Thing #1

What is my easiest lifelong habit?  That was the million dollar question.  I thought about it, even wrote my thing #1 several times.  I finally settled on this:  the hands on approach.  I follow a recipe teaspoon by teaspoon, regardless of the number of times I have made the dish.  I have been cooking for 3 decades; so I know there have been a few repeats.  I don’t do the exact measuring with the dishes I learned from my mother and Nana (paternal grandmother); but, I do exactly what they did, no teaspoons, just a pinch of this and that.  In my previous life (career); everything was hands on.  I never completed any task without being shown told how to do it, step by step. I find hands-on-learning is what I enjoy most. 

I know reading a textbook holds the greatest challenge for me.  My optimum learning scenario is to read my text book, listen to a lecture, and take notes.  Those conditions meet my needs to a tee.  I am puzzled though, when I attend seminars I find my mind wondering.  Usually I get handouts, someone is lecturing and I take notes; but my mind does not stay on task.  I really lose interest if they show plain black and white power point slides.  If I am given a copy of the presentation and have to just follow along; I am really not focused. 

I want to use web 2.0 to become familiar with it.  It would be a great tool to use in my classroom; but I have basic computer literacy.  I am in the elementary stage of my education in the technology department.  

My comfort zone was stretched a mile setting my blog up. I am not sure I like the idea of having a blog, it seems alien to me.  I thought it would be something only young people had; but I have recently learned several of my friends are very comfortable in cyberspace.  Here I go, on this adventure.  Creating the avatar was fun; I tried several different colors, clothes, glasses, deciding was actually fun.  I have to come clean; after I created the avatar for this class; my nine year old grandson helped me explore other sights he thought were “cool”.  I am so glad I don’t suffer from low self-esteem or ego mania; if I did, I would have missed out on making a memory with this great young man.