That's All? Ah.... We will miss you Library Lady!

It seems like yesterday that my friend Pam invited me to join her for great, self-reliant summer activity. Yep, Betty Blogger - Web 2.0. As an IT professional and never one to turn down a chance to learn something new, I said, sure, count me in. 


Well, thank you, Pam, and you too Library Lady. I've had a great time digging around on the Web, learning about Web 2.0 technologies, and practicing the new skills I'd dug up!


I've learned a lot in the last eight weeks. Before this course, I had been sitting on the periphery of some social networking services pretty much just so that I could sound intelligent when speaking about them to students. But by completing this course, I have filled in a lot of gaps in my understanding about what Web 2.0 services have to offer and how they integrate with each other and across multiple platforms of communication.

1. After taking the Betty Blogger summer school, on a scale of 1-10 (1 being "web 2.huh?" and 10 being "web 2.guru"), how would you rate your knowledge of Web 2.0 and it's applications?
   
   Hmmm... Well, I certainly wouldn't say I was a web 2.guru by any means. That claim requires a trip to university. I would say I am now somewhere in the web 2.know range.
   
   
2. Did the Betty Blogger summer school meet your expectations?
   
   Yes, I would say it did. As a member of the staff at Gary Allan High School, I am quite familiar with the concept of self-reliant study, of course, so I had some idea of what to expect.
   
   
3. Did the Library Lady meet your expectations?
   
   Indeed. A bit of humour as a garnish to one's curriculum always helps with the digestion!
   
   
4. What was most challenging part of the Betty Blogger summer school? Why?
   
   Not sneaking ahead to the next week's lesson! And, yes, on a more serious note, I know there were hiccups in a few of the lessons as their host services grew and changed their sites leaving the instructions not quite matching what students saw when they arrived. But as our Library Lady said, this is the nature of the beast when dealing with ever-evolving technologies.
   
   
5. How successful did you find the “self-directed” learning model?
   
   Well, I guess, in light of my day job, I'd better say very successful, hadn't I? <G> !!!
   
   As mature adults, we live in an andragogical world, long since graduated from the pedagogy of a conventional classroom where a teacher held our hand through each step of life's lessons. When we want to create a new dish, we look to our cookbooks, sift through the pages until we find just the right recipe and then proceed to gather the ingredients and follow the directions in a self-directed manor. So, for the majority of adults, independent learning comes naturally.
   
   
6. If we ran this program again, would you recommend us to a friend?
   
   You bet!