Blog Post #13 Report

This was a challenging project. Without being able to use traditonal means of
communication with my partner, we skyped our project ideas to one another. I am
responsible for the content and he is responsible for the on screen performance.
We hope you enjoy it.

Final Reflection

Final Project #16

Final Report on PLN

I have an exclusive PLN. I try to learn as much as I can from others, who have
traveled the road I am on, before myself. I am a member of various online forums.
I also follow blogs such as Smart Football, Fishduck, and Stong
Football. I was doing this before taking this class, and never knew it was my
Personal Learning Network!


C4T Summary
The past C4T's have been okay. The comments I have been leaving have been centered
around the content of the videos.


C4K
The kid's posts I have been commenting on have been interesting to say the least.
I have enjoyed the experience. To summarize the comments, I
introduced myself and left encouraging comments.

Blog Post #13

Back To the Future
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Mr. Cosby enhances the educational experience and makes it fun to learn!


A Vision of Students Today
This is an interesting video. It appears to me, the message being sent is,
the way education is setup now, is doing more harm than good. I do not agree with
this message. I view present academia as a process, part of the process is
attending class (which happens to coincide with showing up at work). College
is setup to not only educate in the classroom, but to educate on the ways of the adult
world! Not all the classes college students have to pass correlate to their
major!

The present setup of attending class is not going anywhere anytime soon,
so instead of complaining and dreaming up new ways to reinvent education, we
should think of ways to enhance the education experience. In the video there
is a segment where percentages were being shown of what people do during a day
and the total of hours was 26.4. Obviously there are only 24 hours a day,
however the amount of wasted time was astounding! Three hours a day on
facebook! 2.5 hours a day talking on the phone! 2.5 hours listening to music!
That is eight wasted hours, one third of the day wasted on frivolous endeavors.
Even if listening to music was combined with the time on facebook, that would
still be 5.5 hours wasted. The present setup of academia is not perfect, yet it
is the only one we have!