Welcome to my blog, begun as a class assignment for a class on Web 2.0 tools in the San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science. I’m halfway through an online master’s program, and have sidestepped previous opportunities to write a blog. I’m not completely comfortable with putting my thoughts out in the world for anyone to read. I’m already obsessive enough about writing and re-writing, without adding more readers peering over my shoulder. But today I’m taking the leap. My instructor Lori Bell gave me the push (blogging is required for the class). I’m reassured by the thought that the only people likely to be reading this blog are my fellow students (and maybe my mother, if I send her the url). (Hi Mom!)
I’m taking the Web 2.0 class in hopes of learning what is possible to accomplish in libraries, and to make it easier to consider using them. Sometimes the activation energy for a new project is so high that getting started never happens—being familiar with potential tools might just lower that activation energy enough so that I can get something done! In other words, the most important function of this blog may simply be to get me comfortable with blogging. Onward!
About your comfort level in writing a blog, I echo your sentiments exactly! I have been quite content to maintain a rather anonymous identity on the Web up to this point, so this is a leap for me as well. I also edit myself constantly which drives me crazy and takes up way too much time. Good luck this semester; I'm glad we're all taking the plunge together!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the comfort level involved with publicly posting thoughts. I’m not even a diary writing type of person, and don’t really have a true online presence as well (many of them are psudeo/anonymous). It’s nice knowing I’m not the only one in the same boat. Looking forward to this class helping the both of us to embrace our hesitations!
ReplyDeleteI guess that's one of the advantages of doing this as a group--we can encourage each other and build on one another's work. The 'social' part of the software...
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