Thing 1: Blogging

I am both the Documentary Heritage Program Regional Archivist & the Digital Project Manager for CDLC.  "Digital Project Manager" sounds like I am sooooo conversant in technology, but that's not true.  I pick up what I need to get by to deal with the task at hand, but I don't necessarily understand the bigger technological universe.  I am looking forward to this opportunity to explore various tools without the time pressure to figure out a solution right now, by-the-seat-of-my-pants, because it just has to get done to complete a work task.  Having the permission to explore some of these tools simply for the sake of exploring them will lead to a greater understanding of them.  (Thanks to my boss, Jean, for encouraging this on work time!)

Besides my paid jobs, I am also a Girl Scout leader to 7th graders and the brand new (and very green) president of the PTA at my daughter's middle school.  I am hoping that this course will also help me better serve in those positions.  My Scouts gravitate towards badges that involve communications - they have already earned the Public Relations and Audiovisual Production badges - and this course may provide me with tools that will help me better direct their explorations in this area.  With the PTA, we are always looking for additional ways to reach parents, teachers, and parents at our feeder elementary schools, and I anticipate that course will give me lots of ideas.

By the way, if there are any other Teen Girl Scout leaders out there, let me know whether you have had any luck with Journeys.  I think I am doing something wrong.  My girls find them tedious, but they need to finish one if they want to earn the higher awards.