I don't like to read long posts, so I will keep my own brief.
The "..in plain English"  You Tubes are informative..but the presenter talks too fast..in my opinion.
Does anyone agree?

Session Two:   Much information to process.  It was challenging to pay attention to Louis and - at the same time - sign up for Diigo.  There seemed to be some ambiguity regarding the issue of how we would know if we signed up successfully ... and... if we were able to successfully acquire the "Educator Account."

During today's session I made note of Louis style of facilitating.  He kept things moving along, but did respond to each question.  I can see the importance of sticking with a timed schedule.  I wonder if - because we are adult learners - it is easy to stick with a schedule than it would be with grammar school, middle school, or high school students who are likely to have a lot more questions.

I just finished my Hangout session with Bethany and Lauren.   It was somewhat challenging for the three of us to get into the hangout but we eventually did.  ... The time went by very quickly .. lasting for over an hour. It was nice to be able to see each other as we were talking.

In looking at the Blog Rubric I see that in order to be exemplary I should post insights related to what I am learning.

Insight #1:   In the process of creating a blog one can get lost in a maze of complexity.  For example: In order to create a video that I could insert into my last blog posting I spent 2 hours learning to use the video recorder on my laptop.

Insight #2:  I am challenged by the question of how best to spend my time as a college professor.  In order to create an excellent unit for my students, one which takes advantage of the available technology in an appropriate way, it would take a considerable amount of time.  Given that there are only so many hours in a day,  would that time be better spent in face-to-face interaction with my students?

My next step is to post matching comments in the blogs of two classmates.

I am now demonstrating my use of the toolbar.
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Link to Carthage College website

http://www.carthage.edu/
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I was able to find the link to "Where is Your Blog" and enter my name, Email address and blog address.

I noticed that simply typing in my blog address does result in a blue font; however, I was not able to click on  that address to launch my blog.  I then chose to use the "add a link" feature of Google docs to type the blog address.  When I did this the blog address bob-maleske.blogspot.com became active. In other words: I was then able to click on it to launch my blog.

My first online session went pretty well.
I am still not clear about how to access "Where is Your Blog."
I will post again after I figure it out.