Week 2 Thing 4: Registering What Is Already Registered

If I'm correct about what they mean by this, we already set up individual tracking logs earlier this week on the SCPL Learning 2.0 wiki, so this is a bit redundant here. But I'm all set up to record my progress, which is good. It never hurts to backtrack a little to stay on top of the subject, anyway. All around I can hear people figuring out how to do that, and it's nice to know we'll be on the same exercises at least for some of this.
I find myself wishing I knew how to add links to my blog on the side of the entries, so I could jump around more easily. The Blogger site is easy to use in terms of basics, but I think I prefer other blog sites for their custom fit. Still, the lines of my blog being clean will make it simple to track my progress.

Week 2 Thing 3: Blogging the Habit

So here I am at the last part of week 2, where I need to blog about the "7 1/2 habits" podcast I listened to in Thing 2. The instructions ask which habits of lifelong learning I find easiest, and which hardest.
Probably the easiest for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning, habit #2. Though 7.5 isn't much of a challenge. (Play!) I really enjoy investigating new things and exploring creative possibilities, so learning is something I really can't help doing. If I waited to be taught all the time, I'd be going crazy with pent-up curiosity.
The hardest is really staying focussed on my particular goal, rather than a general mashup of interests and oportunities. So habit #1 is probably the one that is the biggest challenge. I am somewhat easily distracted by shiny new buttons and links. To overcome that, I think I should probably spend a few minutes a week just reviewing my purposes in participating in the 23 Things.

Week 1 Thing 2: Podcasts sans Pod

The Lifelong Learning podcast was mildly interesting, but basically just reiterates things that I've already absorbed through other sources. The sound quality wasn't fantastic, but it was very easy to use and I liked the simplicity. It's exciting that I can listen to the podcasts associated with this process while working on my regular duties.
I know it'll take awhile for everyone to get up to speed, but I find I'm really looking forward to reading other people's blogs and commenting. The Friday morning session really motivated me, just having a chance to interact with other folks interested in applications for the skills we'll be learning. It's a lot more fun as a group activity, even if only virtually.

Week 1: Gaining a Clue

Getting started took a bit of time on the old computers in the Training Room, but a little patience and here I am, ready to read the 23 Things blog and get started. Wow, what a lot of links. Some look interesting, some redundant.
The list looks pretty easy to complete in the time provided. Still, I think I'll be spending a bit of time at home doing this as well as the weekly work hour. It'll definitely be easier on a real computer.*g*.

::taps microphone::

Hey, is this thing on?
Poking around the Technology Petting Zoo has been a lot of fun. It seemed wise to set up my blog posthaste, so here I am. Not sure what I think of Google's blogging service yet, but I should have an opinion soon enough. Set up was easy, since I just used the id from my Google RSS Reader account.