Baby Steps for Beginners March 8, 2008
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Vicki Davis, the Cool Cat Teacher, has started a series of articles for web 2.0 beginners. In the first installment, she provides best practices resources by making very effective use of tagging in del.icio.us and encourages others to set up their own accounts. This is a terrific list of links. She also suggests listening to podcasts while working on other things. I actually got my own start this way, listening to Bud the Teacher, EdTechTalk, Bob Sprankle, and others. Vicki also recommends setting 3 goals for yourself for the coming week to help focus on next steps. This probably would have helped save me many months of just trying to soak it all in without knowing what to do about it. Great resources and I hope Vicki follows up with many more parts to this series.
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/03/baby-steps-for-beginners-part-1.html#links
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Thank you. I really started this post because of all of the beginners that I now have at my school after a 10 hour class about the new technology. They are overwhelmed and now think, “OK, now what?” I want to give them information at manageable increments to help them get started. Also, by suggesting podcasts, I want them to hear the voices of others so that they can find someone to relate to!