Thing #3 I'm well on my way now!

Before starting this class, I thought blogging was like a Facebook or a Twitter. Thinking that it was just another way to communicate with people. Now that I am an official blogger, i guess it could be said that this is a good tool to use in the classroom. I never min my wildest dreams would have thought blogging could have been productive in any form or fashion. Teachers could use this for anything really. I'm sure it could be a great tool for students to understand concepts in the classroom. One way it would help me in my classroom is to help students with homework or on study guides. I know how I am in a classroom filled with at least twenty more people. I'm the kind of guy that's not going to stand up and yell every answer to every question that the teacher asks a class. I am reserved to my thoughts. Going back to thing1, I struggle to have confidence in myself and I fear of having the wrong answer and being that guy who got that question wrong. Blogs could help that one student out who doesn't like talking to teachers face to face to ask questions or talking among a small crowd. Another great way to use blogs in the classroom is make it an assignment. Today's kids are far ahead of any generation that's come before. Us as teachers must be prepared to teach technology and put it in our curriculum.

Thing #2

        Well after all that struggling on getting this set up I finally got it down... I think. So I got my name from the school I coach at. We are the Colonels, and I found it fitting to put running before it. Then, I added the number twenty-nine because that was and still is the number I wear to play and coach. So my username became runningcolonel29. The process of getting this up by myself was pretty tough not going to lie on that one. I struggled to figure out I didn't have to start up another thread of blogs. I sat behind this computer screen pulling my hair out (the few I have left) trying to figure out why nothing was transferring over. When I went back to the blog I did in class and added everything back, it all started coming back to me. Once I got everything figured out, it has become easier.

      Now for my avatar. I think it looks alot like me actually. The hair on it look exactly just like mine. I find it quite funny that something could look just like me. I think the only thing missing from my avatar is a baseball uniform, but other than that I think it looks just like me. The avatar shows my personality just a little bit. I didn't get too detailed into it, but he shows me on my best days.

Thing #1

Wow, I've never try this blogging before so we will see how this goes. As I got to looking over the habits, right off the bat I noticed the very first habit is very easy for me. I've never had a problem with seeing the end of the tunnel when I start something. With that being said, every college student should be able to have the end in mind. I think that having the end in mind can drive a student through out their college career and in life as well. I believe that it can have a huge impact on a student succeeding or failing not to mention you can tell if that person has any drive to them. When having the end in mind of something goals can be set up to help a person along the way. For example, for college I set up my goals for each year to make sure I carry a 3.0 GPA.

The hardest habit for me is habit number four. I struggle at times with having confidence in myself with what I have learned. I doubt myself and the learning process I have used in the past to absorb information. That was one of the biggest fears I had about coming to college. I have learned new techniques to learn and study habits to enable me to soak in the information.