Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Blog Journal #0 EME2040

Luckly for me i have alot of previous knowledge with technology. At my highschool i completed every busniness computer and computer programing courses they had to offer. The schlorship i recieved to attend Florida State is from all the completed courses i have in technology. I also took the CGS course last year as a freshman so i am very good with Windows even though i am a MAC person and think they have the upper hand on HP and Windows. I like using computers for useful things like checking the surf and watching surfing videos from around the world.
What i would like to take from this education technology couse is that after I would like to be able to use excel better that is the only microsoft office program that i am not atleast decent at. I would also like to be able to do podcasts and other helpful things on the computer for whan i become a teacher becasue if you know how to utilize it technology can make any job a whole lot easier in my opinion. I have never had a blog or a twitter and although i dont like the programs i think they can be very useful in the right situations so i would also like to become alittle more acquainted with these modern technologys.
I learned alot more about myself from the first class than i initally expected. I learned that my learning is based on visual and hand-on experiences. I am a decent learner with verbal teaching but it is planted in my brain if i actually see it or take part in it. Either way if i work at it hard enough i learn the material so i can honestly learn verbally or visually. I think it all depends on the motivation of the student and their desire to become further educated.