Just Do It!
Oct 14th, 2007 by Cathy Nelson
Okay confessions will be forthcoming, including the opening statement: I stole 
that title from my new friend Jeannette Johnson over on her blog “From the Principal’s Desk.” If you do not twitter, or are a newbie at twitter, then you MUST go to her blog and read tonights post. Jeanette YOU ROCK!! I laughed so hard I nearly had an accident!
2nd confession: my twitter network has almost convinced me to ditch plans for FETC and consider EduCon 2.0 as my next face to face PD. I will be attending SC’s EdTech, but will be devoted to working with the Board and planning committee, and so probably will not get to enjoy much of the offerings (other than face to face gabbing with other SC Educators!) It is frightening to me to consider that I would allow my twitterverse to influence me in this way. That just shows the power of my network.
3rd Confession: I am still such a newbie at all this–it amazes me when folks ask me to explain things like twitter, blogging, rss, streaming video, and more. It is why I need some more professional development.
If you have a favorite conference that promotes learning, please help me decide.
Thanks, Cathy. Not sure I rock – really kind of just wobble back & forth at my age – but I appreciate the thought. Mostly, I’m just mad at myself for not catching the irony of a “bird” and “tweeting” in time to include an extra joke or two in the post!
And I just want to say how much I agree with your #3 confession. I’m *really* a newbie, and yet I’m teaching some things to people who just think I’m ‘da bomb’ with these tools. It’s scary that I’m knowledgeable about this in their eyes – but that’s also a consolation, because I think it’s just more proof of how quickly we can pick these tools up, if we just start using them!
Let the rocks fall where they may: this digital undocumented alien wants to be part of the action.
Sometimes I have NO IDEA what I’m doing, but I keep on trying. It’s this spirit of adventure that many of our teachers – and students- lack.