My Twitter Tottering (aka “learning”)

3 Responses to My Twitter Tottering (aka “learning”)

1. David Wees says:

   20 February 2013 at 7:33 PM

   I love that you are posting your oopsies along with your thinking. Great modeling of how learning works; we try something and revise until our actual output matches our expected output.
   • Jim says:

     23 February 2013 at 5:35 PM

     Thank you for the comment and the encouragement. Carol Yeager has challenged me to allow myself the same freedom to make mistakes as I champion for my students. I have always been convinced of the need to model what I teach. Am still learning how to do that.
2. Jim says:

   20 February 2013 at 6:31 PM

   Why am I commenting on my own post? See * below.

   So this is what “Export to WordPress (self-hosted)” from Storify.com does. It went straight to a published blog post, with no dialog to edit or set any parameters or add text. Hmmm. Not sure I like that. I was hoping for some embed code that would put a nicely condensed graphic link, sort of like Storify does when I embed a URL. Oh well, if I’m on the ball, I can jump into the dashboard and change the status to “Draft” until I’ve edited it to my “publish” satisfaction.

   There is something to be said for an approach advocated by Alan Levine and Dean Shareski earlier in the ETMOOC – publish imperfect blog posts. (need to find link to session – or clip chat – publish now, edit later) I harbor a fear of being misunderstood or dismissed as unprofessional, but no matter how much I edit, my blog posts will always be imperfect anyhow. Maybe it’s advice I should force myself to take more often.

   * So I tried to edit the Storify-generated post and add the two paragraphs above. That killed Storify. No matter what I did, even erase all my additions in the “text” view, the Storify would no longer display. The only way to add my observations was to add them as a blog comment. THAT’s why I’m commenting on my own blog post.

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