The key to life is accepting challenges.
Once someone stops doing this,
he’s dead.
-Bette Davis
Over the last week I have tried
many new social media and web tools that I didn't think I needed. Time will prove whether that is true or not.
Change to the way we do things it
always challenging, frightening and even time consuming. When I told my 18 year old son that I have
learned to use twitter in 24 hours he snorted at me and wanted to know why I
took so long. Ah youth – no I don’t miss
it.
Until now I got by with Google
searches and email, now I have a gmail account, twitter, delicious and found out
all about RSS feeds and feel that I am bombarded with information. I can
understand how someone gets addicted, but my mind started spinning from too
much information!!
On Friday social media came into
itself for me, there was a situation in the Queen Street Mall and I could send the
Principal updates of the situation without disrupting his meeting, along with answering parents questions when they phoned the college worried about their boys.
So I am embracing this new challenge
in my life – this social media thingy, something I have resisted until
now. Yes it has been time-consuming, and
it still is, I’ll eventually get my trainer wheels off and be able to zoom
around it and it will eventually be second nature.
Until then, I will remember that the only difference between stumbling
blocks and stepping-stones is the way you use them.
What a great blog! I like your positive nature and determination to conquer all, just remember, by the time you conquer the social media tools we ar covering in the course for the next few months there will be more out there that we "older generation" have never heard of. Oh I remember my youth, when what we did was go out and play sports!
ReplyDeleteAwesome first post Heather. You've inspired me to have a go at mine.
ReplyDeleteLovely Heather. It is a little daunting at first but you soon adjust and everything seems to just come together.
ReplyDeleteHi Heather, it always amazes me how the younger generation seem to pick up surfing the net so easily. great post
ReplyDeleteHi Heather, great first blog! Indeed it can take a while to understand all these different social media outlets, but once we do we may perhaps be converted.
ReplyDeleteLove the blog!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your pictures and Bette Davis Quote!! Great first blog and I think you have summed up how we all feel.
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