Smart Boards-I'm Lovin' What I'm Seein'

Wow! The Smart Board and all the technology that goes behind it is fascinating, wonderful. Sadly, there's no real need for it in my working world. Even though I work at the Technical Center, I don't get to use a whole lot of technology. I mostly go to meetings; lots and lots and lots of meetings. Anyway, I can still see the value that a tool like Smart Board could have in the workforce. Especially for presentations. All of the other presentations, Enrique, Corrine, Courtney, were extremely informative and interesting. I guess I study with a very smart group. I was a little frustrated in the class, however, because we ran out of time and I was not able to give my presentation. Oh well, these things happen. What with all of the uploading, downloading and archieving, just to name a few, that we have to do in this class, it's easy to lose track of time. It seems to be marching on without me and I'm just trying to catch up. It's been a fast and furious semester. Baruch Bashan - The Blessings Already Are

Happy Turkey Day Instructional Designers!

Class has been extremely interesting lately and I am excited about all the things I've learned and seen thus far. My head is almost above water and I can see the shore. I am discovering that Instructional Technology can really make learning, training, studying, devoloping much more rewarding for both the practitioner and student. I was kinda' on the fence about this field of endeavor but now I think I am going to give it a second thought. Maybe I can study it in SecondLife :-) Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

We're In the Home Stretch!

We're entering in the last weeks of class and a feeling of excitement is building inside of me. Introduction to Instructional Technology has been one of the most challenging--and--frustrating courses I've ever taken. Still in all, I have been exposed to many technologies that should make learning easier for various audiences. Web page development, hyperlinks, embedded hyperlinks, webquests, virtual classrooms, I could go on and on...have enhanced my view of learning and placed a new value on technology in my personal life. While I have not completely mastered these technologies, I am confident that with time, determination, and persistence, I will be able to utilize them for my purpose. I am a work in progress. From time to time, I visit this website for inspiration. Enjoy.

Testing A Hyperlink

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. The weather on Saturday, the first day of November, was gorgeous; lots of warm sunshine and no breeze. Because it was such a wonderful day, I am going to try to place my first ever hyperlink in this blog entry. I've installed Mozilla and Firefox and got lots of advise from friends on how to make links work. So here goes---http://www.real-wishes.com/ Let's give this a try. Let me know if it works or not. I have a very slow computer; DSL with Verizon so I've written this entry a few times before it finally went through. I'm still a work in progress, plodding along on the information superhighway. Continue to enjoy the weekend.