Technology Today and Tommorrow

The class I,m taking KIN 710 at Fresno Pacific is exposing me to a whole new avenue of communicating in a web based society. The technologies of today are a far cry from the beeper era from just over a decade ago. The way we do things with the web today is very beneficial by saving time and money, by exchanging data instantly it's reducing the need for so much paper and ink. WE save what we want and delete without ever having to waste resources that cost time and money. The infusion of ways to communicate with students and fellow teachers helps us to manage our time and offer a better resource for educating our students, again saving time is saving money. With today's budget cutting issues that weigh heavy for all of us in education time is money. In the future I can in-vision a time when we may well be able to educate our students without any paper resources, or time constraints and have a virtual classroom that could be managed from anywhere, and anyway we choose that would meet our budget issues, and fit the needs of our students.

RSS Feeds and Google Doc's

Wow this is really exciting learning how to access quickly and manage the net at a much better venue. Now I know what those little orange labels mean and how to use them. This opens up a whole new way for me to communicate and store my doc's. I know that at times we have all had a computer crash on us when we haven;t had a chance to back-up, but with doc's I have another resource to keep my work save and accessible, The RSS Feeds link into my Google reader giving me instant mobility within the net, great avenue for me when I don,t have a lot of time finding what I need quickly in one spot this is cool.

Web 2.0 in Physical Education

OK OK folks I realize that I'm from a generation that thought 8-track tapes and hand held calculators where the wave of the future, oh how quickly things change. I'm realizing that this technology is the future of our chosen professions. No longer will we have to look at hrs. of tape and wait for film delivery when coaching a sport or developing a recreational activity, now click and we can send information whenever, where-ever, how ever we choose that best fits our needs to accomplish our everyday lesson plans and goals for our students. Someone once gave me a bit of advice over thirty yrs ago when it comes to technology they said, "Don't get comfortable with any one system, be flex-able, open to new ideas, because my friend everything changes every six months and you have to adapt and change with it or you'll get lost in the scuffle." Well I've been on the fringe of lost, but I'm determined to get back up to speed and enjoy this new found avenue of technology, and how it can benefit me in becoming a larger part of my daily life!

WEB 2.0

Wow i couldn't look at every site on Web 2.0 Seomaz's site it would take me weeks. I did like at the health site Revolution Health and they where extremely helpful. I had two knee surgeries on my rt. knee in one year and 1 yr. later I'm still having pain and flexibility issues. Within minutes I was able to procure an entire workout that I had never seen before and appears to be one that could be very beneficial to my recovery. This Web 2.0 type technology has opened new avenues of discovery and assistance that would cost me dearly, but with the correct click and a bit of patience I'm able to access places I didn't even knew existed. I have dabbled with Face-book and AOL, but now I feel like I'm learning to walk and talk all over again, but from a techno world of click drag and paste.

Panic Attack!!

Wowea-bob! I,m awash in techno speak and treading water, but have started to doggy paddle, so theirs hope for me yet. I had some type of issue that forced me to rewrite my whole paper within last 1.5 hr of submission deadline, only to find out that my submission was accepted. Strange though as I didn't show up on the discussion threads, which ignited my PANIC, but not to worry I successfully submitted and will solve this issue post-haste. My trusty canine companion assures me that I'm ok even if the world around me is in a tale-spin, as long as he gets his walk the world is fine.

Late Nights

Who ever said you can't go back again is misinformed. I' well past thirty something and here I sit early AM researching and writing a paper for my Masters program, ah yes just like the good old days. Oh wait that's when having a couple hrs sleep wasn't a problem, but now it's like being in a fog until that third cup of coffee kicks in then your eyes just start to focus. Oh well nothing if was easy everyone could do it, so stock up on the coffee and find a comfortable chair it's going to be some long nights ahead.

"Forward HOOO"

Well managing to absorb new knowledge and steaming ahead into the vast unknown of academia excellence. It's like jump starting a part of your brain that's been semi-dormant and realizing that theirs all this room for new and exciting data to be assimilated and deciphered. Yikes I thought those days of studying and writing papers at three in the morning where over, OH NO I WAS SO WRONG!