Classroom Technology
A classroom is a room in which teaching and learning activities take place. Classrooms can also provide space where teachers and students can interactively communicate with each other by using several forms of technology on the Internet. Wikis are excellent sites that offer teachers and students a variety of opportunities to … Read more
Go Sit Down
Please be advised to my response below that I am forwarding to the Fox News audience in regard to an email I sent advising one of the organization’s contributors to go sit down. I am proud that I am not the type of person who takes pleasure in purposely advertising comments that are refererd to as … Read more
Collaborative Process
Collaborative Professional Writing Project Our final assignment in English 4320, Professional Writing: New Media and Social Networking was a collaborative project. I was assigned to work with an organization called the Aransas Pass For Youth, Inc., located in Aransas Pass, Texas. Aransas Pass is thirty miles from Corpus Christi. My collaborative partner was Yessenia Silva, … Read more
Reflections
We began with setting up a Twitter account. Like me, some of the other students were reluctant to set one up, but it was required by Dr. Hara, so we all followed her instructions. Initially, I did not understand why would anyone want to make comments about whatever was on their minds, but since I … Read more
Aransas Pass Chamber
Blog #14 Yessenia and I put finalized the draft power point presentation in the Google Docs presentation application and converted it over to the Microsoft Word Power Point application. What we learned is that Google Docs will automatically transfer anything from its presentation template into Microsoft Word Power Point with no hassles. I contacted Rosemary, … Read more
Aransas Pass Chamber
Blog Post #13 Several documents were emailed to me and Yessenia to be used for the presentation. I spoke with Rosemary today about putting the production in Prezi. She feels more comfortable with powerpoint and would like it in that format. Yessenia and I will work on the presentation in class tomorrow, April 16, 2010. … Read more
Aransas Pass For Youth
Blog Post #12 Yessenia and I met with Ms. Rosemary Vega, the CEO of the Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce. She was very excited to meet with us and looks forward to us producing a power point presentation for her board of directors. She would also like us to build a website for the for … Read more
Health Care Reform
I am excited that the Health Care Reform Bill passed and was signed into law. However, it is unbelievable that people are committing to violence because they were not in favor of the bill. The bottom line is that President Obama is an African American, and there is still, today, so much racism in the … Read more
The Inevitable
Blog Post #10 It is true, technological gadgets — notebooks, laptops, smart phones, and other held hand instruments are distractions to our attention. As Howard Rheingoldpoints out in his article “Attention Literacy,” attention is a skill that must be learned in order to manage the power of technology. Prior to learning the skill — that … Read more
