My answers on the ISTE SIGAdmin survey

The ISTE SIGAdmin just asked its membership two questions. Here are my answers…

1. How has the Internet changed thinking?

The Internet has allowed distributed thinking (and thus learning) to become more visible, thus facilitating conversations (and thus learning) and connections and collaborations that previously were impossible.

2. What Web 2.0 tool do you find most helpful in your administrative work?

Google Reader is without a doubt the most useful tool in my technology arsenal. As much as my blog is doing for me (and it's doing lots), I'm watching over 500 feeds in my Reader - organized by topical folders - and my learning (quantity, quality, rate) is astounding me right now.

What would you have said?

Comments

[Russ Goerend]

1.

I think the public nature of the Internet has changed thinking (and learning). Students have gone to an audience of one classroom to an audience of the world. This was theoretically possible before the Internet, but the process is so much easier now that the audience is available for anyone (with access.

As much as I love Twitter and Google Docs and all the other tools I use, I keep coming back to Google Reader as my must-have, too, Scott. Blogs are where the deep(er) thoughts and conversations are.

[Rob Kovacs]

2.

The internet exposes us to a wider variety of opinion and may lead us to believe we know more than we really do. The thought process required to keep pace can be so frenzied that we do not accurately and thoughtfully discern what is presented.

Social bookmarking tools and micro-blogging have expanded my connections to others in my field. They have assisted me in finding and sharing a wider variety of resources with my staff.

[accounting websites]

3.

Perfect said Rob Kovacs- "

The internet exposes us to a wider variety of opinion and may lead us to believe we know more than we really do. The thought process required to keep pace can be so frenzied that we do not accurately and thoughtfully discern what is presented.

Social bookmarking tools and micro-blogging have expanded my connections to others in my field. They have assisted me in finding and sharing a wider variety of resources with my staff.
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