Blog Post 7: Professional Learning Network

My experience when it comes to the professional learning network I would say was enlightening to say the least. It wasn’t a very social experience and there were some things within the network I don’t particular like such as the RSS feeds. I did find out what I do like about the system and how it can help me gather and process data on topics I’m interested in. for example, I just found out that there will be a Black-Friday sale for one of the components I need for my research project that I otherwise would have never known about. It also, in part, has probably brought on this more self-improvement mind set I have adopted as of late. I find myself watching a lot more “how to” videos as of late pertaining to everything from crafting things, programming and just every day self-improvement. For me, this is what I think is so valuable about a learning network. It gets people to search out information they otherwise would not be able to see. This can help people trying to better them-self or in the case of education and students, show them that there is more to what they are learning than what is presented in the classroom. I know that sounds vague but what I mean is that if student can find outlets outside of class that they can apply their knowledge to, the learning becomes all the more meaningful.

Journal 6: Self Reflection

Let’s see, I would have to say that I have been enjoying this class so far. I personally like these kinds of classes that focus on project based lesson plan rather than remembering random bits of information. The modular nature of html lends itself well to this learning process. You, can build your knowledge bit by bit as the course goes on. First starting out with the syntax of the head and body then working you way down to understanding things like mark-up. The moment when the course really began to make me feel like I could build an actually web page was when we did the exercises in ch7. In my option it had everything you would need for a rudimentary web page, good mark-up, list, links to other pages and pictures. It wasn’t the hardest activity but it was one that felt like I was in control of the web design process and not just following along with what the book wanted me to do.

liknk to exercises in ch7
http://www.cpp.edu/~tmworden/Ged512/Book/Ch6/Exercise%206-1%20to%206-7/jenskitchen/index.html