Final Thoughts

This class is defiantly not what I expected when I registered for this class. I was expecting there to be lessons on Excel, Word, and Power Point, but that is not what I learned! I really enjoyed being able to broaden my technology information! I know many of these things I have learned will stick with me into my teaching career. I also hope to be able to continue learning new technology as it arises. Here are some of the things I have enjoyed about this class.

1. Google Options!
Everyone LOVES Google now! There are so many options available to students, teachers, the business world, EVERYONE! The best part about it is that it's free! I like the fact that our blogs were included with Google and it was easy to keep up with my assignments with Google Reader. Also I will now be an active user of Google Docs in my classrooms and in my classes to come in college.

2. I loved being able to watch the how-to videos in class on each assignment. Being able to see what I can do outside of the classroom with each project makes me want to actually use it more. With Blogs and Podcast, I now know that I can share my thoughts with the world from my desk top.

3. I wish we could have gotten to Comments4Kids! The video on that seemed so amazing, and it's something I really would have loved to gotten to! But being able to look at other students blogs and read their opinions and ideas on the same projects we were working on made this class "real." Instead of being locked away in a computer lab with just our class I was able to communicate with students in different classes! I loved it!

I really enjoyed this class and took a lot away from it! Thank you!

Internet Diagnosis

This article is so true! I can even admit to broadly searching WebMD only to find I had a cold or caffeine headache. This is something I feel a lot of people are using the internet for! Self diagnosis! One or two symptoms that COULD be anything, end up creating anxiety over nothing. Like the article said these internet sites can not look at your medical history or any other symptoms you might or might not see. They only work off what you can feel is wrong.
Now don't get me wrong. These internet "doctor" sites are sometimes helpful, when accompanied with a doctors diagnosis. As in my case, my freshman year I was having severe stomach pains and other problems; I, of course, searched the internet and found everything from ulcers to stomach cancer! Turns out after visiting my nearby physician, I had IBS (Irritable Bowl Syndrome.) My doctors went through several test and treatments which did not work, but in the meantime there were things I could do to help. I found such things on the internet! I knew I had IBS, therefore by finding sources on this condition I could help treat it instead of self diagnose it...