blogging

I always think of things I want to blog about while searching sites online, then when I begin writing my blog I blank. I think that I need to open a word document and jot down any thoughts that are going through my head so when I begin typing I have something to write about. Right now the thoughts I have are: wow I need to file, oh my do I remember what I listened to during the podcast so I can answer questions, do I really know what a wiki is, what am I wearing to work tomorrow, did I shower today?, my goodness I would not want sextuplets (watching Jon and Kate plus eight), is being "green" trendy? (thanks Target and MTV), those are just a few. Anyways back to class and blogging about class. I was saddened that I couldn't read the article comparing wikipedia to Britannica, I was discussing with a library friend of mine wikipedia. We both had discussed earlier in the year about how we didn't want the students to use wikipedia as a research site for their research papers on the Holocaust. After searching through Wikipedia and looking at more and more pages I wondered why I was so close minded to the idea of letting the students use that site as a resource. I fell into the trap of, "oh my goodness, anyone can edit it, it must not be true information". It makes me think that in general we ("the people") don't have a good view of people in the world if our first thought is others are going to sabotage, not do good. Makes me wonder.......