Errrgggg... Techno-Frustration

Well, last month's attempt to embed video into my blog post obviously did not work. I thought about editing the entry today. Cleaning it up. Sweeping away all the code. I stopped myself as I deleted paragraphs, changed words and erased the codes. Why not leave it? Leave it so that I can learn from it. Obviously I didn't embed the code correctly. So, I went searching for solutions and posts with answers. I've found a few but am still reading.

And reading, and reading... that is one thing about web 2.0 tools. As you're learning you read a lot. What are the implications for students? There are tremendous implications for students that are struggling readers--the practice, actual reading time and practice, with authentic text(s) of interest and practical use to students. I read to search and seek solutions to tech problems I have or to tech topics I want to learn.

That frame of mind--that constant reading, seeking, writing/processing, and searching is what I want to teach students. I want to teach students (and teachers) to set their tech-frustrations and fears aside and simply go exploring. It is by play that I've learned on the computer--through exploration, trial and error.

How do I teach that to students? Many of the students that work in the Reading Writing Center have that habit of mind; many are problem solvers or problem seekers (my thinking for the curious that create tech-challenges for themselves so that they can learn to conquer them). I'm a seeker. And right now I should get back to it--figure out how to get the video to embed correctly and appear as a play screen in my post. Errggg.