Final Thoughts....

At the beginning of this class I was intimidated because of all the upcoming assignments. Everything seemed so foreign to me, Mr. Tashbin however is a wonderful instructor, he made everyone feel comfortable and he explained things very throughly. I really enjoyed learning about Google tools before I had no idea Google even offered such things, and I look forward to using them in the future. Also learning how to put together a blog page was exciting, I had heard of blogs but had no idea where to even start to make one. This class has been very beneficial in teaching me new things about technology and how to put them to use in the future. I do enjoy doing group work, and the podcasts were fun I believe that if I would have had to do one by myself I would not have enjoyed it as much. And I believe that my favorite assignment out of all was the Google presentation I really enjoyed getting to know my classmates the project allowed us to get to know each other and made the class more enjoyable. There are so many classes were you never even know the person beside you, and that makes for a long semester, so thanks for making this class a true FUN learning experience!

Texting Away

After reading this article I seen some points that I agreed with, however I think some of the points were blown out of proportion. I for one love my cell phone and the use of text messages just as the next person. I do agree with the fact people not just students are addicted to cells and texting its everywhere people can not even sit in a restaurant and eat a meal with out looking at there phones. I do not think cells should be allowed during class because it interferes with learning, but its hard to stop it completely if teachers try to say no cell phones students are just going to go against the rules and find ways to do it anyways. As a teacher you can find an agreement with the students for example let them use there phones during down times, breaks etc. If students are given some privileges they may be willing to obey and respect the rules. I had a professor at my junior college that would count you absent for the day if your phone went off. Either way you are still going to have students who will break the rules, but I think there are better ways of dealing with the problem.