This is it, our last week of Project Play. I watched Seth Godin's video about curiosity and a few things struck me. I liked his point that it is safe to do nothing; I think a lot of people feel that way, especially about technology. It's safe and easy to stick with the status quo, but who knows what you could be doing better if you don't explore new things. It's like one of my favorite (nerdy musical) quotes, from Wicked. "Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know."
Another issue that Godin brought up in his video on curiosity was related to school. He mentioned that school requires you not to be curious, and I'm not sure I agree with that. Perhaps in elementary, middle and high school you can't be as curious or question things as much, but once you get to college, there's a lot of questioning going on. Especially in courses where you are able to pick your own research topics, curiosity is certainly rewarded. I'm sorry if all of this sounds more academic than it should for Project Play, but this point resonated with me and I wanted to mention it.
I've really enjoyed Project Play and learning different ways to use the web 2.0 and library 2.0 resources. I think the biggest thing to remember is that this stuff is supposed to help you. Nobody should be using something if it's not helping them in some way and sometimes you have to really look into a tool before deciding if it will be useful. There's no need to use something just because it's there. I'm already using a lot of the resources we talked about, but I found new ways to use some of them and also learned about things I didn't already know about thanks to Project Play. I also really like the blog Information Wants to be Free and I'm so glad it was mentioned in the extras for this week.
This year I'll be going to WAAL, so I won't get a chance to meet any of you (that I don't already know), but it's been a fun two semesters and I've enjoyed reading everyone's blogs. Thanks :)
