My name is Heather Stafford. I am a teacher-librarian at a middle school in Bermuda. I am in the intensive Masters program in Computing and Education. This choice is somewhat ironic for me because I do not gravitate toward digital technologies. I do not have an MP3 player of any kind; I never use instant messaging: I find it tedious and as a former English teacher, I could never use IM language; I have never played computer games and I prefer to view my movies on a theater screen. Podcasts, blogs and wikis hover on the periphery of my consciousness.
I want to become literate with the Web 2.0 media. It is the media of choice for my students and my own children. They have their iPod, Facebook and MySpace accounts as well as the myriad of other sites mentioned in the readings. I use none of them and am beginning truly feel like a dinosaur. I wish to learn how to navigate in these environments and to harness them for use in the classroom.
