Blog 0: A new beginning

So thus begins my venture into the cyberspace of blogging. To be quite honest, I never imagined myself ever creating a blog, but if what Pat said is true, Education is making leaps and bounds if it has truly been integrating with blog-sphere. As mentioned before, this is my first venture into what I consider higher technological knowledge. I mean, I had always known how to surf the web, use a word processor, create a powerpoint, or even construct a spreadsheet. But to be honest, some of the course objectives in this course are material that I have never heard of in my life nor heard anyone discuss before. It shall be interesting.
In this class, I really do hope to learn about the bridging between education and technology. When I was in middle and high school, the technology that teachers had at their disposable was always very interesting to me. Their ability to use computer software a software for grading was fascinating, and the fact that they could change the weights of certain assignments on a dime was a technological marvel...in my opinion. I really want to learn the basic and advanced knowledge of how I can use technology in my class to ensure an increase in productivity as well as an overall improvement in classroom management.
From the learning styles survey, what I learned was not incredibly surprising. On the survey, I scored a high score in the active portion, reflecting a fact I already knew. To be sitting in a lecture can be tedious for me, especially if I'm not participating. What surprised me was the balance I had in visual/verbal and sequential/global areas. I mean, I have dealt in classes that had teetered in all four of those areas, but I seem to have responded more to the ones dealing in visual and global areas, not the opposite. To see that the survey concluded that I had a balance of all four intrigued me and made me really think about the overall approach that I use for my learning style. I found the survey to be quite interesting, and hope that we do more of those kind of surveys in the future.