March 19th, 2012

Adult learning is such an interesting topic, I know that personally I tend to learn things better that I am interested in. I can honestly say that the web design class that I am currently taking has been one of the most interesting classes that I have had the chance to take.  I am excited to get a better chance to apply all of the information that I am trying to take in.  I have tried to apply all of the information and I keep a running list of questions that I mess up so I can ask them in the next class.  Most people young and old really do learn items that are interesting to them much easier then things that are not as high on the list.  I thought that it was interesting that our class tied into the web design class today.  I have not spent very much time on my google sites portfolio because I really do think that I will be trying to create sites using the Dreamweaver program that I just purchased.  Just a FYI Adobe does offer a discount to educators if you are interested. It is still expensive but it is a nice to be able to start somewhere.

March 5th, 2012

So much of what we do as educators is to create a learning environment that is warm and open.  I have not been in such a large class in graduate school and there are parts that I really like and some aspects that I do not enjoy as much.  I think that it is great that we have so much feedback and suggestions.  I know that it is great to get so many great ideas but it does make it difficult to keep up as well on blackboard with everything that is being posted.  I also have been looking a lot of sites for global partners.  I think that it is an interesting concept however I am still unsure of how I will fit this into my classroom.