Saturday, December 15, 2007

#23 - Summary

IT IS FINISHED! I DID IT! Wow, I really did. When I first started "23 Things" I was really apprehensive about it all. Yes, I can figure out things on the computer like e-mails, finding a website, Microsoft word, but I am not computer literate. But yes, I decided to give "23 Things" a try. Even through the first 8 things I really wondered if I would make it but must admit it did get easier after that. And I surprised myself that I was actually able to figure things out on my own for the most part.

I think my favorite was "Photo Sharing" just because I see this as being most used by myself. I'm not sure how many of the others I will actually use but now that I'm done I may be able to enjoy some of my "things".

One of the hardest parts of this was the amount of time it took to do. I did most of this at home which was not easy because I have other family members who needed to be on for homework and business work. Not having a computer at my desk was also a problem. I know many spent a lot of time at work doing this, but I felt a little guilty taking time away from my actual work that needed to be done. Sometimes I would spend 2 hours working on just one thing. Towards the end, I did spend some time in the lab working on it. It might have been nice to know how much time we could actually use to spend time at work working on our blogs.

I would love to do a more basic computer learning before doing another "23 type things". I actually did not even know how to copy and paste before this. I think I need to do a discovery exercise that would cover some of the beginner stuff. On the other hand, I learned a lot doing this and maybe all I need are the opportunities to figure it all out and explore all there is in the world of computerland.

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