e-learning day

Today is a cold, snowy March. All schools in our household have been closed -- but that doesn't mean the learning has stopped. My daughters attend a different district than what I teach in. They have a 1:1 computer ratio for students and have implemented "e-learning days" so that when the weather does not cooperate with transportation, learning becomes virtual. So, I sit in the dining room, all three of us plugged in, and school is in session. I quickly check my email, twitter feed (don't post anything) and look over the Weebly website I am working on for my classroom. In no time at all -- I am engulfed. The teacher becomes the student. Time is lost as I realize how much I don't know about technology! Just when I think I have a handle on all the newest and latest apps, gadgets, and websites -- I find myself blown away by my own ignorance. It has literally taken me 3 hours just to find this blogger account and gain access to it again (mostly because I haven't accessed my Indiana Wesleyan accounts in a while! Graduation tends to do that, I think!). What I have realized in the last few hours is that: 1. I have so much more to learn! 2. I need to better manage my accounts and passwords! I want and need to get more comfortable and consistent with the technology I currently use and to stretch myself to learn new things regularly. I need to find my inner voice and start speaking out in the Twitter forums (I am still in the infancy stage, there.) and my blog -- and do what I love to do most -- learn and write.