelming, despite all the help I'm getting from everyone. One problem I have is remembering all the useful sites people have recommended to me. I started writing them down but mis-spelled all the long URLs, so then I copied and pasted them into a Word document but forgot where I saved it. Now I've set up an account on Diigo, where I can save links to websites, and add notes and highlight bits I think are interesting. I hope it helps! I'm off there now to watch my favourite Dusty Springfield video..."I don't know what to do with myself....don't know just what to do with myself..."