Coming into this class I did not really have any knowledge in technology and all the internet has to offer. I was very skeptical in the beginning about the social media because I was not familiar with it. To this point I see that there is a purpose and you can have a professional and personal relationship with social media. I learned to put "Game days" on my fan page so the community can come watch and cheer on the high school. In the future career I want to be more educated in coaching drills and skills so looking up new journals will help my career. I am starting to get the hang of it and will start to incorporate it into my practices.
I have only used Podcast once in my college career. I had a small understanding what it was and to be honest at first it was very hard for me to learn from. At times I would get side track or day dream when it was going on. Than taking that class I learned how it helps me take in the information from the Podcast and use it in my other classes. After reading the articles it is very helpful to have Podcast for learning.
Using Podcasts as Audio Learning Objects, I learn from this learning can be used anywhere and hearing different voices can help you learn. Now that technology is all around us and we listen to our Ipod all the time, now you can put a Podcast and listen to you take in the information. As a student you are always reading books and trying to learn more with a Podcast it can reduce reading. History to Go: Why iTeach with iPod, I like this article because it talk about the different ways learning styles and for students they all learn differently so having that outlet is another great way of learning. I also like how it tries to keep all the students involved through the whole class. Lastly, Getting their iLessons This article talk about how the universities using a Podcast in their classes. I like how it gave a lot of information about Podcast and how it is starting to help people understand the material in a different way. I like how teachers are starting to be more flexible and putting new technology into classrooms. This article really got me thinking about technology and how I was grown up with it . Since I am in my 20's I did not grow up with technology all around me. My family did not have a computer in the house till I was fourteen years old. So I was always making my own fun and learning new things out on the farm. Today generation you see kids at the age of eleven having a cell phone and can not live with out it. I believe it is a huge distraction to the education. You see kids always worry about the text they are receiving in class or who like their picture on Instagram. The kids are losing focus in the classroom at a fast paste because they are not focus. Technology is shortening the kids attention span and their patients. You see kids having more anger problems in the classroom when the teacher says something they dislike.
On the flip side technology has done a lot to help kids understand the world and research new things. It makes the kids sit down and type a report out instead of writing everything out. You see that typing papers is what they will have to turn in for the rest of their lives and if they get that experience at a young age it will not be as challenging to them. Also it helps their multi-tasking skills because you have different things going on when your on the internet and it helps them be product with their time. Technology can have a positive effect on kids education if it used in the proper way. I believe that technology is a double sided sward. No matter how you look at it their is always a positive and a negative effect on people. It is how they are raised plays a major role on how they use technology in education. Not growing up with technology all around me I learned to lean on books and go to the library a check out books. Some kids at that age do not even know where their local library is because they relay on the internet for everything. After reading the article it made me realize that there are a lot of people that think social networking is a good tool for education. If you would of ask me before this class I would have hesitated but now I agree with it completely. First I was very hesitant to take an online program because I like the interaction with the instructor and classmates. Although you do not have that face to face interaction you still get the since of that through the social network. The generation this day and age is about technology and social networking is a great tool to have.
Creating a PLN was very hard for me because it had a hard time understanding what you had to do. I ask around and I was lead to Scoop.it. It was very easy to understand and to follow because being a new time blogger it is hard to understand what the internet has to offer. I look forward to being able to create new categories and share my thoughts throw Scoop.it. Also look forward to learning new ideas that will better my education throw PLN.
The internet has a lot of impact to my personal life. I stay in contact to many of my family and friends across the states it makes it easy for me to have a relationship with them. Without the use of the internet it would be hard for me to stay in contact with them. I live in a town where half of the population is military and for that it has help me stay in contact with many of my friends that are overseas fighting for our freedom. Also for my family could watch me play the sports I love on the east coast online without the internet that would not be possible.
I use the internet for social media more than anything I learn what is going on with my family and friends. I learn what also happens in my town through social media. Other than that I am starting to get on the computer to help me with coaching plays and strategies that is it. I like to help my career out but other than that I do not get on the internet to just research I am working on trying to do better. I have not followed the authors or sites on the internet like I said in the beginning I really only go on for social media. The internet helps me get plays and strategies for difficult games and situation that my team might encounter. Also helps me see what the new trends are in basketball so my team can be on point. You always have the itch to go back and look at gossip and that is what takes away from good learning for me. I think technology is a great tool to learning because almost everything is starting to have technology. For example you have a touch screen soda pop machine. If you did not have technology you would not be able to do that. You can see that technology also keeps you up to date and even the generations that are not involved with technology are starting to learn. Also you can look up different remedies to make you fight a cold to being creative and doing arts and crafts with your kids. Technology also helps people get the word out about business or announcement they have with out that people would be wasting a lot of paper just like it was back in the day. The technology that we have today helps learning and making the world smarter. This video made you really look into yourself and your career that you are in. For me I love being a coach I played sports my whole life and giving back as a coach is such a rewarding job. I feel like I am playing when I am coaching my team no matter what the score is I try to teach all my players that it not the outcome its what you learn through the process. Some situations when I feel like I am in my "sweet spot" is when you see the team plays to their full potential. As a coach you have that moment when you are speechless. Another situation is when you draw up a play and they run it and it works you get this feeling like you made the right choice to be a coach. Every time I step into practice or games I absolutely enjoy every moment of it because I teach them but they are also teaching me at the same time. So I feel like I am one of the two people out of ten that is in a career that is my strength.
I am young still and I want to become a college coach so I still have a lot to learn. So being young works both ways in the coaching world. I am always ready to learn new things and try new things. So being young I still have time to develop what kind of coach I would like to be when I grow up. As of right now and coaching my team I feel like when are beating a team my team loses their fight in the game and it is creating bad habits. For me being a player I never took a play off and went hard each play that is my strength but to teach that is hard for me because something that takes time. I like this video because it really made you look into yourself. I never thought about the weakness to strengths but it is so true when your sit down and think about it. Looking back on it I would of tried to work on my strength more than my weakness to be a stronger coach. Also the education part of it I wish I would of work on my strengths more so I could enjoy school more because I felt like I was always working on my weakness. I like the microblogging because it is short sentence that make it more realistic. I like how the coaches type what is on their mind they only have a certain amount of characters to use. That means that they have to be short and to the point when they are twitter for an example. Also I also like how it has a different themes when you are twitter. I like when you search for something everything is broken down in themes. For example I was looking at sports and it was broken down to all the basketball players. I think this can be very helpful for people that really do not use the computer well. Also it is very easy to work around so it makes it easy to go from one page to another and search for different things. The blogging is also big for actors, professional athletes, and famous celebrities. It makes them all person to the average person because they are more realistic and do not have to go off of script. I also think this can be very educational to many people because you can teach them the pros and cons to twitter. Also you can learn from what people are saying and use it in your life. For example when I set up my twitter account I started to follow Tim Tebow and he had a bible verse on his twitter I thought that was very neat. When young generations are very tech smart the kids start to look up to the athletes and this can be a positive outcome because it shows that everyone is equal.
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