The internet is my primary way of accessing information. I rarely watch TV, and I do not subscribe to newspapers, so I find myself using the internet multiple times on a daily basis.
Generally, when I am interested in learning new things, they are health related, so I visit the American Heart Association Page, Centers for Disease Control, and American Academy of Pediatrics. I also check out my local newspaper if there is an event that I want to read about or find more information on. A guilty pleasure of mine is checking a local real estate site daily to see what has been listed that day. Even though I own a home, and do not plan on moving, I enjoy looking at houses and seeing the uniqueness in each one. Taking that to another level, I also follow do-it-your-selfers and designers, "Young House Love" to learn new techniques and see things that I could create myself. I am also able to find new and interesting information on facebook through the pages I follow such as Tobacco Free California and Runner's World.
I think that the internet can be a place of great learning, but can also be a major deterrent from productivity. It is so easy to bounce from one site to the next and get distracted from the original thought or search. I feel that I am a hard-working professional person, but I can easily loose myself in facebook for thirty minutes. Being that it is very easy to have a social media page open at the same time that you can have pages open that you are trying to learn from can be a great distraction. I can only imagine how that conflict could feel to an adolescent.
I think that the combinations of technology and learning is great. I am glad to be taking a course that is going to push me towards using more technology in my field. I still think that personal connection and brain power can be our best tools as learners, however, if there is technology that can help us to have been understanding and that can drive us to be better learners, I am game.
Generally, when I am interested in learning new things, they are health related, so I visit the American Heart Association Page, Centers for Disease Control, and American Academy of Pediatrics. I also check out my local newspaper if there is an event that I want to read about or find more information on. A guilty pleasure of mine is checking a local real estate site daily to see what has been listed that day. Even though I own a home, and do not plan on moving, I enjoy looking at houses and seeing the uniqueness in each one. Taking that to another level, I also follow do-it-your-selfers and designers, "Young House Love" to learn new techniques and see things that I could create myself. I am also able to find new and interesting information on facebook through the pages I follow such as Tobacco Free California and Runner's World.
I think that the internet can be a place of great learning, but can also be a major deterrent from productivity. It is so easy to bounce from one site to the next and get distracted from the original thought or search. I feel that I am a hard-working professional person, but I can easily loose myself in facebook for thirty minutes. Being that it is very easy to have a social media page open at the same time that you can have pages open that you are trying to learn from can be a great distraction. I can only imagine how that conflict could feel to an adolescent.
I think that the combinations of technology and learning is great. I am glad to be taking a course that is going to push me towards using more technology in my field. I still think that personal connection and brain power can be our best tools as learners, however, if there is technology that can help us to have been understanding and that can drive us to be better learners, I am game.