0-First Blog

     My prior experience involving technology was mainly through classes and projects for those classes. Throughout most of middle school, all of high school and  since I have started college, technology has been important to complete task assigned to me. Many projects involve the use of PowerPoint and excel. I have gotten a decent grasp on PowerPoint, but excel is still a difficult tool for me to use. Of course writing papers has become a part of my daily life now so I like to think that I can us Microsoft Word pretty well. Other technologies that have become a part of daily life such as cellphones, computers etc. I have no problem with using.

     What I hope to learn from this class is how to utilize the tools I am already familiar with in a more productive and efficient way. Being able to use PowerPoint is great, but I'd rather spend two hours on something that should only take me one hour. I would also like to gain experience with using all sorts of different technologies that are available in schools throughout the nation. I am not sure what these technologies might be, but I do know I want to test them out. I hope to gain experience that can help me be effective with the use of technologies used for education purposes.

     From the Learning Style Results I learned I am more of an active learner as opposed to a reflective learner. This means that I enjoy doing things hands on rather than thinking things through first. Trying something out first makes things easier for me to learn. I am neither a sensing or intuitive learner. I am in some kind of neutral ground in this area. I am a visual learner, which means that I enjoy pictures over words. And I am in the neutral zone when it comes to sequential and global learners. Essentially what I learned is that I enjoy doing things hands on, and I prefer pictures to words.