What I Think

My gut reaction is I'm so glad it's over! At various times I found the whole experience overwhelming, exciting, frustrating, intensive, thrilling, way too time consuming, and fun. I'll never be a total computer nut, but I'll also never be as afraid of the computer and its mysterious ways as I was. There are wonderful things out there in cyberspace; and if I get in a mess, at least now I feel I can get out of it. Why I might even take a few classes after I retire.

I enjoyed embedding a video in my blog from YouTube. I was thrilled to discover Google docs & spreadsheets and Zoho. I loved the LibraryThing Search Box. I wish I had time to read all of the RSS feeds. I was so proud of my Google custom search engine. I loved playing in Flickr Retrievr and relaxing with Flickr ColorPickr.

I'm surprised how this experience sharpened my computer skills (such as they are). I'm also a little surprised at my reaction. I really did enjoy it and I liked sharing the things I learned. I enjoyed telling my daughter about Google Docs and Zoho. She was really excited about using it for PTA newsletter contributors. I'd definitely like to stay active in some of the areas introduced. That surprises me. I thought I'd be the first one back in deleting everything.

There were certain things I could never have done without help. Thanks to our inhouse advocate, Sarah, and Steve I was able to post pictures on my blog. I could never have done that alone. They provided enough support that I didn't need to go outside the branch.

I would like to have seen the lessons spaced out a little more. Some were just too overwhelming. If you alternated between difficult and easy lessons it might have helped. I know some people lost interest towards the end. I believe that personalizing the lessons a little more would hold people's interest a little better.
The most memorable lessons (the ones that really stayed with you)were the ones where we were granted a little more license.

Would I like to see more learning opportunities of this sort? Yes, but not for awhile. If I could go back, would I do it again? In a heartbeat.