Week Five

Once again , there was interesting reading this week! It seemed to go very quickly, perhaps because of the tie in with teenagers - I have them and teach them. MOST of the time I really enjoy them :-)
I managed to spend much more time reading through the discussion board this week and am getting comfortable chiming in on others' postings. We are developing a sense of familiarity with one another at this point and ease of communication. There is a growing sense of humor on the board that has me looking forward to reading and responding to the posts. It seems many of us are just hitting our stride in this class and are already bemoaning the upcoming last week. 
I am still working on developing a regular pace for online classes - I don't tend to be a regimented person, but think I may need to sit down with an e-calendar and schedule the events of the syllabus into it! :-( This class has gotten me into some pretty good habits, but it has also given me my fair share of moments of "Oh Gees!" I find myself getting off on tangents with some of the topics. This week was Bryan's podcast with Shirky. He specifically mentioned that he hadn't been active on Facebook in over a year - so I had to look him up. Lol. He is the E.F. Hutton of social media! I didn't read a fraction of what there is out there about him, yet spent nearly six hours reading interviews, articles and reviews of his new book. He is very well respected in the field and I suppose that shouldn't surprise me, since he authored the chosen textbook for the course. I think the surprise came from the fact that his book was such an easy read compared to most textbooks...