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I’ve started on the journey to learning about this technology. In a way it feels overwhelming, but I realize it’s necessary and to take little ‘bite size’ steps along the way.

From another website, I was introduced to the concept of Life Long Learning. This made alot of sense. I wrote a summary that related to where I am:

• the tips given for lifelong learning are essential aspects for a healthy person
• time, space ‘in my head’, tiredness with the business from areas in life out of my complete control are all real barriers
• I need to view these things as challenges & make learning a priority in life in order to start achieving in even a small step
• I need to see opportunities even in a 5 min. gap or doubling activities together, e.g. listen to CD’s at the gym or when doing the dishes etc.
• the easiest ‘tips’ of the 11 given are ‘always have a book’ & ‘keep a ‘to-learn’ list’, as I can see how these things already fit into my life
• the hardest ‘tips’ are the ones where things learnt are to be applied (which is essential for real learning to take place), i.e. ‘teach others’, ‘learn in groups’, ‘unlearn assumptions’ (this putting yourself out of the ‘comfort zone’)

Learning my way around this ‘blogging’ thing has been challenging. Probably in a few months it will seem natural and normal to use. I’m learning many new things already and I’m still enthused about the ‘23 things’ program. I want to find out about adding tabs and blogs etc. to my google page. I want to explore the technology in order to see the implications for ‘information literacy’ and the classroom. I’m frustrated in my own limited abilities and time pressures, and with the limited opportunities to work with teachers in the school. Hopefully as they realize the importance of integrating information literacy in the classroom and our librarian role in this aspect, that more involvement and interaction will happen. In the meantime my role is to learn, explore and immerse myself in this technology.