Am I a curious person? I think that I can be depending on the season of my life and the area to be explored. My daughter has gotten frustrated with me because she claims that I never get bored. This is true. There are so many thoughts to think and paths to explore. Curiosity is challenging!
I have a two year old in my home. We call her the "Curiosity Kid" because she is curious about almost EVERYTHING! She absolutely enjoys learning new things and that need and curiosity keep me thinking of how to stay one step ahead but what a joy! One of my big fears is something that was mentioned on the video clip, that schools tend to punish and kill curiosity in kids. What schools reward is conformity and regurgitation of facts...not every teacher and not every school but in general.
I love and from little on have been drawn to libraries because a library feeds curiosity. Where else (other than now the internet) can someone find, in one place, an access to explore tangents. Where else can people find resources in visual, auditory, and (especially for kids) kinetic. One of the things I enjoy is checking out the kids and asking them if they found anything interesting? The excitement in their eyes as they tell about the books, movies, toys they've found. It's like a treasure hunt. What a wonderful place a library is!!
As for my curiosity and the web, some of my plans for the future are to learn how to upload pictures into various programs (facebook & blog especially), continue to explore mashups, and become more proficient in some of the sites/programs that I have been introduced to through Adventures in Technology. I hope that these past lessons will continue to be available for review in the future as there are a number of them that I would like to explore in a more thorough manner.
Curiosity doesn't kill the cat, it chases the cat to find out where it goes and what it is hiding. Follow a two year old, you'll see.
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