Post #10

I found my peer’s blogs to be very interesting, as each one provided a different viewpoint and a different experience with technology. I enjoyed reading about the things that they liked about class and the things that they didn’t, which in turned help me to focus my own feelings. It was an interesting class in retrospect, but I think that 3 hours in one sitting is a bit much of anything.

When doing my final project I came across the whiteboards, a piece of technology that I then saw in use while observing a teacher at FSU high. The board was amazing in both what it could do and what it allowed the teacher to do. He had complete mobility within his classroom and could give notes with a powerpoint while at the same time manipulating anything on the screen, over the powerpoint, with the whiteboard. This is definitely something that I would want to learn more about.

I suppose that as with anything in life, the best way to achieve your goals is to simply put your best foot forward and see where that leads you. Stay up to date with new technology, do your research and homework, and eventually achieving your technological goals shouldn’t be too hard at all, provided you have proper funding of course. 

Post #8

Chapter 8 was all about the great ways that we can use the internet to pay our bills, to shop online, or even to gamble online. The chapter then talked about the inherent dangers involved with each of these activities, as the prevelance of hackers and Identity theifs increases and viruses become a realistic problem for each of us. The chapter also talked about the best ways to prevent these problems though, with software such as anti-virus programs like Nortons.

I learned a lot more about excel since my last posting. It’s one of the few Microsoft productivy suite programs that I’ve never really spent much time with, so it was really nice learning about it. It’s formula integration seemed a bit difficult and meety for the average user, but perhaps I’m just inept.

Well, through the course of this semester I’ve learned that I don’t want to be a teacher. For a lot of reasons I’m just not sure that it’s the correct path for me anymore – I think I’m going to move to nursing now. It seems like the best option for me right now anyways.