It’s frustrating when you read a post and you find yourself staring
blankly at the content. It does not make any sense to you and you feel dumb.
That is the first reaction. Then the second one comes – the one that comes out
of your personal ambition – “I am not dumb! I can get this. I might not be the
smartest person but there is Google with answers”. That is the part I like most.
Because it stimulates me to look for the unknown, inquire and learn about it
and make it known so that next time I can brag too “Oh, sure the RSS feeds!
Easy enough!”.
As you can guess this was
the first word that made me feel uneasy in the Weekly discussion thread. And
now even if I don’t know exactly how to use that yet or how put them on my blog,
at least I know what it is.
The second one was “synching”. Sounds sophisticated
but I figured that out too. It is just file synchronization. Don’t you find
sometimes these abbreviations confusing? They become words on their own and
they “forget” about their long-pronounced/written sister words addressing them
only when referring to their “origins”.
Or I also like these technology inspired made up words like
Podcast (new to me as well). It was interesting to see how broadcasting on
I-pod became podcasting.
So here I am learning new things everyday. Not to mention the dozens of useful links I saved for later use in the classroom suggested by my colleagues/classmates.
This week I also tried to make use of some things I learned. Yesterday I was happy because the Nicenet Online Classroom I opened for my 8th grade got a start. Some of the students registered and even did some of the tasks. YAY!!! Even if I don't know how it will go or what will happen to it at least I gave it a start. And I think it is a great supplement to the classroom work.
Dear Liliana,
ReplyDeleteI like reading your blog, becuse I have a feeling that you read my mind, and you are able to transfer them into meaningful words. I mean I have the same feeling that you have. At the beginning of each week I try to read the materials as soon as possible, because they pour so many unknown ideas to me, that I many times have the fear that I won't be able to come out from them. But as I read them again and again, find additional and explaining materials on the search engines, somehow the blurred images are gradually become sharper. I still cannot see everything in its full brightness, but at least I cling at end of a beam.
You are not alone in the mist,
Csilla
Dear Liliana,
ReplyDeleteIt is very intersting to read your thoughts on the process of word formation and their incorporation in everyday use. I feel often confused by the computer terminology when I came across them for the first time.But as you have mentioned, I figure it out in the course of time after coming across it repeatedly.
Thanks for focusing on a novel issue of vocabulary acquisition
Kinnari