Blog Post# 9

What I've Learned This Year Volume 4 by Mr. Joe McClung.

In this reflective post of Mr. McClung ‘s fourth year of teaching he tells his audience that he is going to write about two themes that are “You Gotta Dance With Who You Brought to the Dance” and “Challenge Yourself”. In his section, “You Gotta Dance With Who You Brought to the Dance, he states that this year he has struggled a lot with trying to define himself as a teacher. He has allowed himself to become concerned with how his peers see him as an educator. He tends to let this affect his mood throughout most of the year; however, I think this is a bad mistake to make because not only is he in a bad mood it also will affect his ability to teach his students in the classroom. I believe that personal problems can stress teachers out and lead them to act differently towards students in certain situations. Also, Mr. McClung states that he has came to an conclusion that he cannot change himself as a teacher based on the opinion of his peers and he believes that he needs to stick to his rule that has got him his title as a teacher. He informs us that the rule is making sure his kids are having fun. I agree with his rule, because I believe if the kids are learning and having fun at the same time that they will be anxiously looking forward for the next day of class. Mr. Clung states that by worrying about his perception of how adults see him has got him nowhere in life; therefore, he stresses that taking care of his students and enjoying class has been wonderful. From this section, I have learned to never evaluate myself as a teacher based on the perception of adults; however, teachers should evaluate themselves on the grades and accomplishments of their students.

In “Challenge Yourself”, Mr. McClung states that it is his third year of teaching the same subject, which is Social Studies and Arkansas History at the same school. He informs his readers that over the past years he has also taught other courses but Social Studies and Arkansas History were the backbone of what he taught. He realizes that his ways of teaching are becoming to be a routine and that he is starting to lack in creativity. After realizing his problem, Mr. McClung is surprised when he gets an opportunity to teach pre-AP Civics and American Government at a different grade level. Mr. McClung is aware that it will require hard work and dedication to learn the material and develop lesson plans for the classes but he thinks it is well worth the change. He states that this year he has learned a valuable lesson in what can be the outcome of not changing your lesson plans. I believe that kids will become bored of the information if we use the same lesson plans annually because technology is advancing and better ways of teaching are changing constantly. From personal experience, when I was in grade school it seemed as if we did the same thing in every class just with different subjects, which led to me daydreaming into space because I was dying of being boredom. From this second part, I have learned that teachers also need to be creative and change up their lesson plans so that students can continue to enjoy lessons.
What I've Learned This Year (2010-11) by Mr. Joe McClung.

In this reflective post it is Mr. McClung’s third year teaching and his second year being at the same school. Mr. McClung was now more than a teacher; however, it is his first experience as a head coach, coaching cross-country, and being a computer applications teacher. In the first section titled “ Know Who Your Boss Is”, he informs his readers that our decision making process should always be student centered and not centered on pleasing other adults. I agreed with this statement because teachers are human beings just like everyone else and they can have personal situations that could easily alter their performance in the classroom. The kids are the reason we get up everyday to go to work; therefore, I think we should have our attention on our students 110 percent. The next section was “Don’t Expect Others to be as You Are”, where he is stating to his readers that there are always going to be people that are against new ideas and don’t give them a chance to work. Then, he states that you have to embody the aspects of teaching that you enjoy and not allow others to influence or steer you away from that. I think what he is saying is that teachers need to stick to their way of teaching no matter what other people thinks about it. In the “Don’t Be Afraid to be an Outsider” section, McClung demonstrates to his readers how he was not afraid to be an outsider at school because his focus is on his students more than someone that seeks approval from other teachers in the building. He gives the reader examples of how he is an outsider, he says that he plays his music too loud, he eats lunch with his students, and he enjoys interacting with his students through blogging and social media.

In the “Don’t Touch The Keyboard” section, Mr. McClung enlightened me with some advice that was passed to him from one of his co-workers at school about how she was formally an airline tech support trainer. While she was working there she told McClung that the main points the company instilled in their employees was to never touch the keyboard when training an employee. This was some very useful advice to me because I feel that the only way our students are going to learn a task is if they have to practice. The main point of this section is to inform teachers to not always take over and do the work for the students; however, we should make the students think critically to figure out the task in order for them to fully accomplish the skills of the tasks.

In the last section “Don’t Get Comfortable”, he stresses that the biggest fear of any teacher is becoming comfortable. He informs the reader that he is going into his fourth year as being a teacher and that he is realizing that his work is becoming a routine. I think this is true because everyone has something that they are really good at which usually leads them to not look into trying to improve. He shares ways with us that stopped him from feeling like his career as being a teacher was beginning to be a routine by joining committees that he would have never volunteered for and going to professional development sessions. This section he is informing us that teaching shouldn’t be done in traditional ways and that teachers should be advocates for the changes that we need in schools.

Project# 10 Personal Learning Network Progress Report

I created a Symbaloo for my personal learning network. This is a very necessary tool to use because it can organize every website that you use by allowing you to place them into categories. Symbaloo makes searching for information on the web an ease by its ability to lay out all of the websites that you choose making it easier to access them. I have created a tile for all the websites that are associated with my classes at the University of South Alabama. This tool has made my college experience better at the moment and I have shared this tool with numerous of people that were not aware of what this tool is capable of doing.

Project# 12

Blog Post#8

This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2.

This was a video with two parts by Richard Miller an English teacher at Rutgers University. In these videos he stresses how multimedia is taking over writing and that it will soon be used as much as word processing applications. In the first part, Miller states that he believes we are living in the moment of the greatest change of human communication in human history. I think he is correct with that statement because the biggest form of communication in the past used to consist of newspapers; however, now people look out to many other sources like sources from the Internet and videos. Teaching also is being changed, he informed viewers about iTunes U that is a website where you can search numerous academic lectures. In modern time, people would rather search for information using the Internet rather than going to the library. This occurs because sometimes the library may be out of the source that you need; however, the Internet has infinite information available that can be used by anyone at anytime. The Internet can get you the information within a click of the mouse and now you don’t have to leave your home to access information. The use of multimedia can contain text, audio, and video. I think this is a great teaching tool because as teachers we can now present the information more organized to our students and make them more interactive through digital material. I think multimedia basically makes information easier to understand through charts, videos, and maps. I believe that I’m ready to write with the media because throughout my school life I have been taught many new ways to perform writing and it seems like every semester our teachers have been forcing us to become updated with these changes. I think that students will enjoy multimedia because it will make learning more interesting and interactive; therefore, I don’t think there will be a problem with students being able to accomplish this way of learning.
Blog Post#12.

This was an excellent post by Carly Pugh. Throughout the post, Carly creates a playlist of YouTube clips and uses them in her blog post. The reason of creating a playlist is that it allows teachers to demonstrate their way of teaching through videos. Videos usually have visuals that help getting the points across. If Carly did not present videos in her post, her ideas would not have probably have been explained to get her points across. Dr. Miller described how multimedia was taking over writing and how it will eventually be used more than word processing applications. Carly’s blog post is a perfect example of what Dr. Miller was stating.
The Chipper Series.
This was a video created by EDM310 students at the University of South Alabama. In the video The Chipper Series, a student named Chipper is a student in EDM310 that thinks that she shouldn’t have a deadline to complete her work and that she should be taught instead of having to learn things on her own. Therefore, she ends up dropping out of school, which leads to numerous other problems. Finally, Chipper decides that going back to solve is what she really wants to do and is looking to get on the correct path to achieve success.
EDM310 for Dummies.

In the video EDM310 for Dummies, two students are stressing over the work in EDM310; however, they resolve their problems by using EDM310 for Dummies. EDM310 for Dummies has information on how to use the applications used in the course, how to add movies to blogger, and other helpful tools to get you through this class. I think I would like to create a video that teaches students how important time management is throughout your college career. Most new college students that I speak to all tell me that they do not have enough time to finish all of their work. Throughout my video, I could give them guidelines or planners that can assist in students using their time valuable.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn.

This was a great video that gave information about how we need to change our school system in order to better the learning of our students. The most shocking fact in this video was when it was stated that according to the U.S Commerce that education was ranked lowest in IT intensiveness and that it was even lower than coal mining. I agree that kids learn through social networking; however, these networks are banned from schools. I think that social networks would make learning more interesting and more organized for the student. Social networks also spark up a quality discussion because students can learn from another students point of view which I think can be better for some students to understand the information better because it is in students terminology. Also, I agree that students learn other places than just at schools. There are many places that students can find learning easier or more fun; for example, online sources, videos, lectures from other teachers, and exhibits. I agree that in modern time, employers are not looking for individuals with bright answers; however, they are looking for people that know how to comprehend the context, working in teams, multidisplinary, and validating information. Overall, this was a very amazing video on how education is changing with technology.

C4T#2 Summary

The first comment that I left for John T. Spencer was on his video, Technology Will Not Fix Education. This was a magnificent short video that gave examples of technology that most people think can fix education. In the video, John T. Spencer gives useful tools dealing with why technology cannot fix education; however, I thought that these tools were helpful but I also believe that it comes down to the way the teacher interacts with the students in the classroom. The student’s work ethic and parenting is also important in most students becoming more successful than others. The second comment that I left was on his post Should Schools Be More Boring. In this post John T. Spencer informs the reader that when he is faced with boredom that his creativity is at its best. This post left me thinking that Mr. Spencer and I have this one thing in common and that some of our students that are suffering in school could also be more creative by being in a boring place as well.

Podcast Project #8

Blog Post #7

The Networked Student

This video created by Wendy Drexler was quite interesting. The video was about a twenty first century student that involved the changes in the way of learning through students building their own learning network. I believe that by students having to accomplish that task put too much stress on the student and can be overwhelming due to the amount of time it would take up. Blogging was another topic pointed out in this video. I think that blogging is a great way to start a good discussion and that it can lead to students writing better, learning effectively, and increase creativity. The most important aspect of blogging to me is that students can comment on each others work that will further the knowledge of both of the students. However, not only students’ help out with the learning of others, also experts, can comment on a student’s blog. I think this is very crucial because having an expert other than the instructor informing students can help support the teacher. This video stated that the twenty first century student would be learning through audio recordings from professors of Universities. I do not think that younger students will be able to comprehend the way that some college professor’s teach. I was shocked to hear that the twentieth century student will never hear lectures from their own teachers. I believe that this will be awful for the students because lectures usually point out the main topics that need to be learned. Overall, I believe that these ways of learning will help students’ differentiate between good and fake information. I think these ways of learning for the twentieth century student will help students in the future.
A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment

A seventh grade student and Wendy Drexler created this video. This was a very organized tour of the seventh graders personal learning environment; however, the student made me aware of an application called Symbaloo. Symbaloo is an application that I think that every college student should use it because it organizes everything that the student needs to use on to one page. The student’s page had everything from her music to applications that she uses to help her complete her work. I agree with this technology, because it can assist students with taking notes, make them more responsible, and gives them the ability to learn through interactive activities. I could recognize that the student is enjoying the way that she is learning through her tone throughout the video. The students PLE resembled my PLN because the student visits her class blog daily to see if anything is due or if something has been altered. Also, the student is using some of the same applications that we use in EDM310; for example, You Tube, Blogger, and Delicious. The student’s PLE and my PLN both resemble hard work and dedication through the work presented on our interactive applications.

C4K Summary for September

The first student’s blog that I viewed was a fifth grader named Piku. I really enjoyed his blog post especially when Piku described his trip to London; however, I felt a little jealous because I would love to visit London. London is a place with great historical sites that I have always wanted to see. Piku went to the London Eye and Buckingham Palace. The second student’s blog post that I viewed was named Henry. I think Henry is a very intelligent student, he wrote a story that shocked me because it was so well organized. Also, his story was so well written that I could visualize the scenes in my head through his use of great details throughout the writing. Both of these students are working hard and I can sense that they are shooting to be the best.

Project# 9 Civil War Timeline

Blog Post# 6

Randy Pausch Last Lecture
This was an excellent inspirational and funny speech given by Randy Pausch. In this video Randy Pausch, which is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University teaching virtual technology, gives a speech on his childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and lessons that he has learned throughout his life. At the beginning of the speech, Randy talks about how he is suffering from cancer and how he is not going to let it interfere with him living the rest of life happy. He tells us that he is not worried about the disease and describes that he is in perfect shape by doing push ups. Throughout the video, he gives examples of situations that he has had to deal with and how he thinks should be the way to approach them.
The first part of his speech, he stresses that if you are screwing up and no one is bothering to tell you that you are really in bad shape. This was a great statement; I believe that all students need to know when they are constantly making the same mistakes repeatedly to an extent. I agree that by an instructor not handing them over the solution that the student is forced to think critical and take responsibility in figuring out the problem themselves. He stated that experience is what you get when you did not get what you wanted. This statement is one that I think should be in every classroom because it gives students the idea that just because they failed once does not mean they have to accept failure. With that statement, students will learn that the only way to make them better at anything is to experience mistakes and learn from them. Randy Pausch demonstrates in this video how most of learning is obtained indirectly; however, I think learning indirectly is the best way to get students to learn difficult or boring material because they usually are not aware that they are learning the material.
The second part of his speech was about how to enable your childhood dreams. Randy Pausch stated that as a teacher you should always tell your students that they are doing good but that you know they can do better. He says that it increases the level of work ethic and that you will see that your students are constantly getting better. This is a really good statement because if we strive to always raise that level, I believe that our students will be in a routine to always learn more each day. I learned that project based assignments are helpful because you are working with peers that can give you feedback and gets students to be more inflected. However, students will be learning and having fun at the same time which Randy Paush points out is the best way to teach children.
The last part of this great motivational speech was about the lessons that Randy Pausch has learned throughout his life. He states that the role of parents, mentors, friends, and colleagues can assist you with information and that you should always listen to what they have to tell you. The roles of parents, I think plays the biggest part in the success of children in class because parents that are concerned about their child’s school work will try their best to help them in any way possible, give them guidance, and make them aware of what is expected. Randy Pausch talks about how brick walls let us show our dedication. I agree with this statement because from personal experience sometimes it takes a longer time to get something done correctly which will lead to you working harder on the task. Overall, this video taught me numerous things to better my life and my teaching career. Thank you Randy Pausch!

Project #5 - My Sentence Video

Blog Post #5

The iSchool Initiative
Travis Allen, a seventeen-year-old high school student from Fayetteville, Georgia, created the iSchool Initiative video. In this video, Travis stresses ways that a mobile device called iSchool could help save money in public schools. He demonstrates how the device could save money in public schools by not using books, paper, copy machines and pencils. Travis Allen then demonstrates the apps that are available for the device that all make schools more organized and become more efficient in saving time and money. For example, Starwalk is a tour of the universe through a touch of a finger that I think could be useful in numerous science classes. Another app that caught my eye was the notes application which teachers and students can send and receive the notes with one click. He gives us a few ways how ISchool can save students up to 600 dollars; however, he also states that the iSchool can be affordable because its only 150 dollars which would save many parents money. The last point of this video was about what coming in the future for iSchool. Allen states that in the future there will be interactive tools that have access of their entire class including lunch menus, assignments, classes, agenda’s, iTeach, and grades.
ZeitgeistYoungMind's Entry
In the Travis Allen’s Zeitgeist Young Minds entry (Mobile Learning) iSchool Initiative video, Travis Allen was twenty years old attending Kennesaw University. He informs that in order to make our educational system better in the country that we need to prepare the youth for future technology.

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
This video contained an ensemble of 185 people that performed “Lux Aurumque”, composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre. The most shocking thing about this beautiful piece is that none of the singers know each other and never performed together. This unique use of technology in this video was put together on the Internet that led it to be quite astonishing. During the performance, quite a few people were looking very focused like they were taking the song serious. The background of the performance went well with the song with its space scene. Overall, I thought this was an exciting and unusual performance; however, as I got further into the performance I could realize that the singers were not all singing at the same time.

Teaching in the 21st Century
While watching the video Teaching in the 21st century, I recognized that the author stresses that teachers are no longer needed to make our education system better. As a matter of fact, I think interactive sites on the Internet similar to blogging allow a student to think more critically. This video basically informed me that technology is taking over education and is a magnificent learning tool in the twenty-first century. The positions expressed in this presentation, were sort of confusing by the way the slides were set up; however, they give you adequate examples of how teaching needs to change. In Sum, If Robert’s is correct as teachers we will have to develop ourselves with the advancement of technology in order to inherit better techniques to increase the overall skills of our students.

Why I Flipped My Classroom,
Dr. Lodge McCammon's FIZZ,
Flipping the Classroom - 4th Grade STEM
These Classroom three videos on flipping classrooms were very informing on how to use class time efficiently to increase students learning. I thought this sounded like a highly effective plan because students can watch the lecture at home the day before class which I think would lead to more questions the following day of class. I believe that you could use this approach in any class and become successful because this way of teaching allows you to interact with the student anytime outside of class. Therefore, I believe that students that are slower learners than others will have more time to obtain the lesson. Overall, I think these three videos can help improve any teacher that is feeling overwhelmed because their teaching plan is not being effective.

Summary of C4T#1

Summary of Mr. Burrow's Class Blog.
The Art 1 portraits that I viewed on Mr. Burrow’s class blog were really amazing. While looking at the portraits I could tell that his students put in a lot of time and effort in there work. Every portrait in the post looked as if it was describing the mood of the person that was drawn, which made every picture unique in its own way. These pictures can be viewed in numerous different ways because his students are not just sketching, they are actually telling a story in every picture. The second blog post that I viewed in Mr. burrows class blog was the Drawing II composite pictures. Mr. Burrow’s students again shocked me with their talent. The first picture looks like it could have been in one of my human anatomy books. The second looks as if it’s symbolizing power or control over life. The power cords look like they were shot out of the outlet by the impact of the persons fist when it meets the opposing hand. As for the third picture, it could be thought of to be a maze that leads to the center of the hand; however, I think the message the picture is describing is that anyone can achieve success and that success starts in the center of your hand. Overall, I enjoyed viewing both of these blogs and I recommend them to everyone that likes art.

Blog Post #4

Langwitches Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting by Silivia Rosenthal Tolisano.
Viewing this blog was a great experience; shockingly, I never would have thought that it took seventy times or more to learn a new vocabulary word. I think that anyone trying to learn a new word or language needs to practice to become perfect because there are also several different meanings and ways to use words in sentences. While reading this blog I learned ways how to successfully obtain the meaning of words and that a person seeking to learn a new language needs to become comfortable with pronouncing the word. Also, I learned that recording podcasts are an important learning tool that gives practice through hearing your own voice, reading sounds and understanding sentences. Editing is another important tool that the author pointed out because you can delete sounds that you don’t want, emphasize sounds to give special importance and rearrange sounds into the order of choice. I would have to say that I agree with all of the points that the author stated because I was formally in a church choir that used editing and rearranging when we recorded songs. The tools helped the choir in several ways to get better after each recording until we thought it was perfect. In the recording, the kids sound like they are really enjoying themselves through their emotions while they were telling the story of Purim.
Langwitches - Flat Stanley Podcast by Silivia Rosenthal Tolisano.
The Flat Stanley podcast contained a short blog post followed with a podcast created by first grade class in Jacksonville, Florida. After the class read Flat Stanley, they thought critically and decided that they wanted to send themselves off in the mail. The blog post consisted of an assignment for the students that included them to interact with their parents by creating a short recording of a trip to a location of their choice. The students had to include specific information about their location, which included the location, how they got to the location, what they did there, and how they got back home. I think this was a great idea that the class came up with because it taught me to use specific details about everything that is going on a podcast. While listening to the podcast, I was shocked how the first graders spoke clearly with great expressions in their voices and how good they organized their speeches without mistakes in the recording. From the podcast, I learned to use sounds to help describe examples and background music that will enhance my podcast to get my points across.
The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classrooms by Joe Dale.
The video “Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom” is very helpful in describing ways that podcast benefit students in modern classrooms. I was quite surprised with the statistics given in the video about the current generation of learners has sent 250,000 instant messengers, watched television for more than 20,000 hours, spent more than 10,000 hours playing video games and talking on the phone. I believe that the reason these numbers are so high is due to increasing advancement of technology; on the other hand, if we were not advancing in technology so quickly I think there would be more kids enjoying the outdoors. The greatest thing about podcasts in the classroom to me is the ability for a student to be able to interact within the class even if they have situations that lead them to miss class. I highly agree that students enjoy podcasts better than the traditional way of class because it gives the student a visual of the criteria. Overall, within this video I learned that podcasts help promote creativity, good discussions, differentiations, and more in depth learning experiences. Also, I learned a new term millenials, which is anyone born after the invention of computers. I believe that podcasts will soon take over every classroom around the world; therefore, there wouldn’t be any excuses for students because with modern technology podcasts can be accessed almost everywhere and parents can also view the information.

Project#5 Presentation

Blog Post Assignment #3

What is Peer Editing?
I think that this video on peer editing is very helpful for students at any level of writing. This video taught me the three steps needed to be a successful peer editor, which were compliments that tell your peer what went well, suggestions that help their paper become better, and corrections in grammar. I believe that if a peer editor follows these three steps that are pointed out in this video that they will be great assistance in helping their peer successfully write better. One point that I disagreed with was that peer editing is to be done with someone your own age because I feel that there are some mistakes that someone your own age might miss and that someone older or younger than you might be able to point out.
Peer Edit with Perfection and Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes
The Peer Edit with Perfection Tutorial slideshow was a great presentation that also pointed out the three steps of peer editing. I think students in grade school should practice the information on this slideshow before their first writing assignment is completed to inform them that peer editing is the best way to learn from mistakes in writing. The video Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes was a really funny video that I really enjoyed watching the young kids on their present different personalities that students have on peer editing. The Whatever William section of the video was the one that I think that most students develop because most students think that the only person that should correct them is teachers or older people with more intelligence. I think that the slide show and videos should be mandatory for any students taking a course in school that deals with writing.

Project #2

Wordle Project.

Blog Post Assignment 2

Did You Know? 3.0 - A John Strange 2012 Version.
This video by Dr. Strange gave me numerous facts, theories, and predictions about how technology has increased worldwide. I was shocked to find out that twenty-five percent of India's population with the highest IQ test scores is greater than the entire population with high IQ's in the United States. That is pretty insane if you look at the difference of size between the two countries; however, the United States is almost three times the size of India. Surprisingly, India has a population of about 1.3 billion that triples the United States population of about 3.8 million. I don't think that people from India are that much intelligent than Americans; although, I do believe that one day in the future there will be more people in China using the English language than the population of the United States because most people in China will eventually relocate to the United States due to crowded living conditions in China, high cost of living, and better educational opportunities.
Technology, I would have to agree has been advancing relentlessly since the invention of computers and the worldwide web. Almost everyone that I know has some source that can connect them to the Internet and I would have to say only a few do not have computers. This video shared information to me about how popular YouTube and Google are daily. Those facts were not surprising because there are thousands of devices today from cell phones to game consoles that can connect us to the Internet. As lazy human beings we use technology for the smallest situations; for example, someone is looking to contact a business we would easily type it in the Google search engine and within seconds we have the number. Traditionally, a person would acquire the business contact information in a phone book. I think the reason that more children in the United States have cell phones can be related to recent school violence; therefore, for safety concerns cell phones have became a necessity. Overall this was a very interesting video that taught me numerous ways how technology is taking over everyday life and how it will always be advancing.
Mr. Winkle Wakes.
The short video about Mr. Winkle Wakes created by Matthew Needleman was about Mr. Winkle Wakes waking up from a hundred years of sleep and witnessing many technological advances. I can only imagine the difficulty that he had to experience within the city because a hundred years ago buildings were made differently; for example, he was probably really shocked to see skyscrapers made of glass. However, Mr. Winkles did not just see technological advances I am sure he also looked at the people in the city very different because of their clothing and actions. Mr. Winkle Wakes feared computers but not knowing how to operate a computer in the 21st century could be a disaster since computers basically run the world. Mr. Winkle Wakes thought that school was still the same, which I disagree with because a hundred years ago instructors had to figure a students grade manually. Some Students in Baldwin county Public Schools are using computers to do their school work and their instructors has access to all work completed and sites they visited while using the computers.
Another important aspect in the advancing of school technology is that I think would have really terrified him was the invention of intercoms that are used to alert the whole school and also fire alarms. At many colleges for specific courses, students don't even have to leave there home to get an education they can take the course online. In this video Mr. Winkle Wakes eventually ends up in the hospital because he could not handle the stress that was going through his head about how everything around him that has changed. I agree that hospital technology has always been advancing every time I go to the hospital I learn about a new machine. In the future, I think technology will eventually take the place of teachers, doctors, and transportation to cut back on the cost to pay them for their services.
Sir Ken Robinson:The Importance of Creativity..
This video by Ken Robinson was very convincing to me that creativity is the key to success and that creativity should not be pushed away in our school systems. I agree that education is a major accomplishment in life; therefore, I think that many people will take it personal if you ask them about their education and they do not have any further than a high school diploma. I also believe that if public schools let students focus on what they are talented at that we would have more successful people in our country. Ken Robinson pointed out that today students are earning degrees and not being able to find jobs; however, I disagree because I think that jobs are given to people based on their work effort and organization. I think that the reason that more students will be graduating with education degrees is because they feel that there will always be a demand for education.
Ken Robinson stated that women are better multi tasked than men, I disagree I think that it could go both ways I personally know women that would have a stress attack if they had to accomplish more than one thing at once. I agree with Ken Robinson when he stated that creativity is as important as literacy because creativity in human beings determine a talent that a person should focus on in their life. I believe that if people do not make mistakes that they would never try to learn and make themselves better in life. Overall, I think this was a great learning experience for me and that everyone should watch this video it could help him or her organize his or her future.
A Day Made of Glass 2.
This video by Corning's made me look at technology in ways that I never thought I could imagine. I was amazed to see a tablet made of glass optical fiber that could operate the whole room when the alarm goes off and turn the glass optical fiber walls of the room into a scene of the morning coming in. I think this will eventually be essential in emergency situations at schools, business, and homes to bring a visual alert for younger kids and people with hearing disabilities. This could also be a sign of humans taking technology to far; for instance, the little girl does not have to responsibility of picking out her own clothes. This advance in technology would make every aspect of life easier in numerous ways. I also believe that the cost of living would diminish because people would have rooftops that could provide energy from the optical fiber glass but I think that’s a great idea.
It was highly interesting to the way the glass optical fiber technology could be used in classrooms, I think it would really enhance the learning for students by letting them get a close up of everything the teacher is teaching them through their optical fiber glass tablets. This would really assist students in Universities that contain big classes. At the hospital the doctor could gain knowledge on a rare situation by having a conference face to face through the fiber optical glass walls, I think this also would diminish the demand for doctors and nurses. With the optical fiber glass a football coach could prepare his team by bring the opponents plays to life through the optical fiber wall. I believe this advance in technology would be very helpful but would take a lot of activity out of humans day which could lead to many health problems due to lack of being active.

Blog Post Assignment 1

About Giorgio Lymon.
I’m Giorgio Lymon an all around athlete since I was four years old. I was born and raised in Foley, Al that is about five miles from the coast of the Gulf. I graduated from Foley High School where I was a member of the varsity football team since my freshman year. After graduation I took a semester off to make up my mind with what I wanted to do in life; surprisingly, I didn’t receive a scholarship in football; however, after the semester past I attended Faulkner State Community College in Gulf Shores, Al. My grades after the semester were astonishing, I had a 4.0 which gave me confidence that led me to transfer to school in Auburn, Al to pursue a degree in Strength and Conditioning. Auburn was very satisfying to me but the expenses after the first year became overwhelming due to me losing a job as a server at seafood restaurant. Having a job and going to school was a must for me in Auburn because I’m an independent student that takes responsibility for all my expenses. Therefore, I moved back home to Foley, Al to attend the University of South Alabama and to save lots of money. On top of that previous reason, I tried to get accepted right after graduating high school but didn’t have the grades to attend South Alabama at the time, so now my grades are good and I got accepted. I guess you can say I chose USA to chase my dreams that I know can be accomplished which is walking on the football team and quickly work my way up the rankings as a starting defensive back. Also, a former graduated assistant that worked with the offensive skill coach in 2009 really convinced me that he knew I could live up to my dreams at USA.
The only thing that interest me the most is being under the lights in a big time sporting event and training vigorously to get better each day. The past generations in my family always had several great athletes that gained the spotlight in high school but just couldn’t get there minds set to overcome the challenges in the classroom. I have a really humongous family, my grandparents had a total of nine children; so, I’m some how kin to almost everyone in Foley, Atmore, Mobile, and Monroeville, Al. In my immediate family there’s my mother that works for the Baldwin County Board of Education where she teaches at Orange Beach Elementary, an older brother that is twenty-four years old that is a supervisor of Vulcan Signs, and a younger sister that is fifteen years old that is currently a cheerleader for Foley High School. The main reason that I’m pursuing a degree in Strength and Conditioning is because it has always been something that I think God has put me on the Earth to do; although, making a difference in young people’s life and leading them into the right direction is highly important too. After graduating from college, I want to get a strength-coaching job for a major university in the SEC and eventually assist my college athletes to become national caliber athletes. The things in the past that I’ve done best have always been in sports but now that I’m older I found out several other things that I achieve success in that includes preparing myself for tests, being on time, and doing everything to the best of my ability. I’m the student that high school teacher’s doubted and thought I wouldn’t become anything so now I use that as motivation. I admire learning new information daily, playing football, and training younger kids at my local recreation center.
Dr. Pausch video.
The video on Time Management taught me several things that I knew but different ways to accomplish goals and everyday things to do. Dr. Pausch pointed out that college students needed to set plans in order to avoid running out of time and being late on tasks that are to be done on that day. One thing that he also highlighted in his speech was that Americans are horrible with managing time but good at managing money, this taught me that time is more valuable than money. I think the better you manage your time the more time you have to make more money. I also learned that doing the toughest thing on your to do list will make your other tasks go by smoother and that knocking out the big ugly assignments first will relieve stress later.
Dr. Pausch has his own day dedicated to him in Pittsburg and he is a legend that has assisted numerous career seeking individuals into a successful way of looking at life.