Saturday, July 2, 2011

Sometimes You Learn an Awful Lot in one Afternoon

      I have to write this post right away while the sting of reality is still fresh on my mind.

       I have written about having a couple of  super teenagers for neighbors and how they are so adept at technology. I have worked hard to learn some things but I always knew that if I was really stuck I could get bailed out by either one of them.

       So I was a little surprised a few days ago when I was asked if I could help Courtney set up a blog. I somehow or other didn't think this fit. However, I did arrange a time to work on the blog. Courtney is going to the Mayo clinic for some testing so she wanted to set up a blog to keep friends and relatives informed. When I got to her computer the blog was there so I did a double take. I wasn't surprised to see the blog with a post but I had been lead to think the blog wasn't set up. My mouth was too far open to say, "Nice blog, Courtney!" My mouth kept going and I tried to tell how a blog worked when reality set in and ,I said,"Well, what is it you need help in setting up?" The first two questions that were asked I didn't have a clue. I was able to assist with some simple things that Courtney hadn't had time to discover on her own so I saved her some time in searching.

     I went home with some homework. The rest of the afternoon was fun as we emailed back and forth on what we discovered.

     For me the afternoon was stimulating as I got to work with a young person. I am always amazed at how rapidly young people catch on to new things. I thought back to how lucky I was to be a teacher for thirty seven years and work with young people.


     So it's quite a jolt to go back to learning so much in a short time. Courtney learned a few things about her blog but she taught me a whole lot more .

10 comments:

  1. How totally cool! And everybody benefited from the interaction, and now I am, too! :-)

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  2. I still have to go back and add some stuff to that post. I will put a link to her blog. I'm sure some of the stuff would make no sense to my readers but you're so considerate that I don't hear about it.
    Rode my 21 kms last night! Haven't been able to ride consistantly because of the weather.

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  3. I had a great time yesterday learning about how to use Blogger. You were such a help to me!

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  4. What a wonderful post! Thanks for being such a great support for us!
    Tracey

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  5. Thanks Courtney. I hope I was some help. What I know is that it pushed me a whole lot and that is good. I learned some good stuff. Thanks for the banana loaf!

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  6. Great to see how we can all learn from each other. We are setting up class blogs at our school and I have been challenged getting this going . . . but I'm up for the challenge and now I have more time to spend figuring it all out.

    Great post,

    Thanks

    Don

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  7. Thanks for visiting.
    I have been thinking for quite a while that if I was back in the clasroom I would efinitely use blogs. I've seen some school blogs but they were disappointing as it seemed it was for only one project.
    Have a great summer.

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  8. I'm envious that you have a blogging neighbour! ;)

    I took a look at Courtney's blog. The two of you did a fine job of creating it.

    I hope things work out as well as possible for her.

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  9. Hilary, I take no credit for Courtney's blog at all. She's an extremely bright and talented girl.
    I'm about to do a post on bloggers who I know personally.
    Thanks for visiting Courtney's blog. sSe will be pleased. She doesn't really know what to expect from the blog as to where it will take her. I think she will be surprised at the reactions she gets and probably continue to comment on her condition. I think she wants to educate the public to some extent.

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